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Bash Back on Hate Crime - Report it For IDAHOT Day

As part of an international day against homophobia police are urging anyone who has been a victim of homophobic hate-crime to come forward and report it. The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) is a day that aims to raise awareness of the issues that the gay community often face and challenge homophobic attitudes. Superintendent Andy Williams said: “We know that homophobic hate-crime often goes unreported and we want to encourage anyone who has been a victim to come forward and report it to us.

Tatchell calls for reasoned public debate, not name calling after Hewson furore

Famous human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has written an essay for several online fora about the law reform barrister Barbara Hewson, who has proposed a change in the Age of Consent and in the way child abuse allegations are handled.

UWE Marks International Day Against Homo and Trans - Phobia

Friday 17 May is International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia and the University of the West of England is showing its collective and individual support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. You can visit the stall outside Core24 on the Frenchay Campus to pick up your rainbow ribbons, posters and stickers, make a badge, and find out about how to become a UWE LGBT ally or record a message of your support. Everyone is welcome.

Much loved charities merge to continue to provider service to young LGBT homeless people

Inside Housing magazine reports that two lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender homelessness charities merged yesterday to offer accommodation across the north and London. The Albert Kennedy Trust and Outpost Housing say together they can ‘help meet rising demand and sustain vital services for young people’. Outpost will now be named AKT Outpost and will continue to operate in the north east for LGBT young people at risk of homelessness.

Twists and Turns as UK Marriage Equality Debate Rumbles Back to Parliament

The debate around marriage equality has taken some twists and turns over the last week, as the focus of discussions switched to the House of Lords and anti-gay organisations struggled to frame their arguments in new ways. Lord Norman Fowler, a conservative peer and a respected member of the Thatcher cabinet in the 1980’s, said that he supported full equality and that it was not the job of Parliament to enshrine discrimination.

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Bristol

Bookfair Brings Radical "Queer" Movement to West Country

Bristol's Anarchist Bookfayre returned at the weekend, in an all day extravaganza of anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian politics at the Trinity Centre, close to the Old Market Gay Village.

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Entertainment

Balding TV show enjoyes top ratings in Ratings Battle

Media website Digital Spy reports that BBC One's new Saturday night TV show, Britain's Brightest, enjoyed a ratings high at the weekend.

BBC to Dramatise Springfield's Apartheid Rebellion

When Dusty Springfield died in 1999, she was mourned by whole sections of the LGBT community.

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Health

World AIDS Day Coverage Largely Positive

The last couple of weeks have seen a hugely positive media and press coverage of HIV issues, with papers and broadcasters giving favourable space to the HIV National Testing Week and World AIDS Day.

1st December is WORLD AIDS DAY

As reported elsewhere on "ShoutOut" this week, World AIDS Day fell at the weekend. WAD has been marked since 1988, when it originally fell in April.

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Opinion

"Most Depressing Day" made better by ShoutOut Awards

London commercial radio station Magic-FM says that this Monday (21st January) is "officially" the most depressing day of the year.

Burchill in Hot Water After Trans Rant

She's perhaps Brislington School's most famous export, and the Bristol columnist who has made a reputation of being contrary.

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Travel

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Community

Lesbian Community Rallies to Raise Funds in Memory of Debra

Last week we reported on the sad death of local activist and organiser Debra Boyask. Now her friends have launched a fund to raise cash for the NSPCC in her memory. You can find a link below!

Vegan Cakes Brighten City Centre Location

The Bear Pit, also known as St James Barton Underpass in Bristol City Centre, has come to life somewhat recently. Independent and market traders have brightened a previously grey part of the centre.

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Europe

Rainbows Welcome Russian President to Dutch Capital

Radio Free Europe, which beams pro-democracy programmes into Russia, reports on the visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Amsterdam, one of the gay capitals of Europe.

Oui pour l'equalite - National Assembly in France passes Equality Bill to Senate

French media reported Tuesday afternoon that the lower House of the French Parliament, the National Assembly, had voted by a margin of exactly 100 to implement marriage equality, bringing closer the m

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Law

Legal Anomaly Highlighted as Gay Man Takes CSA to Task

The Guardian reports that a gay man is asking for the law governing the Child Support Agency be reviewed. Mark Langridge donated his sperm to a lesbian couple in 1999 to enable them to have a child.

Historic Anti-Gay Convictions to be Removed from Records

The Guardian reports that thousands of older gay men will shortly be able to apply to have criminal records deleted, for offences that no longer exist.

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Politics

Pro-Peace Party in NI Backs Marriage Equality

One of the most respected voices in Parliamentary politics has warned that majorities should not dictate to minority groups what constitures discrimination.

Labour Party in Bath Boots Out Boys Hang Out from Basement

Activists are asking what the commitment is of the Bath Labour Party to LGBT emancipation, after the Party closed down the city's only gay and bisexual men's sauna.

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UK

Campaigners Welcome Prison Sentences for Youths Who Attacked Homeless Man

LGBT campaigners have given a welcome on the internet to the heavy prison sentences handed down to three teenage boys who attacked and murdered a homeless man in Liverpool.

Readers Call Time on O'Neill's Apologia for Burchill Blast

After last week's apologia for Julie Burchill's controversial article on trans people in the street sold magazine The Big Issue, readers have this week his back.

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Employment

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Finanace

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Lifestyle

Co-operative Backs Pride

There's a way of marking your support for LGBT visibility this Summer as you do your grocery shopping, as the high street Co-operative supermarket has announced sponsorship of fifteen Pride event

Positive News from London as Self-Esteem Course for Gay Guys Gets Going

An exciting new program for gay men dealing with self-esteem and personal transformation is taking place in London at the end of June.

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Religion

Evangelist Breaks Ranks to Welcome LGBT People of Faith

Premier Christian Radio station spent an hour looking at same-sex relationships on Friday evening.

Church of England May Ordain Women Bishops from this Week

The Church of England has been meeting this week to decide whether to allow women to serve as bishops.

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World

Shocking Revelations from South Africa Show Dark Heart of "Gay Cure" Movement

There’s more bad publicity this week for the movement that claims to be able to turn gay people straight. Gay activists have long claimed that these boot camps are scientifically invalid and cruel.

"The Citizen" Satirical Magazine Fights Its Corner For the Right to Satire

It’s often the case that anti-gay groups claim that they just want freedom of speech. But in New Zealand, a small website is finding that anti-gay politicians only want free speech for themselves.

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Others

Penguin Perversions NoteBook Found at Natural History Museum

Curators at the Natural History Museum have unearthed a century old document detailing the sexual life of Antarctic coastal penguins.

Fundamentalist Preacher Cleared of Public Order Beach; Harrassing Couple

The comments thread at gay newswire Pink News has been buzzing after a ruling on Friday that a fundamentalist street preacher from Somerset had not verbally abused a gay couple in Taunton.

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