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29 June 2012London: School suspends Sunday church group over ‘homosexual offenders’ leaflet 58 Three church groups have been suspended from using a school in East London on Sunday mornings after leaflets referring to 'homosexual offenders' were put through the doors of local houses. -
28 June 2012Pride London funding ‘shortfall’ sees WorldPride heavily scaled back 43 The WorldPride event in London on 7 July has been severely cut back with floats banned from the route and start times moved after a funding "shortfall", organisers Pride London confirmed today. -
28 June 2012Pride London to host conference on LGBT rights around the Commonwealth 8 Pride London, as hosts of WorldPride 2012, will hold a conference focussing on the importance of global decriminalisation of homosexuality in the capital next week. -
27 June 2012Pride London responds to cancellation rumours 15 Organisers of WorldPride 2012 Pride London have rebutted 'misrepresented rumours' that the 7 July event is in danger of cancellation and responded to 'media criticism' of the event's organisation. -
26 June 2012London’s World Pride under threat after payment disputes 38 Pride London's World Pride celebrations are reportedly under threat following a dispute between the organisers and contractors according to the London Evening Standard.
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14 June 2012Updated: Occupy London protesters could ‘vaporise’ gay cruising on Hampstead Heath 132 A group of anti-capitalist Occupy London protesters took up residence on Hampstead Heath this week and defended the camp, saying it would improve the area by driving out the men who meet there for sex. -
28 May 2012Free equal marriage debate to take place in London tomorrow 24 In the final weeks of the government's public consultation on how to implement marriage equality for gay and straight couples, a debate between humanists, Catholics, Jews and social commentators will take place in the capital. -
21 May 2012Video: Lord Chris Smith comes @Out4Marriage – without marriage we are ‘not going to be equal’ 7 Labour life peer and chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority, Lord Chris Smith, is standing in solidarity with the ever-growing list of people who have filmed a video for the Out4Marriage Campaign. -
21 May 2012London music teacher nominated for ‘Teacher of the Year’ award after LGBT campaigning 14 A London music teacher has been nominated for Teacher of the Year in the 2012 Times Educational Supplement (TES) Schools Awards. -
14 May 2012LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death 3 An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
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11 May 2012Man who put up ‘gay free zone’ posters in London sentenced over al-Qaida material 65 Mohammed Hasnath, the man fined for putting up stickers in east London declaring it a 'gay free zone' has been jailed for possessing material from terrorist group al-Qaida. -
6 May 2012Tory MP Nadine Dorries: ‘I’ve never met a gay couple that wants to marry, so bin the policy’ 313 Following a tirade against the prime minister in the Daily Mail, Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has stuck the boot into his pledge to introduce equal civil marriage for gay couples before the next election. -
3 May 2012London Evening Standard comes out for equal marriage 34 Following comments made by the Prime Minister David Cameron where he reaffirmed his commitment to same sex civil marriage equality, the London Evening Standard has joined The Times and other newspapers in backing a change in the law. -
2 May 2012Boris Johnson: No separate LGBT manifesto and no answers to PinkNews readers’ questions 49 Incumbent Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson both appeared to reneged on his promise to launch an LGBT manifesto and a promise to answer the questions of PinkNews readers. -
2 May 2012PinkNews reader poll shows London mayoral race too close to call, more support for Tories 9 A poll of PinkNews.co.uk readers has found the London mayoral election tomorrow too close to call and support for the Conservatives in local elections up considerably since the days before the 2010 general election. -
2 May 2012London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone on ‘ex-gay’ buses, policing and the White Swan 43 Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London in this week's elections, has answered questions from PinkNews.co.uk readers. -
30 April 2012Q&A: London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones answers readers’ questions 8 The Green Party's candidate for London mayor Jenny Jones came to answer PinkNews.co.uk readers' questions last week. -
30 April 2012Brian Paddick live blogs on crime, schools, marriage, Iran, transport and the gay blood ban (transcript) 17 Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick became the latest of the London Mayoral candidates to spend an hour chatting to PinkNews.co.uk readers. -
27 April 2012Live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones 1 Join us for a live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones -
26 April 2012Live London Mayoral Q&A Transcript: Independent candidate Siobhan Benita 7 Today, PinkNews.co.uk held the first of our Live Mayoral Q&As with the independent candidate Siobhan Benita.
