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This week Tory advisor Chris Myer’s resigned from his affluent post due to pressure mounting from the empty accusation that he was part of a secret gay affair with the foreign secretary William Hague. It seems that the rumours began when photographs of the colleagues wearing casual dress and sunglasses were circulated by political bloggers [...] Read more »

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have launched an online game for the UK’s gay community. The airline which has long been a strong supporter of the LGBT community in the Netherlands, has launched an online game which gives players the opportunity to win flights to a gay KLM destination of their choice.

On launching the game, Verane [...] Read more »

 MARRIAGES HALTED UNTILL 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL HEARS CASE IN DECEMBER
On Monday, a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal issued a stay on the Judgement in Perry untill they have heard an appeal for the case. They have brought the case forward slightly and will hear it in early December, [...] Read more »

 
At around 4am UK time, the Argentine Senate passed legislation to make the country the first in Latin America to allow full marriage to same-sex couples.
The lower house had passed legislation earlier in the year, and the bill has been spearheaded by former President Nestor Kirchner. He is married to the current President, Christina Kirchner, [...] Read more »

We have now recieved a response from Giles Thorley, CEO of Punch Taverns who are at the centre of LGBT Labours discrimination at the Greencoat Boy. You can see more information and pictures here: http://gafh.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/bigotbar-picks-the-wrong-group-of-gays-to-mess-with/
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Thank you for your email.  Representatives from Punch Taverns are today meeting with the LGBT in London so your colleagues will [...] Read more »

LGBT Labour had their AGM in the Greencoat Boy pub near Westminster last night. Now as a non political organisation, that is something we generally wouldnt care about. However when participants at the AGM went to get served at the bar, the manager refused them. Not only, but he then stated that he would have [...] Read more »

The Network have today written to the new Minister for Immigration, Damien Green, to demand answers on what the Coalition will do on issues of LGBT asylum.
Many people have expressed concern to us that the British Government is becoming complicit in a Genocide that is being perpetrated against gay people throughout the world as asylum [...] Read more »

This wasnt a gay scandal. The fact that David Laws had a boyfriend was unknown to the public, but inconsequential to the issue. Whether he is gay, straight, or anything inbetween, it is wrong to pay over £40,000 of public money to rent a room from your lover, and he rightly resigned.
But the real question [...] Read more »

During the election campaign, support for the Conservatives from LGBT people plummeted from 39% to 6%, whilst the Lib Dems skyrocketed to 57% in the last PinkNews poll before the general election. This can be more than likely put down to two things; the explosion of Clegg Mania, especially among those who were switched on [...] Read more »

The Coalition cabinet has an average pro LGBT equality voting record of just 43%, and if the five Liberal Democrat members are removed, the average drops to just 32% of votes in favour of LGBT equality, and much of that comes from the Conservatives support for Civil Partnerships.
The last cabinet of Gordon Brown had an [...] Read more »

Theresa May, MP for Maidenhead and long time Tory frontbencher has been today appointed as Home Secretary, and is also in charge of the Women and Equality Unit in the new Coalition government.
Theresa May’s pro-gay voting record is only 31%, according to the Public Whip. She voted against equalising the age of consent at 16.
She [...] Read more »

You may have heard that the Equality Bill was one of the laws passed in the dying days of this Parliament, now that the General Election has been called. Among the good bits of this new law are:

The duty on all public bodies, such as schools and the NHS, to promote equality
Employers allowed to use [...] Read more »

The Offences (Aggravated by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act comes into play on 24th March 2010 and creates a statutory offence where a crime is committed due to an individuals actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, the bill also extends protections to disabled people who are targeted as victims of crime.
In Scotland, our legal system [...] Read more »

Next week, the director of the LGBT Network, Nick Henderson, will be delivering a speech to the final of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland’s Young Programme. Last year, Nick was named runner up Scottish Young Thinker of the Year, and on February 26th he will be competing for the UK title, with his speech on [...] Read more »

So… you’ve bought a new dress, a new shirt or a new pair of shoes… Got your hair cut and the make-up is on.
How much do you intend to spend? maybe £50 or if you’ve got a lot hanging around, maybe £100? Well… Policy Exchange, a Center-right thinktank is proposing a fine of
£532 on each [...] Read more »

The LGBT Equality Council is looking to appoint 40 Councillors from all over the UK.
If you are interested in finding out more and to apply, please visit their site at www.lgbtequalitycouncil.org Read more »

Langside Spiritualist Church
Room 3
Langside Halls
Langside Avenue
Shawlands
Glasgow
G41 2QR
A church attended by our chairperson, the Langside Spiritualist Church is a very warm, open and welcoming church which attracts a range of people from all ages and backgrounds.
The Church has two services each week:
Tuesday’s at 7:30 pm – Development Circle – a safe and supervised circle for personal [...] Read more »

Why Stonewall are getting it wrong
Last week Pink News had an exclusive that Stonewall had decided to fight for religious civil partnerships. On its face it sounds like good news, right? That’s a significant difference between marriage and civil partnership, and with many faith groups fully inclusive of LGBT people, it seems there is no [...] Read more »

 
Statement on the future of Lithuania in the European Union
The Lithuanian Parliament overwhelmingly passed the blatantly homophobic ‘Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information’ by an overwhelming margin, and over the veto of the President. This is not the first time the EU member state has sought to strip [...] Read more »

The man said of the baby: “He has stolen my heart.” But Elton John will not be taking 14 month old Lev home; instead, the baby will remain in a Ukrainian orphanage for children affected by HIV/Aids. Without parents, without aunties and uncles, or his own bedroom in a loving family home.
Many believe that what [...] Read more »