This gay man in Chechnya was tortured in a ‘homemade electric chair’ to give up names of other gay men Stories of horror from Chechnya keep emerging A gay man was tortured in a homemade electric chair 6 April 2017 by Joe Morgan Stories of the horror in Chechnya are emerging after it was reported men are being targeted for […]
Read moreBREAKING NEWS BREAKING: BARRY MANILOW COMES OUT He has been in a relationship with his manager for almost 40 years. Barry Manilow has come out as gay at the age of 73. The legendary entertainer, who is usually tight-lipped about his personal life, revealed that he has been in a relationship with his manager Garry Kief for almost 40 […]
Read moreDirect-acting Antiviral (DAA) treatment for Hepatitis C risks Hepatitis B reactivation 03 February 2017 New guidance from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) advises that all hepatitis C patients should be screened for hepatitis B before starting treatment with new Direct-acting Antivirals (DAAs). If patients are infected with both viruses this does not preclude treatment but this should be […]
Read moreUK pardons thousands of gay men Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences have been posthumously pardoned, the UK government has announced. The enactment of the so-called Alan Turing law means thousands will be cleared of crimes of which they would be innocent today. Wartime code-breaker Mr Turing was pardoned in 2013 for gross […]
Read moreSwitzerland lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood Jem Collins 31st January 2017, 12:23 PM Ads by Kiosked Switzerland is lifting a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood – as long as they are celibate for 12 months. Currently all men who have ever had sex with another man are barred from donating. CloudNX from Fasthosts Set up in seconds, scale […]
Read morePride not prejudice as the UK’s first LGBT TV channel launches Latest TV, the UK based TV channel with Europe’s first ever transgender newscaster is continuing their equalities and diversity mission by the creation of the UK’s first ever LGBT TV terrestrial channel! Broadcasting from February 2017 Latest LGBT+ TV will be bringing the best in LGBT news and entertainment to viewers’ TV screens on Freeview Channel […]
Read morePetition to save local HIV charity The Sussex Beacon hits 10,000 signatures January 27, 2017 Simon Dowe, CEO of the Sussex Beacon Over ten thousand people have now signed a petition asking the Government to take action to save local HIV charity, The Sussex Beacon. Following cuts to the funding it receives from the NHS, the charity may have to […]
Read moreIreland lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood Nick Duffy 16th January 2017, 4:18 PM The blood ban has been lifted Ireland has softened rules that permanently banned men who have sex with men from donating blood. Until this week, the Republic of Ireland continued to enforce rules introduced at the height of the AIDS crisis, which stipulate that men […]
Read moreSinger George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, “passed away peacefully” on Christmas Day in Goring, Oxfordshire, his publicist said. His manager, Michael Lippman, said he had died of heart failure. Former Wham! bandmate Andrew […]
Read moreMalta becomes first European country to ban ‘conversion therapy’ 13:09 6th December 2016 by Daniel Megarry Malta has made history by banning so-called gay ‘conversion therapy’. The island nation becomes the first country in Europe to outlaw the harmful practice, after passing a bill that means medical professionals found to be performing or advertising such ‘therapy’ could face fines and jail time. […]
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