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13 March 2013UK: Protest planned outside Home Office following death of lesbian Ugandan asylum seeker 53 Campaigners are blaming the UK Border Agency for deporting an asylum seeker who has reportedly died in Uganda after she claimed she was at risk of homophobic persecution. -
12 March 2013London: Mayor’s office accused by charity of failing to provide funding for male sexual assault services 3 Services for gay, bisexual and heterosexual men who have been the victims of sexual assaults are not receiving any financial support from the Mayor of London's Office, a charity has warned. -
11 March 2013London: Anti-gay marriage protest to take place in Trafalgar Square by French activists 84 Organisers behind several anti-equal marriage rallies in France plan to stage a protest against the same-sex marriage bill for England and Wales on Sunday 24 March in Trafalgar Square. -
5 March 2013Iain Dale to takeover LBC 97.3 Drivetime show 6 Iain Dale is to takeover the prestigious Drivetime show on radio station LBC 97.3 following the departure of current host James Whale. -
1 March 2013London: Protest planned for trans woman allegedly mocked by police in Soho 13 Protest Transphobia are planning to stage a demonstration on Saturday at 2pm outside Charing Cross Police Station in response to the alleged unethical treatment of a trans woman who was arrested in Soho last week. -
28 February 2013London: Christian group tells High Court ‘gay cure’ bus advert ban threatens democracy 50 A Christian group has told the High Court that a ban on bus adverts which claimed gay people can be "cured" of their sexuality was a "deep threat" to democracy. -
28 February 2013Legal challenge by Christian group against Boris Johnson’s decision to ban ‘ex-gay’ bus ads begins at High Court 38 London Mayor Boris Johnson's refusal to run anti-gay adverts on buses in the capital is being challenged at the High Court today. -
25 February 2013Boris Johnson to face legal challenge from Christian group over ‘ex-gay’ bus ads 33 The Mayor of London will appear in court on Thursday to face representatives of Christian groups which claim he denied their free speech by pulling an ad for gay cure therapies from London buses. -
25 February 2013April will be crunch time for Pride in London says chairman 17 The chair of London LGBT+ Community Pride has explained the challenges facing this year’s event in an interview with PinkNews.co.uk -
25 February 2013Thistle apologise to gay couple forced to take twin room at London hotel 39 A gay couple claim that a receptionist at a Thistle hotel refused to let them stay in a double room. -
23 February 2013Italy: British murder suspect thought to have targeted victims via gay chat rooms + A man from London has been arrested in connection with the murder of a tour guide and the attempted killing of another man in Italy – with police sources indicating he met both victims through gay chat rooms. -
22 February 2013Peter Tatchell recalls: The dirtiest, most violent & homophobic election in Britain 25 Ahead of Sunday’s 30th anniversary, Peter Tatchell shares his memories of the south London Bermondsey by-election, arguably the “most homophobic” in living memory. -
22 February 2013Interview: BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts shares her Big Brother coming out story + BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts has been interviewed by PinkNews’ Scott Roberts about a documentary she is presenting this weekend on the subject of coming out. -
22 February 2013London: Met police officers investigated for allegedly mocking transgender woman in Soho arrest + The Directorate of Professional Standards has launched an investigation after Metropolitan Police officers were accused of mocking a transgender woman during an arrest in Soho. -
22 February 2013London: Former Mayor of Barnet Brian Coleman says he once slept with an Arsenal footballer 16 Brian Coleman, the gay former Conservative London Assembly Member and ex-mayor of Barnet, says he previously slept with an unnamed striker for Arsenal Football Club. -
21 February 2013Comment: A day in the life of Peter Tatchell 28 Britain's most famous human rights campaigner talks about his daily routine and how he has to go to bed with "a siren alarm, fire extinguisher and rope ladder" - every night. -
19 February 2013Organisers say Pride in London 2013 could be cancelled 27 The new organisers of the capital’s summer gay pride event have warned that unless they can secure enough funding and logistical help from volunteers – it may be axed for this year. -
18 February 2013Labour MP Sadiq Khan receives death threats for supporting same-sex marriage 35 Britain's most senior Muslim MP has received death threats from some hardline Islamic extremists after voting in favour of equal marriage, earlier this month. -
17 February 2013Final gay Catholic mass held in Soho after Archbishop banned services 51 Tonight marks the final ever 'Soho mass' for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Catholics at its central London church. -
14 February 2013London LGBT charity PACE launches new online mental health service 2 PACE, London’s leading charity promoting the mental health and wellbeing of the LGBT community, is launching an additional online service.
