Articles about Essex

5 April 2013
Former Essex councillor denies resignation was linked to gay ‘porn’ discovered on council laptop 4 A Liberal Democrat councillor in Newport has denied that his recent resignation was linked to a row earlier this year over his council-owned laptop, which was found to be storing explicit gay porn images.
5 February 2013
Tory MP John Whittingdale: ‘Same-sex marriage will cause distress to many’ 32 Conservative MP John Whittingdale has confirmed that he plans to vote against same-sex marriage, saying it will "cause distress to many".
24 January 2013
Peter Tatchell welcomes ACPO response over police DNA sampling of gay men 4 Peter Tatchell has welcomed a decision by the Association of Chief Police Officers to issue Chief Constables with new guidelines after it was revealed gay men were being forced to give DNA samples to police officers.
18 January 2013
Peter Tatchell: More gay men are being forced to give police their DNA 28 Peter Tatchell remains concerned by fresh reports of gay men being forced to give DNA samples to police officers.
17 December 2012
Gay Essex dads to sue government over church same-sex marriage ban 91 Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow plan to mount a legal challenge over the government’s decision to ban gay couples from marrying in the Church of England.
6 December 2012
Essex: Gay hairdresser who launched scissor attack after receiving homophobic abuse is jailed 39 A gay hairdresser has been jailed for two and a half years after he stabbed a man with a pair of scissors due to a homophobic remark.
8 October 2012
UK: Essex Gay couple in car flood terror 32 A gay couple have said they thought they were going to die after their 4x4 was hit by a "tidal wave" of flood water.
22 August 2012
Gay pride pub landlord receives council apology 10 A council in Essex which forced a pub landlord to take down gay pride flags, following a complaint from the paris council, has issued an apology.
20 August 2012
Essex landlord forced by council to remove gay pride flags from pub 63 A pub in Essex has been forced to take down rainbow pride flags after complaints from villagers.
23 March 2012
Kent MP: If gays marry, will Shakespeare be in danger? 168 A twice-divorced Kent MP has questioned whether allowing gay couples to marry will result in Shakespeare being rewritten to redact gender-specific words like 'husband' and 'wife'.

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