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26 September 2012UK: Muslim anti-gay cleric Abu Hamza launches new appeal 49 Abu Hamza has launched a last minute High Court appeal to avoid extradition to the US on terror charges. -
26 September 2012Lord Ken Maginnis dismisses Stonewall’s ‘bigot’ nomination 45 Lord Ken Maginnis, the former Ulster Unionist MP, who previously referred to same-sex marriage as “unnatural and deviant behaviour” has dismissed his nomination for Stonewall’s “Bigot of the Year” award. -
25 September 2012UK politician criticises Stonewall for ‘bigot’ nomination – but wants to attend ceremony 40 Alan Craig, the leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance Party and a former councillor for the London Borough of Newham, has criticised Stonewall after the charity nominated him for the title of “Bigot of the Year”. -
25 September 2012Video: Hugh Grant comes @Out4Marriage and says ‘love is the same for everyone’ 23 Hugh Grant, star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, About a Boy and the Bridget Jones films, has recorded a video in support of the Out4Marriage campaign to make same-sex marriage legal in the UK. -
25 September 2012UK: Muslim anti-gay cleric Abu Hamza’s US extradition approved 38 Abu Hamza had previously said AIDS had been sent as a curse on gay people and he also claimed that transgender people were cursed too. -
24 September 2012Madonna no longer hip for Radio 1, says DJ Scott Mills 36 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, gay BBC Radio 1 afternoon presenter Scott Mill says the ‘Queen of Pop’, Madonna is no longer a cool artist for the station. -
24 September 2012Nick Grimshaw debuts on Radio 1 breakfast show 3 Nick Grimshaw has today taken to the airwaves on Radio 1’s flagship breakfast show and in the process has now become one of the country’s most high-profile gay broadcasters. -
24 September 2012Interview: Radio 1′s Scott Mills talks ageing, Madonna and his new book. 13 Scott Mills, BBC Radio 1’s veteran afternoon presenter, TV host, and all-round nice guy has exclusively spoken to PinkNews.co.uk about his new autobiography entitled Love You Bye. -
21 September 2012UK: Cardinal Keith O’Brien nominated for ‘bigot’ of the year, by Stonewall 32 Stonewall, Britain’s largest gay rights charity, has nominated the UK’s most senior catholic, Cardinal Keith O’ Brien for the title of Bigot of the Year as part of its annual awards ceremony. -
21 September 2012London: Gay former Tory AM Brian Coleman arrested over assault allegation + Brian Coleman, the former Conservative London Assembly Member and ex-mayor of Barnet, has been arrested on suspicion of common assault. -
20 September 2012Video: UK athletes promote safe sex in THT campaign 3 HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has released a short film clip, in which an assortment of British and international athletes talk openly about sex and condoms. -
20 September 2012Rupert Everett branded ‘gay dinosaur’ by Coronation Street star 21 Gay Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has criticised Rupert Everett after he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse” than having gay male parents. -
20 September 2012London Assembly launches World Pride inquiry 4 As part of its investigation, the Greater London Authority Oversight Committee will look at the role of the organisers, Boris Johnson’s involvement in World Pride and the impact on London’s reputation of scaling back the event. -
20 September 2012Video: Culture Secretary Maria Miller comes @Out4Marriage and defends record 39 The new Culture Secretary Maria Miller has once again signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on equal marriage by recording a video for the Out4Marriage campaign. -
20 September 2012Former adviser to Nick Clegg criticises ‘bigot’ apology 17 Nick Clegg’s former director of strategy disagrees with the decision of his former boss to apologise for appearing to brand equal marriage opponents as “bigots”. -
19 September 2012London: Gays urged to get on their bikes 3 After a summer of watching Olympic cycling success for Team GB, what better way to build up those leg muscles than by joining Cycle Out London. -
19 September 2012Rupert Everett attempts to downplay gay parenting row 58 Last weekend, the Sunday Times published an interview with the 53-year-old star, in which he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads”. -
19 September 2012Pink: It’s not a ‘gay marriage’ it’s just ‘a marriage’. 14 US pop star Pink says she looks forward to the day when titles to describe people and their orientation becomes meaningless. -
18 September 2012Terrence Higgins Trust launches new transgender online resource 7 HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched two new support guides for the UK’s transgender community. -
17 September 2012PM told to stop ‘whoring’ after the gay vote, by Telegraph journalist 98 Damian Thompson, the editor of Telegraph Blogs and a columnist for the paper has criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for trying to gain support from the LGBT community.
