Scott Roberts was the news editor of Gaydar Radio and a columnist for PinkNews until 2012. In August 2012, he was appointed the editor of PinkNews.co.uk
Twitter: @scottjsroberts-
20 December 2012Northern Ireland: Councillor who opposes same-sex marriage joins rival party 10 An ex-Alliance Party councillor in Northern Ireland has joined the Democratic Unionists Party (DUP) because he is opposed to Alliance’s support for same-sex marriage. -
20 December 2012Canadian gay teacher suspended after showing class draq queen Christmas video 53 A gay teacher in Canada has been suspended after showing a class aged between nine and ten a video of draq queens lip-synching to a Bette Middler song. -
20 December 2012Anti-gay comedian Jim Davidson signed up for Celebrity Big Brother 34 Jim Davidson, who recently suggested gay entertainers are more likely to be sexual abusers, has been signed up for Celebrity Big Brother – despite previously clashing with the show’s gay current host. -
20 December 2012Boris adviser: We almost pulled funding for World Pride 2012 5 Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff to London Mayor Boris Johnson, has told a committee that City Hall considered pulling funding for this year’s World Pride festival amid concerns about its viability. -
20 December 2012US: HIV infection rates rise for young gay men — but down for black women. 16 The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its latest HIV infection report and young gay men remain a top concern. -
19 December 2012Brighton: Police launch special website into gay man’s murder 7 A website to assist Sussex Police in tracing a suspect being sought over the unsolved murder of a Brighton gay man has been set up by the force. -
19 December 2012Australian gay politician travels to Spain in order to marry partner 13 A gay Australian politician and his partner were married in Spain on Wednesday after flying halfway around the world to skirt Australia’s laws banning marriage equality. -
19 December 2012New York: Gay hospital worker jumps in front of train after paedophilia charges 13 A man who was one of the first gay people to marry on top of the Empire State Building has been hit by a subway train just hours after he was bailed in relation to indecent images of children. -
19 December 2012Moscow: Gay rights campaigners attacked outside Russian Parliament 1 Gay rights campaigners have been attacked outside the Russian Parliament as lawmakers debate passing a federal homophobic law. -
19 December 2012US: Republican Todd Akin pushes for homophobic ‘licence to bully’ law 44 Missouri Republican Representative Todd Akin is giving one last push to an anti-gay bill before leaving the US House of Representatives. -
19 December 2012UK: Envoy to the prime minister to vote against same-sex marriage 32 Conservative MP Stephen O'Brien, who is also the Prime Minister's Envoy & UK Special Representative to the Sahel region in Africa, has confirmed he will vote against equal marriage. -
19 December 2012UK: Gay couples denied access to heterosexual divorce laws 28 Gay partners in England and Wales who have an affair with someone of the same sex will not be able to use adultery laws as grounds for divorce, lawyers have warned. -
19 December 2012Ireland: ‘Gay’ chef to spend 8 years behind bars for raping lesbian 6 A 46-year-old man accused of raping a lesbian, having previously told her he was gay, has been jailed. -
19 December 2012US Pentecostal churches blamed for homophobia ‘surge’ in Africa 25 Extreme elements of the US Pentecostal Church are behind the ‘surge’ in homophobia across Africa, according to human rights groups. -
18 December 2012Anti-gay UKIP candidate calls for compulsory abortion of Down’s syndrome foetuses 46 A UKIP candidate, who described same-sex marriage as an “abhorrence", and called for an NHS review to look at compulsory abortion if a foetus has Down's syndrome or spina bifida, has been suspended. -
18 December 2012US: Anti-gay Christian radio host links Connecticut shooting to same-sex marriage 65 Yet another anti-gay US evangelist is seeking to blame the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on America’s growing acceptance of gay equality. -
18 December 2012Liverpool midfielder Suso fined £10,000 by FA for calling teammate ‘gay’ 17 Liverpool's Suso has been fined £10,000 by the Football Association for calling teammate Jose Enrique “gay” after the player tweeted a photo of Enrique having his teeth whitened. -
18 December 2012New York: Body-building fireman acquitted of attacking trans partner 2 A jury has acquitted a firefighter of several assault charges brought against him by his transgender ex-girlfriend – and in a twist to the story is now dating another transgender woman who herself was cleared of a fatal strangulation charge. -
18 December 2012UK: Gay Tory group writes to 303 Tory MPs in plea to support same-sex marriage 9 The Conservative Party’s LGBT group has written to all 303 Tory MPs calling on them to support equal marriage rights for gay couples. -
18 December 2012Colombia: Christmas gay nativity Facebook photo sparks Catholic anger 36 A Colombian couple has been condemned by the Catholic Church for posting a photo on Facebook that depicts the nativity scene with two father Josephs and baby Jesus, but no Virgin Mary.
