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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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. -
28 October 2012Gay former Tory MP linked with abuse scandal 29 The late Sir Peter Morrison, a gay former Conservative MP and ex-parliamentary aide to Margaret Thatcher, has been described as a “paedophile” by the former leader of the Welsh Conservatives Rod Richards. -
26 October 2012Northern Ireland marks landmark gay rights anniversary 5 Thirty years ago in 1982 Jeff Dudgeon, a shipping clerk and gay rights activist in Belfast, successfully challenged the criminalisation of sexual relations between men at the European Court of Human Rights. -
26 October 2012Jamaica faces legal action over anti-gay laws 15 Three people have launched legal against Jamaica due to the country’s continued enforcement of anti-gay laws. -
26 October 2012Video: Google promotes equal marriage video ahead of ballots 4 Google is raising awareness of the equal marriage public ballots that are due to take place in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington next month with a new campaign video featuring its staff. -
26 October 2012Brighton: 2 teenagers arrested after attack in gay quarter + An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy from Brighton have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following an attack in the city’s LGBT district. -
26 October 2012Nick Griffin: Civil partnerships lead to death of children 79 BNP leader Nick Griffin claims to have the “support” of gay people after making a series of outspoken comments to a student newspaper about same-sex parenting. -
26 October 201212th annual Intersex Awareness Day marked around the globe 3 Campaigners are marking Intersex Awareness Day, which is taking place on Friday. -
26 October 2012US amateur boxing in clash over coach’s remarks about ‘gay’ female fighters 12 The organisation responsible for amateur boxing in the US has been criticised for its failure to remove Hal Adonis from its board, after he said half of all female fighters were either lesbians or child abuse victims. -
25 October 2012Romney rejected birth certificates of children from gay parents 25 Mitt Romney is being accused of deliberately trying to make it harder for same-sex couples to register the birth details of their children during his time as governor of Massachusetts.
