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6 August 2007Deputy Head of Equality and Inclusion – Olympic Delivery Authority + As part of an integrated Equality Inclusion Team (see attached organagram) the Deputy Head of Equality and Inclusion is responsible for ensuring that the ODA's equality and diversity strategy is implemented at all levels of the supply chain and through the procurement process.Your ultimate goal is to ensure the ODA leaves a lasting legacy for equality in terms of a step-change in equality practice in the construction sector. -
6 August 2007Equality and Inclusion Manager (Impact Engagement) – Olympic Delivery Authority + The Equality and Inclusion Manager will lead and manage projects to ensure that the ODA maximises its contribution to equality, is an exemplar in meeting its statutory duties to promote equality and integrates equality and inclusion into all its business processes.You will play a lead role in assessing and maximising the impact on equality of major projects and ODA functions and policies.
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6 August 2007Head of Equality and Inclusion – Olympic Delivery Authority + The Head of Equality Inclusion leads and co-ordinates the work of the Olympic Delivery Authority on one of its priority cross-cutting themes: Equality and Inclusion.They are responsible for developing and delivering the frameworks and strategies to ensure that the ODA, working closely with key partners, achieves maximum direct and indirect impact in promoting equality and inclusion.
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6 August 2007Head of Diversity and Inclusion – the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games + A unique opportunity to join the HR leadership team to build a world-class organisation capable of delivering a spectacular Olympic Games and Paralympic Games event in 2012.Diversity and inclusion were key aspects of the Bid and to build on the work that has been delivered to date, we wish to recruit a Head of Diversity Inclusion.This role will be accountable for the development of the Diversity strategy and will influence across the organisation to ensure that diversity forms part of everything that we do at LOCOG.
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6 August 2007Home Office grants will support hate crime victims 1 More than £100,000 of government funding has been awarded to groups working with LGBT communities across the UK to support victims of homophobia and other forms of hate crime.The funding from the Home Office has been given to a range of community and campaign groups.The Intercom Trust was given the largest grant, £28,290, to fund their work in rural south west England. -
6 August 2007Archives reveal Churchill’s Cabinet discussed gays + New documents released by the National Archives give an enlightening account of the views of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other Cabinet ministers on homosexual men in 1950s Britain.The notebooks kept by the Cabinet Secretaries contain short handwritten accounts of the conversations of ministers on a range of issues, and have just been released to the public.On the 24th February 1954 the Cabinet discussed the issues of prostitution and homosexuality. -
6 August 2007Ugly Betty broadcaster praised for gay content + A leading US gay organisation has revealed its assessment of the current state of LGBT representation on American network TV and singled out ABC as the best-performing network.The Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) released its inaugural GLAAD Network Responsibility Index, a first-of-its-kind report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on network television.ABC, with shows such as Brothers Sisters and Ugly Betty, received the highest ranking of the five networks. -
6 August 2007Suspended sentence for married woman in civil partnership 2 A mother of five children was today spared jail by a judge sentencing her for entering into a civil partnership with another woman while still married to a man.Last month Suzanne Mitchell appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court before Judge Robin Onions and pleaded guilty to breaching the Civil Partnership Act.The judge today decided that in the interests of her children he would not send her to jail. -
6 August 2007John Inman’s friends organise memorial gig 2 John Inman is to be honoured with a tribute show in London next month.He was best known for playing one of the most prominent camp characters in British TV history.Mr Inman's portrayal of Mr Humphries in the popular BBC comedy Are You Being Served made him a household name.In March he died in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, aged 71. -
6 August 2007Black man scared me says cruising politician 4 A senior Florida Republican has presented a novel defence for his actions after his arrest on charges of solicitation last month.Bob Allen, co-chairman of the campaign to select Senator John McCain as the Republican US Presidential candidate, was spotted by police in Titusville, Florida on July 11th acting suspiciously at the men's toilets in a park.Officers decided to send a policeman undercover to investigate, and within minutes Mr Allen allegedly agreed to pay him $20 (£10) to allow him to perform oral sex. -
7 August 2007Ex-gays win right to leaflet schoolchildren + A group who advocate 'conversion therapy' for gay people will be allowed to distribute literature to children promoting their beliefs.Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) took a local school board in the US state of Virginia to court for refusing to distribute their leaflets to high school students.An agreement was reached last week which allows PFOX the same access as other groups to children as young as five. -
7 August 2007US court overturns homophobic adoption law + In a 35-page decision, a panel of the U. -
7 August 2007Prime Minister visits Pride in Stockholm + Ten of thousands of people marched in the Stockholm Pride parade on Saturday as part of Scandinavia's largest gay event.Organisers estimate that 50,000 people paraded, while a record half a million people watched the parade's progress through the Swedish capital.Politicians from most of Sweden's political parties also visited Stockholm Pride. -
7 August 2007LGBT communities party across Europe 1 A record number of gay rights supporters across Europe took part in Pride festivities this weekend.Belfast's streets were alive with the sights and sounds of the 17th annual Gay Pride parade on Saturday.Shoppers in the city were treated to a procession of colourful floats and flamboyant supporters as Belfast's LGBT communities celebrated the finale of a week of gay events. -
7 August 2007‘Lesbian’ soldiers dismissed from Nepalese army + Two female personnel have been kicked out of the army of Nepal on suspicion of being lesbians. -
7 August 2007Iranian paper shut down for interviewing lesbian 1 A leading Iranian newspaper has been shut down for publishing an interview with a woman accused of being a "counter-revolutionary" homosexual.The ban on Shargh, the favourite newspaper of Iranian liberals, comes amid growing pressure on the press in Iran and follows the closure of fellow moderate daily Ham Mihan last month.It is the second time in less than a year that Shargh has been shut down by Iranian officials. -
7 August 2007Win tickets to see Elton John perform in London! 57 PinkNews.co.uk has teamed up with AOL to offer our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see the legendary Sir Elton John perform at The O2 Arena, formerly the Millennium Dome.Sir Elton, 60, is bringing his Red Piano Tour to London.Win tickets to the show and help Sir Elt celebrate his 60th birthday live in concert.The show was a massive success in Las Vegas. -
7 August 2007Hackers attack gay gamers website + An anonymous homophobe knocked GayGamer.net offline over the weekend after flooding the site with threatening emails and death threats.The site's owner Flynn de Marco told fellow gaming site Kotaku.com that small waves of denial of service attacks had started on Wednesday morning, causing occasional timeouts on the site.GayGamer.net is the internet's only gay news-gathering games site. -
7 August 2007White House confirms plans to block gay hate crime law 7 A White House spokesman has reiterated that President Bush will veto Congressional efforts to extend federal hate crimes legislation to cover gender identity and sexual orientation.Senator Ted Kennedy has attached the new crime measure to a defence authorisation bill, in an effort to persuade the President to accept new protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. -
7 August 2007Gay flirting and homophobic abuse upset fire fighters 1 Four firefighters have filed sexual harassment charges against the San Diego fire department after they were taunted while driving a fire engine in a gay Pride parade last month.The men claim their battalion chief ordered them to ride in the July 21st parade through San Diego's Hillcrest neighbourhood, according to their attorney, Stephen Stirling.The fire fighters said they had objected to driving a city firetruck in the parade while on duty, but did so to avoid disciplinary action.
Articles from August 2007
Top stories
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill+
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’+
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many1
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill24
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come8
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading12
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading46
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’49
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins40- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 24
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 68- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading46
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 18- Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'49
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133- Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
UKIP Councillor: 'Most gays are heterophobic', and 'have no rights to marry in church'28
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill61
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
Canada: 'Israeli apartheid' censorship row puts Toronto Pride funding in jeopardy52
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