Latest News from Gay UK

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GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms
The US clothing retailer GAP has released a new advertising campaign in Los Angeles, which features a gay couple embracing under one t-shirt, and has predictably drawn the wrath of the anti-gay group, One Million Moms. ...
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder
A middle-school teacher in Kansas has courted condemnation from students and gay rights activists after he wrote on his Facebook page that being gay was 'the same as murder.' ...
US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has passed a resolution yesterday endorsing equal marriage, two weeks following President Obama's move to do so. ...
Republicans hastily add anti-equal marriage coda to a defence bill
In a sign that equal marriage might be made a more prominent issue than previously thought, following President Obama's support for the measure, Republican-led House of Representatives have hastily added a provision on to a large-...
Malaysia: Muslim lesbian activist launches controversial book
A Canadian Muslim has launched a controversial new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia, where the majority of citizens are Muslim, despite attempts by a government minister to ban the event. ...

Hampshire Police stage operation to target homophobic abuse in Portsmouth
Police in Portsmouth are carrying out an operation to target homophobic abuse. ...
Gay marriage: prospects and realities debate at British Academy
There will be a discussion on 'Equal Civil Marriage' at the British Academy on Tuesday, May 29 with Diarmaid MacCulloch, presenter of BBC 2’s 'H...
Graham Norton invites the nation to Party for Parkinson’s for The Queen’s Jubilee
Graham Norton is inviting the nation to Party for Parkinson’s to celebrate The Queen’s Jubilee....
London’s Green MEP reassures Europe’s LGBT teenagers “It gets better” ahead of International Day Against Homophobia
Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London has taken part in a special European Parliament film ahead of International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO...
Gay Photographers Network Exhibition
f20-12 is an exhibition of new photography from the Gay Photographers Network. It is their third annual exhibition and is being held during Prid...

Lip Service review: season 2, episode 5
How on Earth is it the penultimate episode of Lip Service already? I never thought I’d say this, but six episodes really aren’t enough, particularly when we had to spend the first three of them watching people weep in ...
President Obama, the first gay angel
Ok, US President Barack Obama is neither gay nor a heavenly being with white wings, but if you caught the cover of Newsweek magazine, it appears that some people may disagree with me. Last week’s touching and monumental inte...
Event review: Transpose, Literary Edition
Last Saturday (12 May 2012), around fifty queers and allies from around the south-east crowded into a small London bookshop-cafe to listen to trans and trans-friendly artists read poetry, sing songs and tell stories, and to take p...
Who are the real role models? (Is it time to role up the red carpet?)
Does the LGBT community have a role model? The likes of Heather Peace, Jill Jackson and Jessie J seem to have recently become emblems to the LB community but do we actually need someone we can relate to, someone that [...]...
Conversion therapy ban?
It seems there could be a breakthrough in the stigma against homosexuality, as the state of California may be the first to ban the therapy which aims to “convert” non heterosexual teens. ‪The therapy, which is some...