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February 19, 2013
Nurse destroys archbishop’s gay marriage stance with a stroke of her pen

A 65-year-old former nurse has told the leader of England’s Catholics to ditch the robes, the Latin and activism against gays and start helping the needy

A 65-year-old former nurse has delivered a withering telling off to the Archbishop of Westminster – England’s most senior Catholic – for his stance on gay marriage.

The woman, who now works with animals and lives in northern England, says she has been married for 30 years but gay marriage doesn’t threaten the status of her relationship whatsoever.

And she says Archbishop Vincent Nichols and his church have become obsessed with gay sex, ignoring the real problems of society – the economy, schools, hospitals and our children’s future.

December 6, 2012
Manchester Pride profits down 50% due to rain

North West England’s biggest LGBT event raises £52,000 for good causes but profits down by half due to rain and lower charitable giving in 2012

Manchester Pride, one of the UK’s biggest and best gay festivals, is to donate £52,000 ($84,000, €64,000) to charity – but its profits have been halved by bad weather.

The event charges for entry to the streets of Manchester’s gay Village during the pride weekend but always spreads its profits around the north west’s LGBT and HIV charities.

But this year’s festival in August in the gay capital of northern England faced a perfect storm of wet weather and a UK-wide decline of 20% in charitable giving.

November 16, 2012
Christian bus driver puts brakes on pro-gay marriage poster

Passengers in northern England left waiting 20 minutes after bus driver refuses to board over Stonewall's gay rights advert

Passengers on a bus in northern England were left fuming after the driver refused to board over a gay rights advert on the side of the double-decker.

Travellers waited 20 minutes on the X78 bus from Rotherham to Sheffield while the homophobic driver locked horns with other members of staff and commuters.

November 16, 2012
World to remember victims of trans violence

Vigils, plays and candlelit marches will be held around the world to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance

Thousands around the world will honor the hundreds of people murdered because of their gender identity on Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Events have been planned to mark the occasion across the globe, from Canada and the United States to France, New Zealand and South Korea.

Candle-lit vigils are planned in several cities, including Manchester in northern England, Sacramento in the US state of California and Genova in Italy.

November 7, 2012
Homophobe caught on camera on UK train

Verbal abuse from a homophobe threatening violence on train from Blackpool to Manchester, northern England, captured on camera phone

A homophobe threatening violence to two men on a train from Blackpool to Manchester, northern England, was captured on video phone.

The two men were ‘kind of cuddled up’ at Blackpool North train station when the homophobe in the video started ‘hurling abuse’, the description on YouTube by Tyrone Ruscoe, one of the victims, says.

November 1, 2012
Leeds poised to get official 'gay quarter'

City in northern England looks set to have its LGBT village rubber stamped by council officials

Leeds, a city in northern England, is poised to have its LGBT village rubber stamped by local authorities.

Proposals by a council-led working group call for the Lower Briggate and The Calls of Leeds districts to be named the city's official 'gay quarter'.

News of the plans come after consultation with businesses in the area and a fact-finding mission to Liverpool where a similar move was made to recognize the city's Stanley Street quarter last year.

August 24, 2012
Text support for gay rights in St Petersburg at Manchester Pride

Russian gay rights activist Polina Savchenko to attend Manchester Pride as festivalgoers urged to show solidarity with St Petersburg's oppressed gay community

Manchester Pride festivalgoers are being urged to show their suppport for St Petersburg's persecuted gay community by sending a text message.

The Russian city has been condemned by world leaders and human rights activists after it passed an anti-gay 'propaganda' law which effectively gags any public discussion of LGBT issues or events targeted at gay and trans people, including pride.

Manchester City Council, St Petersburg’s twin city in the UK, begged officials to veto the bill during a visit marking the 50th anniversary of the cities’ friendship in March.