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15 April 2013Manchester: Lib Dem MP tables Early Day Motion in support of tackling homophobic football chants 4 Liberal Democrat MP John Leech is tabling an Early Day Motion calling on joint efforts by football clubs, supporters and the police to tackle homophobic chants during matches. -
13 April 2013Equality campaigner starts petition to raise awareness of trans issues after the death of Lucy Meadows 22 Many people were shocked recently by the tragic death of Lucy Meadows. -
13 April 2013Duncan James: Liberty X’s Michelle Heaton hates me joking that she turned me gay 4 Duncan James, of the boy band Blue, said he had joked to Michelle Heaton of Liberty X that she turned him gay, and she was upset that people might actually believe it was true. -
12 April 2013Interview: Matt Fishel on his new album Not Thinking Straight 3 PinkNews' Laurence Watts has interviewed gay singer-songwriter Matt Fishel, ahead of the release of his debut album ‘Not Thinking Straight’. -
12 April 2013Green MP Caroline Lucas: ‘People in Brighton remember Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights’ 22 Green MP Caroline Lucas has cited Margaret Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights as one of the reasons for abstaining from Wednesday’s Commons debate. -
12 April 2013Radio 1 Chart Show will not play full Margaret Thatcher song during official chart show 43 BBC Radio 1 has announced that it will not play the full version of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead during Sunday's Official Chart Show, amidst controversy over a campaign to get it to number one following Margaret Thatcher's death. -
12 April 2013London: Stonewall celebrity dinner raises £394,000 9 Over 500 guests, including celebrities and politicians, attended Stonewall’s annual Equality Dinner at London’s Dorchester Hotel last night. -
12 April 2013London: Christian teacher banned after branding gay people ‘disgusting’ in front of class 80 A classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the “homosexual lifestyle” in front of pupils has been upheld by the High Court. -
12 April 2013Northern Ireland: Health minister ordered to release gay blood ban advice 15 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has been ordered to release advice from the country’s attorney general, which he used to justify a lifetime ban on gay men giving blood. -
11 April 2013Manchester: Five charged in connection with Gay Village death + Five people have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who drowned in Manchester's Gay Village. -
11 April 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘Thatcher talked freedom but supported tyrants’ 17 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell shares his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher who died earlier this week and writes about her relationships with foreign dictators. -
11 April 2013Ding Dong the Witch is Dead headed for top 5 in UK chart in wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death 44 A campaign to get the song Ding Dong the Witch is Dead into the Official UK Top 40 Chart appears to have been successful, as the song reached number four in the chart, amidst the race to the top of this Sunday's chart. -
11 April 2013Comment: A brave new world for GMFA 33 Matthew Hodson, head of programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA writes for PinkNews.co.uk on how funding cuts poses a challenge to the charity's HIV prevention work. -
11 April 2013Former Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold: I won’t dance on Thatcher’s grave but she made gay people feel ‘marginalised’ 24 As a gay woman former BBC Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold says celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher is inappropriate, although admits she celebrated her exit from Downing Street in 1990. -
11 April 2013London: Gay men’s health charity GMFA faces uncertain future after funding cut 15 GMFA has spoken of its shock at the news it will no longer receive funding for its London HIV information services. -
10 April 2013Gay MP Conor Burns amuses Commons with tales of his ‘friend and mentor’ Margaret Thatcher 47 The Conservative MP Conor Burns, who is openly gay, brought laughter to the House of Commons today as he excited colleagues with tales of his former friend and mentor Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday. -
10 April 2013Crystal Palace Football Club Foundation says it will deal with homophobic fans 3 Crystal Palace Football Club’s official foundation has commented on accusations that a number of the club’s fans have been taking part in homophobic chanting during matches. -
10 April 2013Ed Miliband: Gay people were left ‘stigmatised’ by Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 20 Ed Miliband has joined his political rivals in paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher, but says her support for Section 28 caused gay people to be “stigmatised”. -
10 April 2013Church in Wales to study gay relationships in order to ‘map out the way ahead’ 16 The Archbishop of Wales has announced a new study of gay relationships at a meeting of the Church in Wales’ governing body. -
10 April 2013London Tory MEP welcomes progress in North Cyprus gay ban repeal 6 Conservative MEP Marina Yannakoudakis has welcomed the latest developments in decriminalising homosexuality in the northern part of Cyprus.
