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April 16, 2013
Ian McKellen attacks Margaret Thatcher's anti-gay politics in obituary

The gay actor posted an obituary of the late former UK Prime Minister saying her anti-gay legislation was 'hypocritical and pointless'

Hobbit star Ian McKellen has posted an obituary to Margaret Thatcher calling her ideology against gay marriage ‘hypocritical and now pointless’.

McKellen, who is world-famous because of his role as Gandalf in blockbuster films Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, published the post about the late former UK Prime Minister on his website from Montreal.

April 8, 2013
Margaret Thatcher dies from stroke

Divisive figure for LGBT people in UK political history has passed away at the age of 87

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering from a stroke today (8 April).

Her spokesman Lord Bell said: ‘It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.

‘A further statement will be made later.’

The first and only female prime minister in British history was a divisive figure for LGBT people, who led the government from 1979 to 1990.

February 20, 2013
Mom begs the public for her dead gay son's final moments

A man from Derry, Northern Ireland, has been found dead in his home shortly after being attacked

A grieving mother in Northern Ireland is pleading for the public's help in tracing the final moments of her gay son.

Terry McCartney, 42, was found dead at his flat in Londonderry at 10am on 6 February.

A well-known gay activist, McCartney was involved in a fight with a group of men hours before his death, during which he was punched to the ground.

After the post-mortem, police are not treating the death as suspicious.