Articles about Social Media

11 April 2013
Comment: A brave new world for GMFA 33 Matthew Hodson, head of programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA writes for PinkNews.co.uk on how funding cuts poses a challenge to the charity's HIV prevention work.
5 April 2013
Rapper Daddy Yankee denies that he is gay after circulation of fake gay kiss photo 5 Rapper Daddy Yankee has dismissed rumours that he is gay, blaming social media for the rumours, as a photograph which sites claimed was of him kissing another man, circulated earlier this week.
2 April 2013
Comment: Equal marriage campaigners should rein in their egos and go back to the grassroots 19 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Chris Ward says equal marriage campaigners should focus on convincing neighbours and their local MPs to support the measure with traditional lobbying methods – rather than relying on online activism.
28 March 2013
BBC apologises for naming South African official ‘gay marriage’ in TV news caption 3 The BBC has apologised for accidently naming a South African civil servant with the name “gay marriage” in a TV news report about a diplomatic conference.
19 March 2013
Florida: State appeals court makes key ruling in Facebook gay hate case + In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court has ruled that posting threats on one's personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.
12 March 2013
Study: Sexuality can be revealed by the type of music you ‘like’ on Facebook 12 Information about sexuality can be revealed from the things you choose to ‘like’ on Facebook, a study suggests.
20 February 2013
Comments featuring the word ‘gay’ mysteriously disappear off Gillette UK’s Facebook page 44 Men’s shaving and grooming giant Gillette has launched an investigation after a PinkNews reader complained that non-offensive comments featuring the word “gay” were being erased from the company’s UK Facebook page.
7 February 2013
West Midlands Police officer resigns after using force’s Twitter account to message gay men 14 An award-winning Special Constable from the West Midlands has resigned after it emerged he used a police Twitter account to send messages to gay men that were "against force policy".
30 January 2013
Interview: Charlie Hides on becoming a YouTube drag sensation 6 Having done shows for Sir Elton John and with 8.2m video views spread across 119 videos on his YouTube channel, Charlie Hides is bringing drag to the digital mainstream.
29 January 2013
Twitter’s Vine videos service flooded with gay porn despite moves to reduce explicit content 4 Twitter has blocked searches for the terms "porn" and "sex" on its new video sharing service Vine in an attempt to reduce the level of explicit content being posted.
29 January 2013
Comment: The power of online activism & social media in the fight for LGBT equality 11 Murray Lipp, administrator of the Facebook page ‘Gay Marriage USA,’ discusses his experience in maintaining America’s largest independent national equal marriage page on Facebook.
30 November 2012
Interview: Jean-Luc Romero talks on the fight against AIDS, social media, and equal marriage in France 1 Jean-Luc Romero, a French politician, author, and active campaigner against HIV/AIDS, after having been the first French politician to be openly HIV-positive back in 2002, he has focussed his career on "the human", and human rights.
29 November 2012
Comment: The dangers of social media 7 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, employment lawyer Anna Furness says the recent high profile legal case of Christian housing worker Adrian Smith, who was demoted by his employer for posting anti-equality remarks on Facebook, illustrates the potential dangers of social media for employees.
17 November 2012
US: Influx of donations aim to save LGBT youth rescue centre destroyed by Superstorm Sandy 4 A rescue centre for homeless LGBT youths in New York City, which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, is on the way to being rebuilt after a social media campaign was launched to save it.
27 September 2012
Lesbian daughter of Hong Kong billionaire still ‘close’ with father 16 Gigi Chao, the lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire who’s been on the receiving end of global media attention, has given an interview to the BBC.
2 August 2012
Russian social network only allows users to post straight relationships 10 Russia’s leading social networking site has come under fire from gay rights activists for the lack of a same-sex relationship status option.
26 June 2012
San Francisco: Missing man returns a week after social networking app meeting 24 A 22-year-old man in San Francisco has resurfaced having been missing for a week after meeting a stranger on a social networking app before the city's pride celebrations.
9 May 2012
Facebook administrators ‘reject lesbian t-shirt ad’ 13 An advert for a t-shirt bearing the slogan 'Lesbian wanted' has been rejected by Facebook advert regulators, the Danish producers said today.
23 March 2012
Stonewall unveils Facebook Timeline of key gay events since 1989 4 Stonewall had relaunched its Facebook page utilising the new timeline facility to record key moments for the gay community's struggle for equality since its foundation in 1989.

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