Three LGBT ‘unsung heroes’ have received gongs in the New Year’s Honours. Jeffrey Dudgeon, Liberal Unionist politician and equal opportunities and human rights campaigner, receives an MBE for services to the LGBT community in Northern Ireland. He brought a six year long case against the UK in his defence of the right to enjoy – [...]
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Alan Cumming ties the knot, again!
January 9, 2012
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Alan Cumming and his partner Grant Shaffer have married again – this time in America. The Scottish actor, 46, who stars in The Good Wife, and his commercial-illustrator partner were married Saturday at New York’s Soho Grand Hotel, five years to the day after celebrating their civil partnership in London. On Twitter, he wrote: “I just got married!!!!! [...]
Read more HIV prevention research named scientific breakthrough of the year
January 8, 2012
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A study led by the University of North Carolina into HIV prevention has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science. The study evaluated whether antiretroviral (medicine that weakens the HIV virus) drugs can prevent sexual transmission of HIV among couples in which one partner has HIV and the other does [...]
Read more Attempt to ban civil partnerships fails
January 5, 2012
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A motion was successfully defeated in the House of Lords which would have banned the celebration of civil partnerships in religious premises. The ‘wrecking motion’ was introduced by Conservative peer Baroness O’Cathain. It would have meant that the ‘Alli amendment’ that Stonewall secured to the 2010 Equality Act last spring would have been scrapped. However, [...]
Read more Tesco Deny Re-Think on London Pride 2012 Support
January 4, 2012
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Supermarket giant Tesco have refuted claims that they have withdrawn their their support from London Pride 2012. The rumours come after The Christian Institute said that the company’s financial grant towards the event was an inappropriate act, the Institute reportedly told the media that their lobbying campaign against Tesco’s to withdraw the funding had been [...]
Read more David Beckham Creates Underwear Range For H&M
January 4, 2012
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Once upon a time he was getting his kit off for Armani now, David Beckham can be found showing the flesh for H&M. The LA Galaxy star’s plans were released today when clothing brand H&M released their advertising campaign for Beckham’s new underwear range at their stores. Instead of languishing on a bed like in [...]
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