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World Club champions Leeds Rhinos are dedicating their Stobart Super League Round 24 fixture against Widnes Vikings on Friday August 10 to celebrating lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender equality. The club are inviting fans to join them in their celebrations by designing a special commemorative shirt which will be worn by the Leeds players during [...]

The American current affairs magazine Newsweek is set to name Barrack Obama as the first ever pro-gay President of the United States. In a leek on a political blog written by Andrew Sullivan, the article declares that Obama’s declaration on gay marriage last week makes him the only American Head of State ever to openly [...]

The legendary hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died from cancer aged 84. Sassoon was born in London, 1928 and his early years were a constant struggle against poverty after his father deserted the family. At one point, his mother was forced to put Sassoon into a Jewish orphanage where he stayed for seven years. But he [...]

The proposed amends to the marriage act which would allow same-sex couples to marry was not announced in the Queen’s Speech today as expected. Rumours were abound at the weekend that David Cameron had decided to delay the changes to the marriage act in favour of other legislation and to focus on regaining the losses [...]

Two national newspapers reported over the weekend that the Government were set to put the proposed amendment to the Marriage Act on hold while it dealt with other matters. Both the Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported that after the Tory party took a battering in the local elections, David Cameron would be putting [...]

The Protection of Freedom Act, which among other things enables men to wipe away their criminal records of acts which are now consensual, has received Royal Assent.  The Act was promised by David Cameron  in 2010 before the last election and by February 2011 it was ready to be presented to Parliament. The Act clears [...]

Cheryl Briggs recently stood down as chair of Oxford Pride and has been replaced by her deputy Rafe Jeune. The organisation of the event will not be effected as Cheryl is still involved in Pride. It was initially planned that the tenth Oxford Pride would take place on Paradise Street where it all began. But [...]

London Mayor Boris Johnson has leapt in a stopped a campaign which aimed to put homophobic messages on London busses.  Just two hours after the artwork was revealed, Boris stepped in and told the advertiser, the Core Issues Trust, that the adverts did not reflect the inclusive nature of the capital city. The Core Issues [...]