London
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25 June 2010Pride London celebrations in Soho to take place after all 8 Pride London have announced that the Soho street party will now go ahead next Saturday 3 July. -
25 June 2010New gay Tory MP pays tribute to Alan Turing 21 Newly-elected Tory MP for Milton Keynes South, Iain Stewart, made his first speech in the House of Commons last night in which he spoke of the heroic life and tragic early death of gay mathematician and wartime code-breaker Alan Turing. -
18 June 2010London Pride in Soho cancelled 18 Update: London Pride organisers are currently in new talks with Westminster council.The Soho element of London Pride 2010 has been cancelled, organisers announced today.
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17 June 2010Exclusive: Fire risk may mean no London Pride in Soho 17 Soho, the gay heart of London, may not be part of this year's London Pride celebrations because of fire safety concerns. -
17 June 2010Listen to David Cameron’s speech on gay equality 5 Listen to David Cameron's speech to the LGBT Pride reception last night. -
10 June 2010Life sentence for man who killed gay pensioner 10 A Polish man found guilty of murdering a 79-year-old gay man has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years. -
9 June 2010Man, 21, found guilty of gay pensioner’s murder 1 A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a 79-year-old gay man in his south London home. -
9 June 2010Gay couple threatened and hit on London bus 65 Police are appealing for witnesses after a gay couple were abused, threatened and assaulted by a man on a London bus. -
6 June 2010Punch Taverns begins investigation over homophobia row with Labour gay group 39 Punch Taverns says it has begun an internal investigation after the deputy manager of its Greencoat Boy pub in Westminster allegedly told the Labour Party's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) group that he would not have accepted the group's booking had he have known they were gay. -
6 June 2010Pub that allegedly said it would have banned gay Labour group reported to police 26 A London pub has been reported to the police following an alleged homophobic comment made by its manager to the Labour Party's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) group. -
2 June 2010Ken Livingstone accuses Boris Johnson of ‘snubbing’ gay Londoners over Pride 24 Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has accused his successor Boris Johnson of "snubbing" gay Londoners by scrapping the annual London Pride mayoral reception. -
2 June 2010Exclusive: London mayor Boris Johnson scraps Pride reception 23 London mayor Boris Johnson is scrapping the usual London Pride mayoral reception.The mayor usually holds a reception to mark London's biggest gay festival but City Hall has decided to end receptions which are specific to minority groups. -
28 May 2010Pentecostal church leader denies allegations of homophobia 153 Amended May 1st, 3.10pm. -
28 May 2010Simon Hughes MP runs for deputy leadership of Liberal Democrats 13 Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat MP for North Southwark and Bermondsey, today launched his bid for the role of deputy leader of the party. -
28 May 2010London Borough of Camden has new gay mayor and mayoress 7 Councillor Jonathan Simpson, Camden borough's first openly gay mayor, was last night confirmed in his role at a ceremony in Camden Town Hall. -
27 May 2010More than half of gay men surveyed are uncomfortable displaying public affection 31 In a survey undertaken by free gay dating website ManCentral.com, 61 per cent of gay and bisexual men say they felt uncomfortable displaying affection with another man in public. -
27 May 2010Gay superhero comic up for major award 6 A new comic called Spandex, about a gang of gay superheros, has been nominated for an Eagle Award, the comic world's equivalent of an Oscar. -
27 May 2010Hundreds expected to turn out for Malawi protest this Saturday in London 13 A vast crowd is expected to turn out for Saturday's protest at London's Malawi High Commission, in a show of solidarity for Malawian prisoners Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga. -
26 May 2010Matt Lucas accepts damages from Daily Star 9 The comedian Matt Lucas has accepted undisclosed damages from the Daily Star over articles published in the paper about his late former civil partner, Kevin McGee. -
25 May 2010Queen discusses Pope’s controversial visit in coalition speech 20 In her speech today, the Queen outlined the Pope's planned religious activities for his state visit in September.
