Sunday 3 June 2012

DIAMOND JUBILEE Queen Elizabeth II: 60 years of gay rights gaystarnews.com 3 Jun 12
	London Gay Men's Chorus sing at Covent Garden's four-day piazza party thisislondon.co.uk 3 Jun 12
GAY PRIDE East Europe gays march in show of pride - Both Warsaw and Riga marches required massive police protection google.com 3 Jun 12
	Polish and Latvian gays marched through the capitals of Poland and Latvia, demanding more rights in Eastern European societies where they still face high levels of intolerance washingtonpost.com 3 Jun 12
	100,000 people attend Birmingham's annual two-day Pride festival bbc.co.uk 3 Jun 12
GAY SPORTS Sydney Convicts Rugby had an impressive start to the Bingham Cup in Manchester winning three of their four games gaynewsnetwork.com.au | binghamcup.com 3 Jun 12 USA Highest number of anti-gay murders ever reported in 2011: The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs avp.org | Download report 3 Jun 12 GAY BUSINESS Facebook, Grey's Anatomy, Wells Fargo are GLAAD Media Award recipients glaad.org 3 Jun 12 Corporate AIDS donors shy away from gay stigma in Jamaica jamaica-gleaner.com 3 Jun 12 JCPenney getting flack for portraying gay/lesbian normalcy mothering.com 3 Jun 12 SEX - LIFE Gay porn star 'cannibal' suspected of killing and eating parts of former lover dailymail.co.uk 3 Jun 12 GBA Gay Business Association member:

Saturday 2 June 2012

GAY PRIDE Obama's Presidential Proclamation: LGBT Pride Month, 2012 whitehouse.gov 2 Jun 12
Birmingham Pride comes to town In a nod to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the carnival will be led by a Queen look-a-like, finishing with the unveiling of the Rhinestone Rhino itv.com 2 Jun 12
USA Bradley Manning is no gay hero - the LGBT community shouldn't honor this man's treachery out.com 2 Jun 12 WORLD St Petersberg court rules:  that bans of peaceful LGBT demonstrations are unlawful ilga-europe.org 2 Jun 12
	Luka Rocco Magnotta French hunt for 'killer' porn actor who allegedely killed Chinese student Jun Lin in Montreal bbc.co.uk 2 Jun 12
GAY WEDDINGS 2013 Gay Market Report looks at same-sex marriage and weddings gaybizreport 2 Jun 12 SHOW BIZ Do we care that the Green Lantern is gay now? washingtonpost.com 2 Jun 12 Xfinity TV launches LGBT On Demand channel in celebration of Pride Month sys-con.com 2 Jun 12
	Fierce the first comprehensive series of portraits of young Black British-born LGBTQ young people needs support indiegogo.com 2 Jun 12

Friday 1 June 2012

GAY SPORTS Soccer study finds 93 percent of fans would support openly gay players - the first evidence that gay players would meet with approval from fans of all ages and backgrounds phys.org 1 Jun 12
GMFA / RVT Gay Sports Day Where men are men, and they have big balls. Carry on the Olympic ideal and get together your own team in Vauxhall on bank holiday Monday - Mon 27 Aug gmfa.org.uk 1 Jun 12
GAY PRIDE Aberystwyth Pride on the Prom - 1-3 Jun Aberystwyth 1 Jun 12 Birmingham Gay Pride - 1-3 Jun Birmingham Pride 1 Jun 12 Sheffield Pride - Sat 2 Jun Sheffield Pride 1 Jun 12 gaytoz Gay Pride Calendar UK The Queen has turned her back on the gay community - argues Peter Tatchell guardian.co.uk 1 Jun 12 Thanet Tory councillor suspended for Aids answerphone message thisiskent.co.uk 1 Jun 12 O2 porn filesharers to be sent letters from film-maker bbc.co.uk 1 Jun 12 USA No longer slander in New York to falsely say that someone is gay, rules court nytimes.com 1 Jun 12 California lawmakers advance ban on gay 'conversion' therapy latimes.com 1 Jun 12 New Jersey Senators reject black gay Supreme Court nominee businessweek.com 1 Jun 12 Exxon shareholders again vote down job protections - LGBT groups vow to keep up fight dallasvoice.com 1 Jun 12 GAY MARRIAGE Marriage law discriminates against gay couples, finds federal appeals court in Boston reuters.com 1 Jun 12 GAY HISTORY Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York receives $10 million donations galleristny.com 1 Jun 12 GAY PARENTS
	Fathers Day JCPenney responds to homophobic boycott calls with gay Father's Day ad gawker.com 1 Jun 12
WORLD "Discrimination hampers development" - EU Commissioner launches a new initiative to fight discrimination in developing countries europa.eu 1 Jun 12 Legalizing homosexuality has had little impact on the deeply entrenched homophobia in India, say activists reuters.com 1 Jun 12

Thursday 31 May 2012

GAY HEALTH
Sexually transmitted infection diagnoses on the rise in England - New data shows young gay men at highest risk: - Gonorrhoea increased by 61 per cent - Chlamydia by 48 per cent - Syphilis by 28 per cent hpa.org.uk 31 May 12
	'HIV Partner Notification: a missed opportunity?' NAT report looks at the forgotten role of HIV partner notification as a driver of HIV testing and earlier diagnosis, and as a valuable prevention tool Download report 31 May 12
GAY MARRIAGE It's suggested our gay marriage law is not a priority. Since when is equality not a priority? asks Police Minister Nick Herbert MP thisislondon.co.uk 31 May 12 Stonewall launches final push for supporters to say 'I Do' to marriage - two weeks government consultation left stonewall.org.uk 31 May 12 Gay Marriage ban challenged in Illinois, the president's home state nytimes.com 31 May 12 GAY ICONS God Save The Queens - Sky Atlantic series celebrates Britain's gay icons - Thu 31 May at 8pm independent.co.uk 31 May 12
	Alan Turing New Science Museum exhibition about gay pioneer of modern computing and Enigma codebreaker - opens 21 Jun sciencemuseum.org.uk 31 May 12
GAY BUSINESS
Lord Browne calls for action on homophobia In an interview for BBC Radio's Today programme former BP chief called for a four-point code to guide business leaders. These were to: - demonstrate that you are doing certain things to show you are being inclusive - don't do things that are purposely putting people off - make sure role models are known - and do it in such a way that it doesn't feel so precious and fragile that is it simply being politically correct. bbc iPlayer ( 1 hour 22 minutes in ) ft.com | independent.co,uk | gba.org.uk 31 May 12
GAY SPORTS Rugby stars turn out for gay world cup in Manchester this weekend binghamcup.com 31 May 12 Scottish footballer Derek Riordan uttered anti-homosexual slurs in violent struggle with pub staff, court hears scotsman.com 31 May 12
	Gareth Thomas gets naked for Attitude's annual Naked Issue which hits the shops this week entertainment-focus.com 31 May 12
USA LA's last gay piano bar, The Other Side, to close scpr.org 31 May 12 Gay porn actor is prime suspect in grisly Montreal dismemberment slay, authorities say nydailynews.com 31 May 12 WORLD Iranian homosexuals speak out about persecution voanews.com 31 May 12 SHOW BIZ
	Jim Paratore TV producer who helped create The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Rosie O'Donnell Show and launched the TMZ website, has died at the age of 58 bbc.co.uk 31 May 12
O-M-G
Ain't no homos gonna make it to heaven  Church receives death threats for video of 3-year-old singing at Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church: "If we don't teach the children the truth early they will never learn." gcn.ie | youtube.com 31 May 12

Wednesday 30 May 2012

GAY BUSINESS
	Lord Browne urges business to end 'intolerance to homosexuality' at the launch of Connect Out network telegraph.co.uk | bbc.co.uk 30 May 12
Gay Business Association welcomes Lord Browne's call for an end to discrmination in business gba.org.uk 30 May 12
GAY MARRIAGE Archbishop of Westminster warn same sex marriages could sever the "bonds" which hold society together telegraph.co.uk 30 May 12 UK Body of man killed in suspected homophobic attack was discovered by a burglar two days later, Court hears u.tv 30 May 12 Worcester Police investigating second suspected homophobic assault worcesternews.co.uk 30 May 12 GAY SPORTS
	Bingham Cup Ben Cohen, Gareth Thomas talk gay rugby as Bingham Cup heads to Manchester - 1-3 Jun towleroad.com 30 May 12
USA Scout's AGM to get 275,000-name petition in support of lesbian troop leader dispatch.com 30 May 12 Tony Perkins of Family Research Council to dine at the home of a married gay couple ksat.com 30 May 12
	Dharun Ravi openly apologized for the first time on Tuesday for using a webcam to spy on Tyler Clementi google.com 30 May 12
GAY TRAVEL Why Zimbabwe's President Mugabe was named UN 'tourism envoy' csmonitor.com 30 May 12 SHOW BIZ Teletubbies were not gay, says Laa-Laa telegraph.co.uk 30 May 12 Chris Brown has hinted he will sue R 'N' B singer Raz B for suggesting he is gay femalefirst.co.uk 30 May 12 Mi Ultimo Round Chilean movie wins Best Film at Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival indiablooms.com 30 May 12
	Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento the first ever married gay couple unveil 'dead' Berlusconi artwork (with his hand down his trousers) dailymail.co.uk 30 May 12
SEX - LIFE
	Anders Breivik Mass killer said he was "metrosexual" and dreamed of looking like David Beckham mirror.co.uk 30 May 12
Friends suspected Norway killer was gay AP google.com 30 May 12

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Tuesday 29 May 2012

GAY PRIDE Cardiff Mardi Gras takes to the streets with Wales' first ever LGBT parade- Sat 1 Sep sosogay.org 29 May 12 York Pride announces stage line-up - Sat 21 Jul yorkpride.org 29 May 12 Gay Days expecting more than 150,000 people will be in Orlando for the annual event - 29 May-4 Jun wftv.com 29 May 12
	Rhinestone Rhino to be unveiled above Birmingham's Gay Village on Friday to coincide with Birmingham Pride - 2-3 Jun birminghammail.net 29 May 12
gaytoz Gay Pride Calendar GAY MARRIAGE
	Muslim Council of Britain launches campaign to defend marriage mcb.org.uk | mdm-campaign.org.uk 29 May 12
ALAN TURING Turing's Inspiration and why the campaign for justice and a pardon should continue - writes John Leech MP johnleechmp 29 May 12 gaytoz Alan Turing gay pages SEX - LIFE Bisexuality offers tremendous variety, researchers find: but being lumped with gays can do more harm than good medicalnewstoday.com 29 May 12 DON'T ASK
	Gay Cadets Eight months after a repeal of "don't ask , don't tell" policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy graduates its first group of openly gay cadets abcnews.go.com 29 May 12
WORLD Brazil Senate committee OKs gay civil unions google.com 29 May 12 SHOW BIZ 15 piece string orchestra to record music for Cardiff's Iris film festival 2012 montage - 10-14 Oct irisprize.org 29 May 12
	Gareth Malone Choirmaster who led Army Wives to No 1 brands gay rumours 'juvenile' independent.ie 29 May 12
	Green Lantern Reliable sources say the original Green Lantern Alan Scott will be the character rebooted as gay advocate.com 29 May 12

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