Articles about Birmingham

15 May 2013
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers 11 Birmingham LGBT has announced that the University of Warwick Boatclub, who stripped to raise money for Ben Cohen's StandUp Foundation, are to open the UK's first dedicated sports training centre for LGBT people.
24 April 2013
JLS still to appear at Birmingham Pride despite split 2 Birmingham Pride say JLS will still perform their DJ set at the event, despite today's announcement that they are to split-up.
15 March 2013
Former Take That manager claims his bar alone owns the right to use the word ‘QUEER’ nationally 50 Gay bars Queer Street and bar QUEER have taken their battle to use the word ‘queer’ in their names to the High Court.
9 November 2012
Birmingham: Waiter goes berserk after gay couple complain about meal 57 A gay couple faced a tirade of abuse at a Greek restaurant in Birmingham when they complained about their meal.
15 October 2012
Simon Callow: I have a ‘right’ to marriage 32 Actor and theatre director Simon Callow believes the recent outbursts of Lord Carey and former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe on the subject of equal marriage illustrates how the two are living in the past.
8 October 2012
UK: Lord Carey criticised for anti-equal marriage ‘Nazi’ remarks 59 Gay rights campaigners have criticised the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey for making another outspoken attack on equal marriage.
8 October 2012
Comment: It’s vital to lobby MPs over equal marriage 36 In a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Matthew Sephton, chairman of LGBTory says it’s vital that the LGBT community continues to press the case for marriage equality among all parliamentarians.
8 October 2012
UK: Anti-equal marriage rally takes place at Tory conference 111 A rally by the Coalition for Marriage, the campaign group leading the opposition to equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in the UK, has taken place against the backdrop of the Conservative Party Conference.
4 October 2012
Labour MEP Michael Cashman to stand down in 2014 13 Michael Cashman, the gay Labour MEP for the West Midlands, has confirmed that he will quit as a member of the European Parliament at the next European Election in 2014.
25 September 2012
UKIP approves internal LGBT campaign group 40 The UK Independence Party’s National Executive Committee has officially given approval to an affiliated LGBT campaign section of the party.
17 September 2012
Anti-equal marriage protesters to hold Tory conference rally 137 A rally by the Coalition for Marriage, the campaign group leading the opposition to equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in the UK, is to take place on Monday 8 October at next month’s Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
27 March 2012
Birmingham lavishes £10k on bling rhino sculpture for gay village 37 Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council has contributed the sum of £10,000 towards a huge, rhinestone-encrusted sculpture of a rhinoceros which is planned to mark entry to the city's gay village.
28 February 2012
Pub attacker who shattered gay man’s jaw jailed for ten years 32 A Birmingham man has been jailed for ten years after he launched a violent attack on two gay men who had stopped at his local pub for a drink.
18 November 2010
Tory councillor accused of homophobia for criticising gay actor’s school visits 28 A Conservative councillor in Bristol has been accused of homophobia after he voiced concern about gay actor Ian McKellen visiting schools.
18 December 2009
Former drag queen accuses boss of homophobia + A gay man who once worked as a drag queen is suing his boss for unfair dismissal and sexual orientation discrimination.
14 December 2009
Man evicted for homophobic hate campaign 6 A man who made his neighbours' lives hell has been served with a 56-day eviction notice.

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