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Bullied couple install CCTV

Haydn Price

An anguished lesbian couple have installed CCTV after a string of homophobic attacks at their Wiltshire home.

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Art attack

Peter Lloyd

A self-taught gay photographer is debuting his first exhibition in London this month.

Café culture

Carrie Lyell

A new queer café in Glasgow is bringing peace, relaxing and… knitting to the West End of the city.

Ju-Jitsu asserts Pink Power

Jeni Quirke

Members of Brighton’s Ishigaki, Britain’s only gay Ju-Jitsu group, attended the Pink Power International gay martial Arts event held in Germany’s Cologne last month.

City hosts fourth Pride Games

Jeni Quirke

The UK’s largest annual gay multisport festival took place in Manchester last month, with hundreds of participants from across the world gathering for an array of competitions, tournaments and sporting activities.

Labour test mettle in city of industry

Joanne Dunning

Manchester became a political hub last month with the annual Labour Party Conference.

We do like to wed beside the sea side

Steve Bustin

Brighton and Hove has been declared the most popular place in the UK to celebrate a civil partnership.

Literary great’s hidden play comes out

Peter Lloyd and Tim Cornwell

Tennessee Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of A Streetcar Named Desire, may be one of the world’s literary greats, but there was one play which he never wanted performed in his lifetime – because it was openly gay.

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Hilary duffs homophobes

Darren Scott

Hilary Duff has appeared in a commercial to combat homophobia.

Diesel gets dirty

Darren Scott

Discount Diesel jeans available for one day only.

Schwarzenegger helps US pensioners

Rex Wockner

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governer of California, signed a bill recently to help prevent homophobia in senior-care facilities and nursing homes.

HIV scientists win Nobel Medicine Prize

Rex Wockner

French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year.

Students in gay human rights protest

The NUS LGBT Campaign will be holding a demonstration tomorrow in conjunction with Gay Rights Uganda to protest against the government-sanctioned persecution, torture and arrest of queer people in Uganda.

Chaplain urged to resign

Peter Lloyd

London's Stock Exchange chaplain is under increasing pressure to quit after demanding gay men should be forced to have “sodomy” warnings tattooed on their bodies, the Evening Standard reported today.

Catfights expected at G-A-Y

Darren Scott

Catfights are expected when the first live act at G-A-Y's new home takes to the stage.

Train crash driver is investigated

Peter Lloyd

Robert Sanchez, the gay driver of a California passenger train that crashed last month, may have been sending text messages to young men – moments before the tragedy happened.

Valentine thugs get jail

Matt Aston

Two homophobic thugs who attacked a gay couple after a Valentine’s Day meal have each been jailed for eight months.

Body found in canal

Peter Lloyd

Yet another body has been found in Manchester‘s city centre canal.