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November 19, 2013

Tory Chairman Grant Shapps asks Miliband about links to Paul Flowers

Tory Chairman Grant Shapps has written to Labour leader Ed Miliband over revelations gay former Co-op banking chairman Paul Flowers resigned from Bradford Council in 2011 after "inappropriate but not illegal adult content" was found on a computer he used.

November 19, 2013

Daily Telegraph’s Brendan O’Neill: ‘Gay now means rubbish – get over it’

Journalist Brendan O'Neill has denied that derogatory uses of the word "gay" are homophobic, saying that youth culture has altered the word so it now means "rubbish, or pathetic, or lame."

November 19, 2013

Minister says Tories must ‘shout’ about things like equal marriage to win 2015 majority

The Conservative Party cannot secure a majority unless it wins around new voters by “shouting from the rooftops” about its support for policies such as equal marriage, Minister for Planning Nick Boles has said.

November 19, 2013

US: Anti-gay Chick-fil-A boss handed ‘community empowerment’ equality award

Dan Cathy, the Chick-fil-A CEO publicly opposed to same-sex marriage, has been given an equality award at a gala dinner celebrating Equal Opportunity Day.

November 19, 2013

Paul O’ Grady ‘feeling better’ following angina attack

Television and radio presenter Paul O’ Grady says he’s feeling “a lot better” after being admitted to hospital with a suspected attack of angina.

November 19, 2013

US: Indiana interfaith clergy signs open letter against same-sex marriage ban

A coalition of over 300 clergy in Indiana has signed an open letter addressed to lawmakers, calling for a stop to a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages.

November 19, 2013

MP Crispin Blunt: I’m proof that grassroots Tories are happy to have a gay MP

Conservative MP Crispin Blunt writes exclusively for PinkNews on what it feels like to be overwhelmingly reselected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reigate – in a campaign that was forced upon him by a small minority who had a problem with his sexuality.