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April 23, 2013
Jackie Chan accused of hypocrisy for supporting LGBT rights in US

Martial arts movie star comes out is support of LGBT rights in the US, but criticized for doing nothing for China's LGBT community

Hong Kong pop star Anthony Wong has questioned martial arts movie star Jackie Chan for starring in an ad for LGBT rights in the US, but doing nothing for the community in Hong Kong (where he was born) or mainland China.

Chan garnered praise for staring in a Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) public service announcement (PSA) campaign for allies to 'come out' in support of LGBT rights.

But in Hong Kong Chan is known for speaking out against individual freedoms and defending China's communist government.

January 18, 2013
Trans Brits demand to be freed from a hate-filled media

Burchill anti-trans rant sparks protests at the Observer and Telegraph newspapers against media hate speech

The mainstream British media's hate of trans people has been sharply exposed in the last few weeks and the community is hitting back.

Sick of lazy media misrepresentation, vilification and outright hate speech, trans people and allies in the UK have, over the last two weeks, become visible.

January 2, 2013
Bowler scores strike with rare gay kiss on ESPN

Scott Norton snogs husband after winning bowling title in what may be one of first gay athlete kisses shown on TV channel

A gay kiss between a professional bowler and his husband is being hailed as one of the first times an out athlete has locked lips on live TV.

Scott Norton was filmed snogging his partner Craig Woodward by sports channel ESPN after winning the 2012 PBA Chameleon Championship in Las Vegas.

Although the event happened in November, the footage was only shown by the TV network on 30 December.

November 30, 2012
Terrence Higgins Trust releases HIV awareness videos online
Online videos made to tackle the lack of knowledge of HIV among young people

A video series designed to educate young people on the basics of HIV has been launched by Terrence Higgins Trust.

The series, produced by digital health publisher Streaming Well, has been commissioned to tackle a perceived ignorance on HIV amongst young people.

The annual rate of new HIV cases in the UK has almost doubled in the past decade, whilst people’s knowledge of how it is transmitted has declined.

October 23, 2012
CNN anchor Carol Costello proud to be 'gay gestapo'

American Family Association attacks US news host after she challenged the homophobic group's claims that Nazi soldiers were gay

CNN anchor Carol Costello says she is a 'proud card-carrying member' of the 'gay gestapo' after a homophobic group launched a scathing attack on her.

Last week the US news host challenged the American Family Association's protest against the Southern Poverty Law Center's 'Mix it up at lunch day', which the organization says promotes a so-called 'gay agenda'.

August 10, 2012
Gay artist arrested for Chick-fil-A 'tastes like hate' graffiti

Artist accuses fast food chain of chipping away gay rights after admitting painting a protest slogan on California restaurant

A gay artist has been arrested in California for vandalizing a Chick-fil-A restaurant with graffiti that read 'Tastes like hate'.

Police arrested Manuel Castro on suspicion of painting the slogan on the side of the fast food chain branch in Torrance on Wednesday (9 August).

The 30-year-old admitted to defacing the building last Friday (3 August) in an interview with the Huffington Post saying it was in protest at Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s public opposition to gay marriage.

August 2, 2012
Lesbian family in Atlanta want Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy to meet them for dinner

'He should know how his donations are hurting families here in Georgia'

An Atlanta couple has launched a petition drive to try and convince Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy to meet with their family for dinner.

The Atlanta-based fast food chain's stance against gay marriage has grown into a national debate in recent weeks that shows no sign of abating. The company has donated approximately $5 million in recent years to anti-gay groups.

'I'll even make chicken,' Marci Alt writes on her Change.org petition.

July 29, 2012
Michigan LGBT leaders plan 100-day hunger strike

Eight gay-rights groups in Michigan join forces to educate 'straight allies about the extreme anti-equality government in this state'
 

Leaders from gay rights groups in Michigan will embark on a 100-day hunger strike.

Starting tomorrow 30 July, leaders from eight different gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights groups will go without food for 24 hours as part of their Hungry4Equality campaign.

Hungry4Equality is designed to raise awareness of specific issues facing the LGBT community, according to David Garcia, executive director of LGBT group Affirmations in Ferndale.

July 27, 2012
And exhale… a week of yoga in northern Thailand

Anna Leach discovers a week’s yoga retreat in Pai in northern Thailand is more than a great workout

As a long-time casual yoga practitioner it began to dawn on me that the odd class every couple of weeks was going to do nothing to help me touch my ever out-of-reach toes. I’d hit 30 and my body was just on it’s way downhill, was my depressing conclusion, unless I took some action. So I decided to do something I’d been vaguely thinking about for years - an intensive yoga retreat.

July 26, 2012
Chick-fil-A now under fire from Philadelphia City Councilman and others

Chain being protested in growing number of states for anti-gay marriage stance

First Boston, then Chicago, and now Philadelphia.

A leader from yet another major US city has blasted fast food chain Chick-fil-A for its stance against gay marriage and said the company's restaurants are not welcome.

Philadelphia Councilman Jim Kenney has written a letter blasting Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy who last week acknowledged the company's anti-gay policy.

July 3, 2012
Media leaks are ruining the Olympic surprise

Reports in the press are taking the surprise out of plans for the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, says East London lesbian and campaigner Linda Wilkinson

Like many people I didn’t get tickets for the London 2012 Olympics. Living in an Olympic borough, where my family have lived for a few hundred years, and being an ex-athlete I volunteered to get into the Opening and Closing ceremonies. The thousands of us who actually made it through the selection process are sworn to secrecy. So to put it bluntly we are all pretty pissed off with the leakages about the event.

Then there are the helicopters, flying low enough to give us crew cuts, filming a work in process that is not ready yet for general consumption.

June 1, 2012
JC Penney catalog features two gay dads - One Million Moms objects again

Anti-gay group says 'God will not tolerate this sinful nature'

First it was JC Penney, then Urban Outfitters, then JC Penney again, then The Gap and now it's JC Penney again.

May 19, 2012
One Million Moms now targeting The Gap

Anti-gay group objects to billboard in Los Angeles featuring male couple sharing a single T-shirt

First it was JC Penney, then Urban Outfitters then JC Penney again.

Now the anti-gay group OneMillionMoms, a subgroup of American Family Association, as another retailer in its sights: The Gap.

May 3, 2012
One Million Moms targets JC Penney - again

Anti-gay group that protested Ellen DeGeneres as spokeswoman now calling for boycott over lesbian-themed ad

The anti-gay group OneMillionMoms, which failed in its efforts to get JC Penney to ditch Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman, is once again targeting the retailer because it features a lesbian couple in its latest catalogue.

April 16, 2012
One Million Moms now targeting Urban Outfitters

Anti-gay group objects to catalog photo of two women kissing

First it was JC Penney and Ellen DeGeneres. Then it was Toys R Us and Archie Comics.

Now the anti-gay group OneMillionMoms.com is turning its attention to Urban Outfitters because a photo in the retailer's April catalog features two women kissing.

The group is urging customers to throw the catalog away, to unsubscribe to the company's mailing list and to tell the company why.

April 2, 2012
Charity offers intern scheme to people out of work with HIV

Terrence Higgins Trust’s Back to Work scheme aims to get UK HIV-positive people back into full-time employment

UK sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust is inviting unemployed HIV-positive people to work in its offices to get back into a full-time job.

In the UK 25% of people living with HIV are unemployed, well above the national average of 8.4%.

But Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Britain’s leading sexual health charity, says that advances in medicine make it more possible than ever for HIV-positive people to get back to work.

March 8, 2012
One Million Moms abandons fight against Ellen and JC Penney

Anti-gay group moving on to other issues after unsuccessful boycott effort

The anti-gay group OneMillionMoms.com has abandoned its campaign to try and get Ellen DeGeneres fired from her job as JC Penney's new spokesperson because she is a lesbian.

In an interview with Christian news outlet OneNewsNow.com, One Million Moms Director Monica Cole says that 'other issues require her group's attention, so OMM is moving on.'

February 8, 2012
Gay activists will protest against Aeroflot in Moscow tomorrow

Protest and petition against Russia’s main airline after they reportedly forced a gay flight attendant to marry a woman

In Moscow tomorrow gay activists will protest outside the offices of Russian airline Aeroflot. As reported by Gay Star News on January 29, Aeroflot allegedly forced a gay flight attendant, Maxim Kupreev, to marry a woman after he set up an LGBT staff group.