Jessica has been the editor of PinkNews.co.uk since 2009.
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15 August 2011Amnesty: Cameroon must release men on gay sex charges 10 Amnesty International has called for Cameroonian officials to immediately release two young men charged with homosexuality offences. The pair, a 19-year-old known only as Jonas, and a 20-year-old known only as Francky - were arrested on July 25th in a car outside a night club in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. -
15 August 2011Video: Michele Bachmann still won’t talk about gay rights 54 Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has been challenged again on her controversial anti-gay views - but still refuses to discuss them. Appearing on NBC's Meet The Press, she would only tell host David Gregory "I don't judge them" when asked to make her views clear. -
15 August 2011Anti-gay Republican ‘arranged gay sex with teenager’ 78 An Indianapolis politician who has voted against gay marriage allegedly arranged a gay sex session with a teenager and tried to bribe him not to tell anyone. Republican Phillip Hinkle, 64, reportedly responded to a Craigslist ad looking for a "sugga daddy". -
15 August 2011SNP politician retreats over gay ‘Nazi’ slur 22 A Scottish Nationalist Party MP has withdrawn a slur he made comparing gay rights campaigners to Nazis. Bill Walker said an anti-homophobia logo was "threatening" and reminded him of the Nazis. -
15 August 2011Trans woman and gay man wed in Cuba 30 A transgender woman and a gay man have married in Cuba. Wendy Iriepa, 37, and Ignacio Estrada, 31, said their marriage is a significant step forward for LGBT rights in the country. -
12 August 2011Academia ‘has ignored LGBT issues’ 29 A new National Union of Students report says that LGBT issues have been "actively cut out" of education and academia. The report, Liberation, Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum, says lessons in all subjects should try to be more "inclusive", with focus on LGBT issues, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities. -
12 August 2011Ricky Martin says women still flirt with him 17 Gay singer Ricky Martin says women still try to seduce him, a year after he came out. The star said he was flattered, but uninterested. -
12 August 2011Trial of US gay school shooting expected to end next week + The trial of a California boy accused of murdering his gay classmate is expected to end this week. Lawyers for Brandon McInerney, now 17, were expected to rest their case today. -
12 August 2011Starbucks CEO pulls out of talk at anti-gay mega-church 32 The chief executive of Starbucks has cancelled a talk at an anti-gay mega-church. Howard Schultz, who is also the coffee chain's president and chairman, was due to speak at the 2011 Leadership Summit at Illinois-based Willow Creek Church, held this week. -
12 August 2011Republican gay group appoints ‘homophobe’ Ann Coulter to its board 94 The US Republican gay group GOProud has appointed Ann Coulter to its advisory board. Ms Coulter, a lawyer and conservative commentator, opposes gay marriage, the end of the military gay ban and teaching children about the "homosexual lifestyle", among other LGBT issues. -
12 August 2011Tel Aviv LGBT youth centre faces closure 4 An LGBT youth centre in Tel Aviv may have to close because of financial problems. The Bar Noar centre was the scene of a fatal shooting two years ago, in which a teenage girl and a counsellor died. The perpetrator has not been caught. -
12 August 2011Don’t call me a bigot, says MSP who believes gay relationships aren’t equal 87 An MSP who believes that gay relationships are not in "any way equal" to straight ones says he has been upset by messages calling him a bigot. Bill Walker, the MSP for Dunfermline said gay rights campaigners had "intimidated" him.
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12 August 201161 per cent of Scots support gay marriage 83 A large majority of Scottish people now support marriage equality. According to the 2010 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, published yesterday, 61 per cent of people believe gays and lesbians should have the right to marry. -
11 August 2011Gay man sexually assaulted and robbed on Hampstead Heath 129 Police are appealing for information after a gay man was attacked, sexually assaulted and robbed on London's Hampstead Heath. Officers believe the victim may also have been drugged. -
11 August 2011San Francisco married gay couple lose immigration case 118 A married gay couple in San Francisco who have lived together for nearly 20 years have been told that one must leave the US by August 25th. Bradford Wells and Antony John Makk married seven years ago in Massachusetts. For most of the last 19 years, they have shared a home in the Castro district. -
11 August 2011Australia’s first gay and lesbian retirement village to be built 18 Work on Australia's first gay, bisexual and lesbian retirement village is to begin next year. A 120-unit complex is being built in Ballan in Victoria with a croquet lawn, indoor spa and bar. -
11 August 2011Judge rules Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa for trial + A British judge has ruled that millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa to stand trial over the murder of his wife. Anni Dewani, 29, was shot dead in Cape Town, South Africa, in November during an apparent hijacking. Local police believe her husband arranged for her to be killed by hitmen. -
11 August 2011Steven Gerrard voted hottest footballer by gay fans 26 Gay football fans have voted Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard the hottest premiership player. The Gaydar survey of 4,276 men put Chelsea's Fernando Torres in second place, while teammate Frank Lampard was third. -
11 August 2011Trial continues over gay school shooting + The trial of a boy accused of shooting dead a gay classmate has heard that administrators failed to address problems around the victim's clothes and behaviour. Brandon McInerney, who was 14 at the time, is accused of shooting 15-year-old Larry King in the back of the head during a lesson at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, in February 2008. -
11 August 2011Another gay harassment lawsuit filed in Minnesota 16 Another lawsuit has been filed against a school district in Minnesota, which has been accused of allowing homophobic bullying. Last month, a suit was filed on behalf of five students in the Anoka-Hennepin school district, where a number of LGBT teen suicides have been reported.
