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April 15, 2013
‘Joke’ about parents rejecting lesbian teen wasn’t funny but was ‘true’

A spoof article about claimed parents wre putting their daughter up for adoption because of her sexuality – but parental rejection is no joke for real LGBT teens

Jokes are supposed to be funny. They always start with a set up and then build to a crescendo where the plot twists and the listener bursts out laughing. Last week a ‘joke’ went viral, but no one was left laughing.

March 26, 2013
Gay Alan Turing’s machine is greatest invention in 100 years

Public choose gay scientist Alan Turing’s Universal Machine and the Mini as the two greatest British inventions of the 20th century

Gay mathematician Alan Turing’s ‘Universal Machine’ – the basis for all modern computers – has been voted the greatest British innovation of the 20th century.

The computer scientist developed the theoretical machine in 1936. His idea was for a device that would read and write symbols on a tape – effectively a programmable computer.

He went on to be a code breaker during World War II, cracking the Nazi’s Engima code which helped the Allies win the war.

March 26, 2013
Meet the scientist who claims 'vaccines made you gay'

Gay Star News interviews Gian Paolo Vanoli, an Italian scientist and journalist who made the headlines in Italy for his theory

An Italian scientist and journalist is making the headlines in Italy for claiming that vaccines cause homosexuality.

Gay Star News met 70 year-old Gian Paolo Vanoli, who’s now a celebrity in the Mediterranean country.

He told GSN: ‘Being gay is a disease, but we have to love everyone, gays included, because it’s not their fault. The vaccines they had made them homosexuals.’

March 22, 2013
Italian scientist claims 'vaccines make you gay'

Gian Paolo Vanoli makes the headlines in Italy after saying 'Every vaccine is a poison that blocks your personality' but believes drinking urine is a 'perfect cure'

Italian scientist and journalist Gian Paolo Vanoli is making the headlines in Italy after claiming vaccines make you gay or lesbian.

Interviewed by Vice.com, Vanoli said: ‘When a vaccine is injected into a child, it is a sort of poison and makes the child gay.

‘This is a problem we’ll notice in the next generations, because now gay people want children and these children will inherit their parents’ DNA.

‘Homosexuality is a disease. I know that the World Health Organization does not think so, but I don’t care.

March 6, 2013
How do we give students the best possible uni experience?

Dr Michael Keenan of Nottingham Trent University looks at some of the problems gay and trans students still face and asks for their help

Britain’s Student Pride took place last weekend (1 to 3 March) in Brighton and saw gay, bi, trans and other students get together for a weekend of fun, debates and making new friends. Student Pride is a celebration of achievement and the positive experiences of many LGBTQ students; however it is also a reminder of the work to be done, and the continuing challenges facing LGBTQ students in today’s universities.

March 1, 2013
Closeted gay soldiers more likely to attempt suicide

Study shows soldiers who do not reveal their sexuality are more likely to show signs of extreme stress, or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Gay soldiers who do not reveal their sexuality while in service are more likely to attempt suicide, a study has found.

Researchers at the University of Montana and other institutions found compared to their straight counterparts, lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers in the closet are more likely to be depressed, have anxiety disorders and take drugs.

From 1981 to 2011, the US anti-gay policy Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) said gay people should not serve openly in the military, but the effects are still affecting thousands of people.

February 15, 2013
Alan Turing: World War II hero, social disgrace, gay icon

Alan Turing is now famous as a gay war hero and the father of computing, but the events leading up to his suicide are less well known

Sandwiched in between a Ladbrokes bookmaker and a Greggs bakers on a pretty ordinary street in Manchester, England is a theater. It's called the Dancehouse these days but back in 1951 it was known as The Regal. It was outside The Regal that British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist Alan Turing met Arnold Murray, a 19 year old gay man who would ultimately play a huge part in Turing's suicide just a few years later.

October 27, 2012
Alan Turing added to British banknote shortlist

The campaign to honor the gay British war hero on a Bank of England banknote has received its first official Government response as Turing is added to the bank’s shortlist

The campaign to have World War II mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing feature on a British banknote has received its first official government response after receiving over double the required response and Turing has been added to the Bank of England’s shortlist.

UK Government e-petitions are responded by a relevant Government department if they garner more than 10,000 signatures and the Alan Turing banknote campaign has garnered more than 22,000.

September 13, 2012
Gay scientist Alan Turing honored with Monopoly edition

Google is paying for 1000 board games to be made, honoring the man who helped to win World War 2

The gay scientist, mathematician and World War 2 codebreaker Alan Turing is being honored with his own Monopoly edition.

The man that helped win World War 2 and was later prosecuted for his homosexuality, the beloved board game is paying tribute to 100 years since the father of computer science was born.

Turing’s Monopoly will replace houses and hotels with huts and blocks, and the spaces on the board will all feature locations important in Turing’s life, including his birthplace in Maida Vale and his school in Dorset.

June 23, 2012
World celebrates 100 years of gay WW2 winner Alan Turing

Father of computer science who was prosecuted for being gay is honored across the world

Alan Turing, known as the father of computer science, the codebreaker that helped win World War 2, and the man tortured by the state for being gay, is being celebrated today (23 June).

The British born mathematician and cryptanalyst’s birthday is being honored across the world, with events planned in the UK, USA, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, the Philippines, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Portugal and Germany.

His centenary is also being celebrated with a Google doodle, a functional Turing machine that predated the modern computer.

June 13, 2012
NCIS star Pauley Perrette deeply moved by documentary made by gay twins

Actress says of Gary and Larry Lane: 'The guys from Hollywood to Dollywood are the new freedom riders and I am too'

For nearly a decade, Pauley Perrette has played eccentric forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the popular CBS drama NCIS.

The actress has also become a well-known civil rights activist who has been especially committed to LGBT equality and to raising money for the battle against AIDS.

January 3, 2012
War hero Alan Turing honoured with stamp

Gay mathematician hero who helped defeat the Nazis gets Royal Mail tribute

Alan Turing, the gay war hero who helped defeat the Nazis by cracking their secret Enigma message code, is being honoured on a Royal Mail stamp.

The Queen has personally approved the picture honouring Turing which shows his Bombe code-breaking machine from World War Two.

The first-class stamp tribute, naming him as one of 10 ‘Britons of Distinction’, comes at a time when there is still a campaign running seeking a posthumous pardon for his conviction for homosexuality in 1952.