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
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31 October 2012Brad Pitt donates $100,000 towards equal marriage fight 9 Brad Pitt has agreed to donate $100,000 (£62,000) to help the Human Rights Campaign raise money for its efforts to support equal marriage initiatives in several US states. -
31 October 2012US preacher blames same-sex marriage for Hurricane Sandy 51 A right-wing homophobic US preacher, who claimed Hurricane Sandy was an example of God’s wrath due to President Obama’s support of equal marriage, is defending his remarks. -
31 October 2012David Cameron: Same-sex marriage is ‘popular’ with voters 107 David Cameron has personally responded to a letter sent to him by the former Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillian after the Tory MP expressed her concerns over the government’s marriage reforms. -
31 October 2012Plans for same-sex marriage are ‘foolish’ says Tory MP 57 Conservative MP Edward Leigh has once again criticised the government’s policy on equal marriage. -
31 October 2012UK: Gay sport stars lend support to NUS campaign 2 England and Surrey cricketer Steven Davies, the sports first openly gay player, is backing the National Union of Students' (NUS) campaign to tackle homophobia in sport, along with gay rugby star Gareth Thomas. -
30 October 2012San Francisco: Gay history museum vandalised following baseball game 6 San Francisco's GLBT History Museum has reopened after it was damaged earlier in the week. -
30 October 2012London: Second man dies following gay sauna incident 32 The Metropolitan Police have launched an appeal for information following the death of two men after they collapsed in a London sauna. -
30 October 2012Nadine Dorries: Same-sex marriage could cost the Tories 4 million votes 84 Tory MP Nadine Dorries says the issue of marriage equality could drain the Conservative Party of four million votes from Christian supporters. -
30 October 2012London: Killer of gay man has sentence reduced 18 A double killer from west London, who murdered a gay pensioner, has had his prison sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal after it was deemed to be excessive. -
30 October 2012Stonewall defends ‘bigot’ awards category after banks withdraw support 87 The UK’s largest gay rights charity has defended its ‘Bigot of the Year’ title following complaints from two of its corporate supporters. -
30 October 2012Brighton: Community group calls for increased security in gay district 10 The chairman of Brighton and Hove’s LGBT Community Safety Forum says the city’s gay quarter of Kemptown is fast becoming a no-go area. -
30 October 2012French political leader calls for same-sex marriage protests 37 The leader of France’s main centre-right opposition party has called for street protests to take place across the country over the government’s proposed equal marriage law. -
29 October 2012South Africa’s president drops legal case against cartoonist 7 Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, whose position on HIV/AIDS and gay rights has repeatedly been cited by campaigners as holding the country back, has dropped a lawsuit against one of his critics. -
29 October 2012Anderson Cooper TV show dropped 8 Anderson Cooper, one of America’s leading gay TV presenters, has expressed his disappointment at the cancellation of his daytime talk show. -
29 October 2012UK: Man seriously hurt in Halloween gay club accident 3 A man is recovering in hospital after accidentally hanging himself on a noose set up as a Halloween prop at a gay club in Buckinghamshire. -
29 October 2012Terrence Higgins Trust to launch new HIV testing campaign 116 England's first National HIV Testing Week will take place next month as part of a strategy designed to tackle high rates of HIV infection among gay and bisexual men. -
29 October 2012Lincolnshire: Gay fraudster tricks police commissioner hopeful 11 A 28-year-old gay man is on the run after fleecing a naive police commissioner candidate out of an estimated £100,000. -
29 October 2012Jim Davidson: ‘Gays’ in showbiz more likely to be ‘perverts’ 105 The controversial comedian Jim Davidson has weighed in on the Jimmy Savile scandal by suggesting gay entertainers are more likely to be sexual abusers. -
29 October 2012London: Police investigate death at gay sauna 51 The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation after a man died at a gay sauna in central London during the weekend. -
28 October 2012Northern Ireland Health minister criticised by Greens over gay adoption appeal 15 Speaking at his party’s conference, Northern Ireland Green Party leader Steven Agnew said Edwin Poots was "unfit for office" over his decision to challenge a senior judge’s ruling on adoption rights for couples in civil partnerships.
