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11 December 2012Uganda anti-gay law protest takes place outside London embassy + Campaigners have staged a protest outside the Ugandan embassy in London over the country’s pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill. -
7 December 2012Tory MP Bob Blackman: Cameron should be re-introducing Section 28 not letting gays marry 100 Conservative MP Bob Blackman has responded to David Cameron’s support for religious same-sex marriages by suggesting the prime minister should resurrect Section 28, a notorious piece of anti-gay legislation passed under the Thatcher government. -
7 December 2012London: Embassy protest planned against Uganda’s anti-gay law 4 Campaigners are set to demonstrate outside the Ugandan embassy in London next week as the country threatens to pass its notorious ‘kill the gays’ bill. -
5 December 2012Tory MP Bob Stewart: I will vote against same-sex marriage, but I’m not homophobic 72 Conservative MP Colonel Bob Stewart has told David Cameron and the Chief Whip Sir George Young that he plans to vote against equal marriage when the motion comes before the Commons next year. -
2 December 2012London’s G-A-Y smashes HIV test world record 93 G-A-Y Bar on London’s Old Compton Street has broken its own Guinness World Record for the highest number of HIV tests to be carried out on World AIDS Day. -
1 December 2012London: G-A-Y Bar today attempts world record for total number of HIV tests 45 G-A-Y Bar on London’s Old Compton Street will once again be providing free HIV tests today to mark World AIDS Day, donate £10 to charity for each test and campaigners hope to break another world record in the process. -
30 November 2012London: Gay council boss elected as Labour MP for Croydon North 14 Steve Reed has become the UK’s newest openly gay MP after winning the Croydon North By-election for Labour. -
28 November 2012London MP’s opposition to equal marriage branded ‘absolute disgrace’ by gay councillor 35 Conservative MP David Evennett says he won’t be voting for equal marriage because he is a "strong supporter of traditional marriage". -
28 November 2012London: Pensioner fights to clear gay criminal record 31 A 73-year-old man who has a criminal record for being in a gay relationship in the 1950s has applied to have his conviction removed. -
27 November 2012UKIP ‘not against gay adoption’ says London chairman 89 UKIP’s London Regional Chairman David Coburn has criticised the party’s candidate for the North Croydon By-election after he said gay couples adopting amounted to child abuse. -
26 November 2012UKIP By-election candidate: Gay people should not be allowed to adopt 123 Winston McKenzie, the UK Independence Party’s candidate for the Croydon North By-election and former X Factor hopeful, believes gay people should not be allowed to adopt children. -
26 November 2012London: Free home HIV testing launched for gay and bisexual men 27 GMFA and the NHS have launched a trial lasting until March 2013 that will allow gay and bisexual men in London to have an HIV test without leaving the home. -
23 November 2012Chris Bryant accuses Russian officials of ‘smears’ and of circulating underwear photo 62 Labour MP Chris Bryant has claimed he is the victim of a homophobic smear campaign by the Russian Embassy in London after a website published an old image of him wearing just his underwear. -
23 November 2012London Evening Standard calls for PM to move quickly on same-sex marriage 19 The London Evening Standard has published an editorial stating that speeding up implementation of equal marriage would help benefit the government. -
22 November 2012London university to host anti-gay extremist Islamic preacher 87 Brunel University in Uxbridge, west London, has been criticised for allowing a cleric who supports the killing of gay people to attend a student event. -
21 November 2012London: G-A-Y to stage HIV testing event for World AIDS Day 14 G-A-Y hopes to break last year’s world record for the number of HIV tests carried out in 8 hours as part of next month’s World AIDS Day.
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20 November 2012London Community Pride unveils 2013 bid application 15 A new organisation that is looking to run next year’s gay pride event in the capital has unveiled its plans. -
19 November 2012Tory MEP says EU aid must stop if Uganda passes anti-gay bill 33 Conservative MEP Marina Yannakoudakis says foreign aid to Uganda from the EU should be halted if the country’s parliament passes the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. -
19 November 2012Boris Johnson announces support for national HIV campaign 64 London Mayor Boris Johnson is backing a major HIV testing campaign in the run up to World AIDS Day on 1 December. -
15 November 2012Comment: Lobby Maria Miller so we can have full marriage equality 14 Peter Tatchell says now is the time to email the Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities Maria Miller, in order to ensure the LGBT community can secure complete marriage equality.
