England
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5 April 2013Former 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 April 2013Jim Davidson banned from performing at Kent theatre over his anti-gay views 15 Jim Davidson has been told he cannot perform at a theatre in Kent because of his homophobic views. -
4 April 2013UK: Hate crime charity welcomes Greater Manchester Police’s decision to record attacks on subculture groups 8 Stop Hate Crime UK has welcomed Greater Manchester Police’s decision to recognise attacks on members of subcultures, such as goths, punks and emos, as hate crimes. -
4 April 2013Jeremy Irons: Same-sex marriage could lead to fathers marrying their sons for tax purposes 163 British actor Jeremy Irons says equal marriage could lead to fathers marrying their sons. -
4 April 2013Greater Manchester Police to treat crimes against goths and punks as seriously as homophobia 12 Greater Manchester Police is to become the first force in the country to recognise alternative subculture – such as “goths, emos, punks and metallers” as a recordable motivation for hate crime. -
3 April 2013Greater London Authority ranked a dismal 278th in Stonewall Equality Index 14 A Freedom of Information request has revealed the Greater London Authority (GLA) was ranked 278th for this year’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index – falling from second place in 2008. -
3 April 2013UK: Government think tank gives cautious response to Border Agency reforms + The Institute for Government has commented on the decision to scrap the UK Borders Agency – which handles claims made by asylum seekers fleeing homophobic persecution. -
3 April 2013Spectator columnist: ‘Katie Price demeans marriage more than gay marriage ever could’ 38 With her latest marriage to a 26-year-old stripper, Conservative writer and commentator Douglas Murray says Katie Price “demeans marriage more than gay marriage ever could.” -
2 April 2013The Saturdays: ‘Girls are hotter than men’ 9 The Saturdays say they are not gay but “check women out more than men”. -
2 April 2013Surrey: Man cleared over bus gas poison plot 13 A man who claimed he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a “homosexual paedophile gang” has been cleared of planning to carry out a poison gas attack. -
2 April 2013Comment: 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. -
2 April 2013London: NUJ to host debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media 4 The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is hosting a debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media, later this month. -
2 April 2013NUT urges for sex education to be made statutory in order to tackle homophobic bullying 8 The government’s decision to maintain sex education as a non-statutory subject has been criticised by the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. -
1 April 2013Vice chair of Christians in Parliament urges Lord Carey to focus on global poverty and not on attacking equal marriage 10 Lord Carey has been criticised for his outspoken attack on David Cameron’s commitment to gay equality by Lord Bates, of Christians in Parliament. -
31 March 2013UK: Leading black Pentecostal pastor backs equal marriage for same-sex couples 25 The Reverend Paul Bailey has become one of the first black church leaders to back the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. -
31 March 2013Poll: Most believe Church of England is ‘out of touch’ with modern society 37 More than two-thirds (69%) of the population believe that the Church of England is out of touch with society and half (54%) believe that it does a bad job of providing moral leadership. -
30 March 2013Bishop of Shrewsbury Easter homily plans to attack same-sex marriage as detracting from value of human life 39 The Bishop of Shrewsbury will address a trinity of controversial topics in his Easter homily at Shrewsbury Cathedral tomorrow. -
29 March 2013Richard E Grant pays tribute to his on-screen fictional gay Uncle Monty 2 Tributes have been paid to Richard Griffiths, remembered by many, including Richard E Grant, for playing Uncle Monty, a gay character in the 1987 cult British film Withnail and I. -
29 March 2013David Cameron reshuffles anti-gay marriage Energy Minister John Hayes 14 In a move designed to please disgruntled Tory backbenchers – many of whom are angry over the government’s equal marriage policy – David Cameron has made John Hayes his senior parliamentary adviser. -
29 March 2013Ex-Leeds player Robbie Rogers: There’s no way I could have stayed in football after coming out as gay 23 Robbie Rogers has explained why coming out as gay meant he had to retire immediately as a professional footballer, saying: "I don't think I would have been able to go training the next day".
