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29 April 2013
Q&A: LGBT professional business networking with Radius 5 Tuesday evening sees the latest event for Radius, the London based LGBT professional networking event, this time held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
26 April 2013
Yvette Cooper: ‘Parliament does not have enough openly gay and lesbian MPs’ 9 Labour's Yvette Cooper has called on British businesses and the world of politics to do more to celebrate diversity and not merely to “tolerate” LGBT staff.
21 April 2013
Nick Clegg: ‘More diversity is needed within the Lib Dems’ 20 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said his party needs to lead by example in promoting diversity by including more gay people, women, disabled people and ethnic minorities in its membership.
20 April 2013
Lord Browne: I am still surprised at how cautious businesses are in accepting diversity 15 Lord Browne, the former Chief Executive of BP, has spoken out about a current lack of acceptance of diversity in the world of business, and said that for years he was scared to come out as gay.
25 March 2013
US: Winger’s food chain to back both Boy Scouts and LGBT Prom to promote ‘diversity’ 2 Several restaurants have stepped up to replace Chipotle as caterer for the Utah Scout-O-Rama after the Mexican chain pulled out to protest the Scouts' gay members ban.
22 February 2013
Interview: BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts shares her Big Brother coming out story + BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts has been interviewed by PinkNews’ Scott Roberts about a documentary she is presenting this weekend on the subject of coming out.
11 February 2013
Documents reveal dropped plan for Canadian same-sex wedding bank notes 2 The bank of Canada considered putting an image of a same-sex wedding on bank notes, revealed by documents shown to the Canadian press.
21 November 2012
US: Obama commended for stance on equal marriage by 10-year-old’s letter 15 A 10-year-old in the US was surprised to get a reply to a letter she sent to President Barack Obama.
13 October 2012
Update: Diversity officer put on leave for signing petition hires lawyer, hopes to be reinstated 35 A senior administrator at a Washington university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland, has hired an attorney to represent her, and will address the media next week.
13 October 2012
US: Petition started to reinstate diversity officer put on leave for signing marriage ballot 2 A petition has been started to reinstate a senior administrator at a Washington-based university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland.
11 October 2012
US: University diversity officer placed on leave for signing anti-equal marriage petition 51 A university in Washington DC, has placed its Chief Diversity Officer on leave, after she reportedly signed a petition opposing equal marriage law in the state of Maryland.
6 August 2012
New anti-bullying charity chair calls for ‘visible gay sexuality’ in schools 16 The new chair of anti-bullying charity Diversity Role Models says bullying will continue until 'gay sexuality becomes visible in schools'.
22 June 2012
Study: One in seven UK employees harassed over perceived sexuality in the last year 16 An international study into the experiences of LGBT people living in 21 countries around the world has revealed what it described as "endemic" homophobia in workplaces internationally.
16 January 2012
Chris Bryant attacks Church of England ‘silliness about homosexuality’ 34 Gay MP Chris Bryant has criticised the Church of England, writing that it “needs to forget its silliness about homosexuality” and its teaching that "homophobia is immoral” and “it’s fine and dandy to be gay just so long as you don’t do anything about it.”
9 January 2012
Homophobic Welsh crime rate up on “improved victim confidence” 9 A 40% rise in reported homophobic crime over the last three years in South Wales has been attributed to the increased confidence of gay people to come forward.
6 January 2012
Half of gay men “would die a year early” for the perfect body 186 A study released today says 48% of gay men would sacrifice a year or more of their lives in exchange for their perfect body.
23 December 2011
Trans personality Karen Gayle in this year’s Alternative Christmas Message 8 Channel 4's annual Alternative Christmas Message will this year feature Karen Gayle, one of the stars of its popular documentary, My Transsexual Summer.
9 December 2011
Plans for London 2012 Olympics Pride House London to be unveiled tonight 23 Tonight sees the unveiling of Pride House London, a week long festival run to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic Games. At an event tonight, held at London’s City Hall, details for the festival which will include live music, entertainment, LGBT art, sports and tournaments will be revealed.
10 February 2011
Former newsreader Michael Buerk: ‘Don’t recruit presenters to fill lesbian or Asian quotas’ 50 Former BBC newsreader Michael Buerk says presenters should not be hired just because they tick the right diversity boxes.
13 January 2011
Public bodies asked to find out about gay and trans staff 17 Large public employers are being encouraged to find out how represented lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are in their organisations.

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