Blog Posts

September 21, 2012

Hertfordshire: Council branded ‘rotten’ over HIV charity decision

Hertfordshire County Council has been placed in Private Eye’s “Rotten Boroughs” section of local authorities over its decision to withdraw funding to the Crescent, an HIV charity based in St Albans.

September 21, 2012

San Francisco: Gay rights campaigner arrested on child porn charges

San Francisco police have arrested veteran gay rights campaigner Larry Brinkin in connection with child pornography allegations.

September 21, 2012

UK: Medical students told to act ‘less gay’ and walk ‘straight’

According to the Independent, Dr Una Coales made the recommendations in a guide setting out ways in which minority candidates can “neutralise bias”.

September 21, 2012

Paris Hilton apologies for saying gay men are ‘disgusting’

Paris Hilton has issued a lengthy public apology after she was secretly recorded making homophobic comments to a gay friend in a taxi.

September 21, 2012

Manchester: Man charged with killing lesbian PC and her colleague

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murders of a lesbian police officer, her colleague and two men in Greater Manchester.

September 20, 2012

Chick-fil-A says its donations had been ‘mischaracterised for many months’

Just more than 24 hours after news broke that Chick-fil-A had pledged to stop funding anti-equal marriage groups, they have released a statement saying their donations were "mischaracterised", and that they had been trying to get out of any political debate for months.