Jessica has been the editor of PinkNews.co.uk since 2009.
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31 August 2011House of Lords report: UK HIV strategy is ‘woefully inadequate’ 48 A major report on HIV and AIDS says the government is not doing enough to tackle the issue and that the priority given to prevention efforts is "woefully inadequate". -
31 August 2011Chaz Bono to appear on Dancing With the Stars 13 Chaz Bono is to take part in the new series of Dancing With the Stars. The 42-year-old, who completed his transition earlier this year, says he hopes to educate viewers about transgender people. -
31 August 2011Burnley Pride postponed until 2012 4 East Lancashire's first gay Pride festival has been postponed until next year. Organisers of Burnley Pride said it had been "too adventurous" to plan the event in time for September. -
31 August 2011GLAAD calls VMA winner Tyler, The Creator ‘violently anti-gay’ 60 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has condemned MTV for giving a VMA award to a singer it says is "violently anti-gay". Tyler, The Creator, whose real name is Tyler Okonma, won the best new artist award at Monday night's ceremony. -
31 August 2011Anti-gay Puerto Rican senator blames ‘political enemies’ for naked Grindr photos 26 A Puerto Rican senator who allegedly posted a picture of his naked buttocks on gay iPhone app Grindr says he is the victim of political enemies. New Progressive Party Senator Roberto Arango has not denied the images are of him. -
31 August 2011Storm over Scottish lesbian church minister’s civil partnership 82 A minister at a Scottish church has announced she plans to have a civil partnership. Reverend Lynn Brady, of Newburgh Parish Church in Fife, told her congregation this week of her plans. -
30 August 2011Jedward ‘not gay’, says tour manager 80 Jedward's tour manager has denied that the Irish twins are gay. Liam McKenna told New magazine that despite speculation, the excitable duo like girls but won't discuss sex on Celebrity Big Brother in case their grandmother finds out. -
30 August 2011Gay cycling champion Graeme Obree warns gay athletes to stay in the closet 45 Graeme Obree, the cycling champion who came out earlier this year, has warned other gay sportsmen and women not to follow his example. The 45-year-old athlete, known as the Flying Scotsman, revealed in January that he is gay and said he had twice to kill himself over his struggle to accept his sexual orientation. -
30 August 2011Lady Gaga takes male alter-ego to VMAs 16 Lady Gaga attended last night's MTV Video Music Awards as her male alter-ego, Joe Calderone. Sporting a cigarette, stubble and a black quiff, the singer performed new hit You and I with Queen guitarist Brian May, as well as picking up three awards. -
30 August 2011Anti-gay presidential hopeful claims ‘gay jihad’ against him 53 Rick Santorum, the anti-gay Republican presidential candidate, claims there is a gay "jihad" against him. The former Pennsylvania senator, who has attacked gay marriage and compared it to incest, was speaking on Friday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. -
30 August 2011DADT campaigner Dan Choi on trial for White House protest 13 Gay former Army lieutenant Dan Choi has appeared in federal court over a protest he held against the military gay ban. The former soldier, who was dismissed two years ago after coming out on television, chained himself to the fence of the White House last November. -
30 August 2011Puerto Rico politician resigns over gay Grindr photos 34 A Puerto Rico politician who has voted against gay rights has resigned after reports said explicit photos of him had been found on gay iPhone app Grindr. New Progressive Party Senator Roberto Arango said he had taken some snaps to document his weight loss.
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30 August 2011German football captain Philipp Lahm says gay players should not come out 38 Gay footballers should stay in the closet, German football captain Philipp Lahm has said. The Bayern Munich captain, 27, wrote in his autobiography The Subtle Difference that bullied gay players could be driven to kill themselves. -
30 August 2011Hundreds of complaints over Torchwood gay sex scenes 174 The BBC has received hundreds of complaints over gay sex scenes in an episode of sci-fi drama Torchwood. More than 500 viewers contacted the broadcaster over the scenes involving 'omnisexual' character Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman. -
24 August 2011Call for gay men to donate blood stem cells 33 Anthony Nolan is calling on the gay community, who are not barred from donating blood stem cells because of their sexuality. -
19 August 2011White House announces immigration changes that could benefit gay couples 14 The Obama administration has announced changes in immigration policy that could benefit gay couples. The changes mean that deportation cases will be prioritised according to security risk, such as those with criminal convictions. -
19 August 2011Christine O’Donnell calls Piers Morgan ‘sexist’ and ‘creepy’ over gay marriage interview 42 Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell has explained why she walked out of a 'Piers Morgan' interview after the CNN host asked her about her views on gay marriage. The politician, who is against gay marriage and has a history of anti-gay comments, tore off her microphone and walked off set during filming for Wednesday's show. -
19 August 2011Cameroon men arrested for ‘looking feminine’ 18 The lawyer for two men facing trial in Cameroon for homosexuality offences says they were arrested for looking feminine. Alice Nkom, speaking to BBC News, said that her clients, aged 19 and 20, were accused of homosexuality because their hair was "dressed like women". -
19 August 2011Teenager found guilty of stabbing gay man in north London 17 An 18-year-old has been found guilty of an unprovoked attack on a gay man in Camden, north London, earlier this year. Guelor Moaso, of Maitland Park Road, Chalk Farm, stabbed 37-year-old David Farrer three times. -
19 August 2011EHRC confirms backtrack on opt-outs for anti-gay workers 162 The Equality and Human Rights Commission has confirmed that it will not seek 'reasonable adjustments' to be made for religious workers who refuse to serve gay people, to the dismay of Christian rights groups.
