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4 August 2006Straight constable proudly leading gay police in Brighton 4 A new milestone will be reached in Brighton when a Chief Constable will lead his officers in a Pride parade for the first time.Heterosexual Chief Constable Joe Edwards will head the front of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Sussex Police officers at Brighton Pride tomorrow. -
4 August 2006Gays and straights masturbate for charity 7 Police will be holding their truncheons tightly this weekend on standby to protect the controversial screening of Europe's fist ever sponsored Masturbate-A-Thon.Protests are rumoured to be arranged from groups opposed to pornography or sex on television this weekend outside Drop Studios in Clerkenwell Road, where Channel 4 is filming a programme seeking to raise awareness of, and dispel the taboos that persist around the sexual activity. -
4 August 2006Gay games exceeds expectations 3 Over 140,000 people attended the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago and tickets exceeded projections, according to preliminary figures from the organisers."Attendance at Gay Games Chicago events exceeded 140,000 - 40,000 more than we had projected," said Kevin Boyer, Gay Games Chicago co-vice chair. -
4 August 2006Brighton Pride heats up 4 Brighton is preparing for a right old Carry On this weekend as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community head south for Gay Pride.The parade leaves Madeira Drive at 11am on Saturday and twists through the streets of Brighton, making its way to Preston Park.Expect camp emulations of the Carry On stars including a few Kenneth Williams look-a-likes. -
3 August 2006Stonewall FC celebrate golden Gay Games performance + Gay football team Stonewall FC have this week been celebrating a gold medal won at last month's Gay Games in Chicago.The side entered into the Men's Division One to compete for the title of World and Olympic Champions, and made it into the final with an un-beaten record. -
2 August 2006Gay bar accuses Brighton police of ‘bully boy tactics’ 4 One of Brighton's most popular gay pubs is accusing the police of bully boy tactics over Brighton Pride.The Queens Arms has won a 'David and Goliath' style fight over the right to have a street bar after it went to Brighton and Hove Council's licensing appeal panel.
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2 August 2006Nurses back Manchester gay festival + Under the banner 'Make discrimination history, pride in nursing' the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) North West region has announced its support for this year's Mardi Gras Parade in Manchester.Steve Flanagan, RCN Regional Director for the North West said: "Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues are very important to us as an organisation, both for our members and as professional nurses sensitive to the needs of LGBT clients and patients." -
2 August 2006Participants outnumber Outgames spectators 1 Canadian news sources report that the first World Outgames so far appear to have got off to a slow start, attracting more participants than spectators.As the games for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered athletes enter the third day of competition, athletes have outnumbered the fans at many events. -
2 August 2006Gay anthems become uncool classics + Two gay anthems have made a list of uncool records which are secretly okay to enjoy.The top ten "guilty pleasures" include S Club 7's Don't Stop Movin and Gloria Gaynor's classic I Will Survive.The collection was compiled by Q magazine which hopes to "restore a veritable treasure trove of music to glory." -
2 August 2006Brighton bars lead gay pride revolt 4 Brighton's gay bars and clubs are taking revenge against Pride organisers after a "serious communication breakdown" that has led to the cancellation of the annual Street Party.Three bars have already joined the revolt by withdrawing all donations promised to Pride, with many more expected to follow suit.Last year, venues raised more than £10,000 over the festival weekend, which was donated to Brighton Pride in order to help fund the festival. -
1 August 2006Gay crowd snub PM’s Outgames stand-in 1 Canada's Federal Public Works Minister Michael Fortier received a not-so-friendly welcome from the estimated 40,000 attendees of the opening ceremony of Montreal's World Outgames last weekend.According to The Canadian Press, the Conservative senator's speech was interrupted as he attempted to greet the crowd at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday evening.
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31 July 2006Lesbian singer criticises Canadian Prime Minister for snubbing Outgames 1 Lesbian music icon k.d. -
31 July 2006Yorkshire’s gay picnic celebrates 20th anniversary + Yorkshire once again demonstrated 'there's nowt as queer as folk' last weekend, writes Paul Hunt.Despite the Pennine showers, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people travelled to Huddersfield to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Annual Pink Picnic.Face Painting, Karaoke and live music was just some of the attractions on offer. -
31 July 2006Beatles please gay fans + The Beatles have been named as a shock entry in the top 50 gay albums of all time.The list, complied by gay magazine Attitude, puts the Fab Four at number 30 for their 1963 album Please Please Me.The record was the band's first LP and contains hits such as Twist and Shout and I Saw Her Standing There. -
28 July 2006Betcha Bottom Dollar on the Puppini Sisters + PinkNews.co.uk's Katherine Knowles meets a camp trio who have risen from lesbian strip clubs to the top of the iTunes Jazz chart.If you haven't heard the Puppini Sisters yet, you're missing out on one of the most sunnily beamingly happy listening experiences you can possibly sing along in your car to.Quite frankly, this 40s inspired elegant close harmony trio Swing. -
27 July 2006Women’s mag dreams of Depp and Bloom gay love scene 3 Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom have been voted fan favourites to appear in a hypothetical Brokeback Mountain sequel.Readers of America's Jane magazine chose the Pirates of the Caribbean co-stars as the actors they would most like to see in a gay love scene together. -
27 July 2006Montreal launches gay sporting event 1 Nearly 2,000 delegates from more than 100 countries travelled to Montréal yesterday Wednesday to attend the largest human-rights conference on issues of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals.Legal scholars, judges, activists, researchers, rights advocates, academics, union representatives and journalists are among those who gathered for the four-day International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, which is tied to the 1st World Outgames.
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26 July 2006N Sync singer reveals he is gay + N Sync star Lance Bass has dashed the dreams of many a teenage girl after revealing that he is gay.The boy band singer opened up about his sexual orientation in an interview with People magazine, claiming he felt under pressure to keep it a secret to so not to "overpower everything." -
26 July 2006Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest + Though the commercial success of a film which saw the mighty Disney team up with mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and an array of well-known actors was pretty much guaranteed, the critical success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was anything but.
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26 July 2006George Michael denies civil partnership is off 4 Gay singer George Michael has denied rumours that his partner Kenny Goss has called off their civil partnership after reports that the artist was caught cruising on Hampstead Heath last week.A source told the Daily Mail yesterday that the couple were "reassessing" their relationship," but the star denied the claims on Channel 4's Richard and Judy Show.
