Exclusive: HIV film ‘dangerous and misleading’
PinkNews.co.uk exclusive investigation A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. According to producer and director Brent Leung, House of Numbers...
View ArticleAuthor Jeanette Winterson attacks ‘anti-gay’ tabloids
Lesbian author Jeanette Winterson has attacked the ‘negative’ use of the word lesbian in newspapers. Writing on her blog, the Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author complained that tabloids tended to...
View ArticleCoalition calls on Lords to reject religious exemptions in Equality Bill
A coalition of liberal religious and social justice groups is calling on the House of Lords to reject religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill. The bill is scheduled for its second reading in the...
View ArticleBBC ditches ‘Should homosexuals be executed?’ debate title after complaints
Following outrage across the web, the BBC has renamed a premoderated debate on its ‘Have Your Say’ website from “Should homosexuals face execution?” to “Should Uganda debate gay execution?” Politicians...
View ArticleBBC defends debate on gay executions in Uganda
BBC editors have defended allowing online readers to debate whether gays in Uganda should be executed, saying they accepted it was a “challenging question”. The discussion, on the broadcaster’s Have...
View ArticleTwitter users furious at BBC gay debate
Twitter users are complaining about a debate on the BBC’s website which asks ‘Should homosexuals be executed?’. The question appears on the BBC News website as part of the Have Your Say feature, where...
View ArticleGay Europe minister Chris Bryant attacks BBC’s ‘ludicrous mistake’ on gay...
EXCLUSIVE Minister for Europe Chris Bryant has attacked the BBC for holding a debate on whether gays should be executed. Bryant, who is gay, told PinkNews.co.uk he would be writing to the BBC’s World...
View ArticleTatchell says BBC ‘invited’ homophobia
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has criticised the BBC for allowing online readers to debate whether gays should be executed. Although he said that open debate was the way forward to stamping out...
View ArticleExclusive: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to answer gay questions
Do you have a question for Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg? With just four months until the expected polling day on May 6th, the Lib Dems could have a chance of some power if the result is a hung...
View ArticleRicky Martin comes up with flawless answer when son asks ‘was I in your belly?’
Ricky Martin has recounted the perfect way he explained surrogacy to his son. The out pop singer, who became the father of twins Matteo and Valentino in 2008, made the comments in an interview on the...
View ArticleTory MP questions Government ‘prejudice’ behind gay blood ban
Tory MP Michael Fabricant has questioned whether there is “prejudice” behind the Government’s reluctance to conduct research into HIV infections among gay men in monogamous relationships. The UK...
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