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1 December 2006GaydarRadio launches World AIDS Day radiothon 1 Award-winning broadcaster GaydarRadio is marking World AIDS Day today with a fund-raising outside broadcast special at selected venues across London which aims to boost charity coffers, stop the spread of HIV and help end prejudice.The red ribbon digital radiothon opened with Breakfast@Balans in the heart of London's Soho from 7am to 11am and then moves to the premier gay pub Comptons from 11am to 6pm. -
1 December 2006Gay guide ends HIV insurance fears 1 The ABI (Association of British Insurers) has launched a new Consumer Guide for gay men on HIV and Life Insurance to coincide with World AIDS Day today.The guide explains the changes that have been made to how insurance companies deal with issues of sexuality and explodes many of the myths surrounding the treatment of gay men applying for life and protection insurance. -
1 December 2006HIV stigma causing ‘extreme poverty’ 1 HIV stigma and discrimination is driving people living with the virus into extreme poverty, a report revealed today.AIDS charities Crusaid and the National AIDS Trust launched a report into the rising numbers of people living with HIV in poverty to coincide with World AIDS Day this morning. -
1 December 2006World AIDS Day ‘focuses’ work 1 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveThe government will continue supporting efforts to prevent HIV transmission in the UK, the Public Health Minster said today.Welcoming World AIDS Day, Caroline Flint said today is an opportunity to focus on what needs to be done to tackle the virus.She warned that the UK should not be complacent about its attitude, "Here in the UK whilst we remain a relatively low prevalence country for HIV, rates of HIV are rising and we need to ensure that we reinvigorate HIV and AIDS awareness for the 21st Century." -
1 December 2006Gay students ‘ignored’ in sex education 2 On the 18th anniversary of the founding of World AIDS Day, and 25 years after HIV was identified, gay campaign group Schools Out is calling upon the government for a total re-think on its teaching policy.The group, which pushes for LGBT equality in education, claims that the government should be doing more about raising awareness of sexual health amongst school pupils. -
1 December 2006Gay teens ‘failed’ by sex education + A survey of gay teenagers has revealed worrying statistics about underage and unprotected sex.An annual questionnaire by teen website puffta.co.uk found that 58% of gay teens had sex before the legal age of 16, and 23% had had sex at 13-years-old or younger. -
1 December 2006Hilary Benn calls for HIV action + Silence is not an option in the battle against HIV and AIDS, the International Development Secretary said last night.Speaking at the London School of Economics on the eve of World AIDS Day, Hilary Benn warned that it is unacceptable to ignore the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV and AIDS while "7,500 people will die of AIDS tomorrow, while 11,000 will be infected with HIV." -
1 December 2006Gay bars unite to support AIDS charity 57 London's gay bars are uniting in support of gay men's charity GMFA on World AIDS Day.A range of bars all over the Capital will be donating much-needed money to the charity, including The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, King William IV in Hampstead, Comptons of Soho, Escape Bar in Soho, Kasbar in Clapham and new club night Big in the City at Mass in Brixton. -
1 December 2006Prime Minister backs HIV fight 1 Gay men are amongst groups who get the least help because of the stigma surrounding HIV, the Prime Minister said today.Writing in the Daily Mirror, Tony Blair vowed to keep up the fight against HIV and AIDS.His remarks come on World AIDS Day, 25-years after the first diagnoses of the virus. -
1 December 2006PR group launches gay blog 1 A public relations company has launched a blog to discuss gay and lesbian communication issues.FH Out Front, the first global gay and lesbian communications practice group, is affiliated to Fleishman Hillard, a large media relations firm.The blog, located at www.outfrontblog.com features opinions and information from four major global centres of commerce and communications: London, Chicago, Washington and New York. -
1 December 2006Big Brother fame guaranteed until 2010 14 LGBT attention seekers will be pleased to hear that Channel 4 has announced it has re-commissioned Big Brother in a three-year deal to run until 2010, following the continued and phenomenal success of the reality format.The extended Big Brother commission includes spin-off programming Celebrity Big Brother, Big Brother's Little Brother, Big Brother's Big Mouth and E4 streaming. -
1 December 2006Gay activist reveals Harmondsworth homophobia + Harmondsworth and all Britain's asylum detention centres are inhuman hell-holes that should be closed down, gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said today.He spoke after a riot at Harmondsworth asylum detention centre over conditions this week.The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, issued a damning report on Tuesday, describing conditions in Harmondsworth as the worst she has ever seen in an immigration and asylum detention centre. -
1 December 2006‘My Grandpa fought fascism, now the gay community must’ + The death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has raised questions about the state of Russian society, but gay rights campaigner, Nikolai Alekseev, has also uncovered hostile elements of homophobia simmering under the facade of democracy. -
1 December 2006Gay venues smoke free by July 2007 5 All enclosed public places and workplaces in the UK will become smokefree from 1st July 2007, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced today.Gay venues have already told PinkNews.co.uk that they feel they can cope with a ban, which will be introduced in Wales and Northern Ireland in April 2007 and in England in July 2007. -
1 December 2006‘I hope I come back as gay’ 42 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveIs being gay good karma? PinkNews.co.uk meets a group of gay Buddhists who are proud to follow a religion that welcomes them.Barely a week goes by without a religious leader talking about the evils of homosexuality and the damage that gay rights are doing to society.But deep in South London, men and women gather each week, proud of their religion, unafraid of discrimination, they are gay and lesbian Buddhists. -
1 December 2006Americans urged to fight HIV 1 Gay campaigners in the US are urging people to support local AIDS organisations and to make sure political representatives push for funding and support.Today is World AIDS Day, and 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of the very first report of an HIV/AIDS case in the US by the Centre for Disease Control. -
1 December 2006Permanent AIDS Memorial planned for Brighton 57 Brighton's gay bar owners, local businesses and dignitaries have joined forces on World AIDS Day today to launch the first permanent AIDS memorial in the city.A handful of supporters gathered to watch the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Councillor David Smith, release red balloons into the sky as a sign of respect to those who have suffered or died as a result of HIV/AIDS. -
1 December 2006South Africa holds first gay wedding 10 Just 24 hours after its same sex marriage laws were sealed, South Africa has had its first gay wedding.Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls married today in the Southern Cape, making them the first couple to wed under the Civil Unions Act.The couple said they have been planning the occasion for the last eight months. -
1 December 2006Sweden upholds gay blood ban for at least a year 5 Plans to repeal Sweden's ban on gay blood donors have been delayed for at least a year.Last August, Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare announced they would be reviewing the rule, introduced to prevent the spread of HIV, with many thinking it would be amended to allow donations from gay men who had not had sex for six months.But a medical adviser told the Board that more analysis is needed.
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France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage22
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France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
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