Angela Eagle, Britain’s first out lesbian Member of Parliament, has become the first ever patron of Liverpool pride.

She said she is 'proud' to be given the honor and to lead the LGBT parade through the center of the English city.

'Liverpool Pride does so much to celebrate the diversity in communities across Merseyside,' Eagle said.

'It also works to tear down barriers, stand up for rights and insist on equality for LGBT people.

Alan Turning, the father of computing and World War II hero, may be pardoned for his 1952 conviction for having sex with another man thanks to Britain’s House of Lords.

Turing helped crack the Enigma code, helping the Allies understand German communications and ultimately win the Second World War.

But in 1952 he was convicted for ‘gross indecency’ with another man by a British court and accepted treatment with female hormones – also known as chemical castration – as an alternative to prison.

Scottish ministers are expected to discuss legalizing same-sex marriage in the country when the cabinet meets today (17 July).

Pro-gay marriage ministers from the Scottish National Party will announce legislation following the results of a consultation this week, with a finalized bill likely to appear by 2013.

Unlike England and Wales’ proposals, it is planned Scottish churches will be able to bless gay unions but would be free to opt-out.

The suffragettes are often cited as an inspiration in campaigns for civil rights everywhere. Just a month or so ago Julian Clary compared the struggle for gay marriage to the suffragette campaign for Votes for Women in Britain. This weekend, as we commemorate Emmeline Pankhurst’s birthday, it’s worth reflecting on some of the lessons that we can learn from the suffragettes in our movement for LGBT civil rights.

The British Commonwealth needs new meaning and should push human rights, including for LGBT people, to give it ‘a point’.

That’s the message from Shami Chakrabarti, the director of leading UK human rights pressure group, Liberty.

She was speaking at the official London launch of Google’s Legalise Love campaign this morning (9 July).

British Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg has told lesbian and gay teenagers they should have the right to marry in church.

The Liberal Democrat leader made the comment at a brunch for LGBT youths ahead of World Pride in London today (7 July).

The event was hosted by Stonewall, Britain’s leading lesbian, gay and bisexual campaigning organization.

The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government consulted the public over the last few months on introducing same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

This Sunday (8 July), London will host a conference titled The Month of Mercy featuring several extreme jihadist hate preachers, some of which have previously used hate speech against gays even calling for the death penalty for this 'sin'.

The conference is organised by The Al-Muntada Al-Islami, meaning the Islamic Forum in Arabic. This Salafi trust owns a Mosque and a number of schools in Britain, it also runs an Islamic centre in Parsons Green, London SW6, which has a long history of hosting known homophobic hate preachers.

A gay Welsh artist has revealed his latest work – a rainbow style tribute to US President Barack Obama following his support for marriage equality.

Nathan Wyburn, who shot to fame in Britain’s Got Talent for his toast artwork, created the presidential tribute.

It is one of the homages to Obama from gay artists since he became the first sitting US president in history to support marriage equality.

Just at the end of last month, New York artist Tom Vasquez released a rainbow fractal image of Obama which ended up going viral.

Britain’s leading gay campaign organization, Stonewall, is giving its own welcome to visitors to the country.

You’re Welcome is a new guide for lesbian, gay and bisexual tourists and available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Polish.

It will be distributed to every Tourist Information Office, Citizens Advice Bureau and police force in England, as well as many bars and clubs.

More than 1.5 million lesbian, gay and bisexual people visit Britain every year, contributing £1billion ($1.6billion €1.2billion) to the economy.

Campaigners are calling for UK schools to do more to tackle homophobic bullying following a report which found many staff are not sufficiently trained to deal with the problem.

Ofsted’s No Place For Bullying report, published yesterday (19 June), revealed that most anti-bullying training in schools was too general and failed to focus on specifics, leading to many teachers feeling ill-equipped to tackle incidents of homophobia.

Inspectors from Britain’s education watchdog also found that casual use of anti-gay language was common in many of the schools visited.

Despite condemnation by the Church of England today (12 June), a new poll has revealed more than half of religious people in Britain support gay marriage.

The findings by LGBT rights group Stonewall show three in five people of faith support the UK government's plans to legalize gay marriage in England and Wales, with 71% of Britons saying they back legislation to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples.

Clinics should use gay dating sites and apps to tell HIV positive patients’ partners to come in and get tested.

That’s one of the recommendations from Britain’s National AIDS Trust (NAT) which believes steps like that could help cut the number of people who contract HIV.

The NAT’s new report, out today (31 May), looks at ‘partner notification’ and says that when the previous lovers of someone who has tested positive for HIV are invited to get tested themselves, up to 37% of them were diagnosed positive too.