Christopher joined PinkNews.co.uk as a reporter and news editor in 2010
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1 June 2011London borough tries to reassure critics after homophobic Catholic charity awarded £89,000 contract for counselling in schools 54 The south-west London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, which earlier this year awarded an £89,000 contract to the homophobic Catholic Children’s Society to offer counselling and support to children in the borough’s school, are seeking to reassure critics over the decision. -
1 June 2011Gay couples in Chicago queue up for civil union licences 9 In Chicago, gay and straight couples are flocking to the Cook County Clerk's downtown office of records to acquire the state's first civil union licenses. -
1 June 2011Miley Cyrus criticises Urban Outfitters over anti-gay campaign support 10 American pop singer Miley Cyrus has taken aim at the president of Urban Outfitters on Twitter, criticising his alleged financial contributions to a right-wing anti-gay political campaign. -
1 June 2011Lesbian woman subjected to homophobic rant from doctor at Atos medical assessment 127 A gay woman who was instructed to attend an Atos Healthcare assessment in order to assess her benefit entitlement claims she was subjected to a homophobic outburst by the doctor who examined her. -
1 June 2011Brisbane gay safe sex campaign ads reinstated after uproar over their removal 26 A safe sex campaign for gay couples in Brisbane, Australia, has been reinstated after it became clear the majority of complaints that led to its removal yesterday were orchestrated by the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). -
31 May 2011Outrage at capital’s HIV services funding cut 38 London HIV prevention groups have said they are outraged at the 20 per cent funding cut. -
31 May 2011Nepalese census includes category for ‘third gender’ 4 Nepal's Central Bureau of Statistics has given official recognition to LGB and transgender people. This is being hailed as a bold move and key victory for equality given that the country only decriminalised gay relationships in 2007. -
31 May 2011New memorial to gay holocaust victims to be built in Munich 96 The German city of Munich, where the Nazis raided gay bars in the early days of the Third Reich, is to have a new memorial dedicated to the gay and lesbian victims of the holocaust. -
31 May 2011New website launched to further promote gay marriage equality in Australia 14 A newly launched Australian website, My Marriage Story is allowing LGBTI Australians to share stories and ideas about the promotion of marriage equality. -
31 May 2011Gallup poll reveals Americans believe 25 per cent of their population are gay or lesbian 26 The findings of a Gallup poll conducted in the USA last month have revealed that Americans estimate 25 per cent of their fellow countrymen and women are gay or lesbian. -
31 May 2011New Canadian exhibition looks at gay maritime life of the post-war years 7 A new exhibition has opened at The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Canada, looking into the gay and lesbian subcultures that flourished at sea on passenger cruise ships, naval vessels and freighters from the 1950s onwards. -
31 May 2011South African ambassador to Uganda found guilty of gay-hate speech 15 The South African Human Rights Commission has won a hate speech case against journalist Jon Qwelane over an anti-gay column he wrote prior to his appointment as the country’s ambassador to Uganda. -
31 May 2011Catholic Care plans to appeal a fourth time over gay adoption ruling 49 The Leeds-based charity Catholic Care are to appeal to the Upper Tribunal in the hope of quashing the ruling forbidding them to exclude gay people when considering potential adoptive parents. -
30 May 2011Trans woman asks that she be sent to a women’s prison if convicted for benefit fraud 35 A trans woman from Oldham who confessed to falsely claiming £12,000 in benefits over a period of four years, asked that she be sent to a women's prison if convicted. -
30 May 2011Chilean president Sebastian Pinera seeks ‘regulation and protection’ for gay couples 42 President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, said this weekend that he wants Congress to legalise de facto civil unions in an attempt to "regulate and protect" more than two million unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian couples.
