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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. -
10 April 2013Poll: 6% of British people think Section 28 was Margaret Thatcher’s biggest failure 29 YouGov have released a poll reflecting the divisive nature of Margaret Thatcher's politics, which revealed that 6% of British people thought that Section 28, a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality in schools, was her worst policy ever. -
10 April 2013Blessings for same-sex couples rejected by Church of England 66 The Church of England has decided not to offer blessings to same-sex couples, and has reiterated its stance that such public acknowledgements are appropriate only for straight marriages. -
9 April 2013UK: Lesbian asylum seeker due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday 19 An asylum seeker who claims she is at risk of homophobic persecution is due to be deported to Uganda on Wednesday evening. -
9 April 2013Sussex Police tipped to become the next force to record attacks on subculture groups 2 Sussex Police could become the next force in the country to recognise alternative subculture as a recordable motivation for hate crime. -
9 April 2013Twitter confusion over Margaret Thatcher’s death led users to believe Cher had died 12 Confusion broke out over Twitter as the hashtag used to spread the news of Margaret Thatcher's death led some users to believe that the singer Cher, had died. -
9 April 2013UK’s first youth crime commissioner quits following backlash over abusive tweets 10 Britain's first youth crime commissioner has quit, following a backlash which came after homophobic, racist and violent tweets were sent from her personal Twitter account. -
9 April 2013Sussex: Survey shows many LGBT residents feel isolated and equality undermined by austerity + A new survey shows the majority of LGBT people in East Sussex feel isolated and believe the government’s austerity policies are hindering moves towards equality. -
9 April 2013Judy Garland song likely to be in UK Top 40 in response to Margaret Thatcher’s death 17 A Facebook campaign to get a song by gay icon Judy Garland into the Official UK Top 40 Chart this week, as a response to Margaret Thatcher's death, looks as though it could be successful in placing the song in the charts. -
9 April 2013Scotland: Equality Network writes to chief public prosecutor after trans man sentenced over sex ‘by fraud’ 2 An LGBT rights group has written to Scotland’s chief public prosecutor over the decision to prosecute a trans man on the charge of “obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud”
