In great news for faith – based supporters of London Pride, Community Pride+ has won the contract for the 2013 Pride Festival, and possibly through for a full five years. In previous years, the visibility of LGBT faith groups has…
LGBT Equality
Court Victories for Equality AND Religious Freedom
Public arguments about the rights to religious freedom and to equality for all under the law have frequently been presented as if they were mutually exclusive, and presented at a high decibel level, with defenders on both sides shouting past…
Catholic Priest and Government Minister’s Homophobia in Uganda
FURTHER UPDATE – Tuesday 3 July There have been further developments – the High Court hearing in Kampala (where LGBT and Human Rights activists took Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo to court for shutting down a LGBT rights convention in…
Catholic Bishops’ Response to Equal Marriage Proposals: Don’t do it
“In the interest of upholding the uniqueness of marriage as a civil institution for the common good of society, we strongly urge the Government not to proceed with legislative proposals which will ‘enable all couples, regardless of their gender to…
A “reasonable and informed article that proves the Church of England” wrong
The Devil’s Advocate in another post here has supported the Church of England in its opposition to same sex marriage equality, claiming “the Church’s point of view takes into account the actual constitution, jurisprudence, precedents, trends, and so forth around…
Equal Civil Marriage – more cold water poured on it by Church of England
Echoes of Catholic Archbishops’ opposition The Church of England has been accused of scaremongering in its opposition to civil marriage equality. It has sent in its formal 13 page response to the government’s proposals and included some sound-bite red herrings…
US Catholic hospital refuses to treat gay man living with HIV – God’s Judgement
A gay HIV-positive man is suing a US Catholic hospital in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Brooklyn, New York, for illegal discrimination against him because he is both gay and has HIV. The…
What does the asterisk in Trans* stand for? And why should I use it?
This is one of several posts that I found really helpful in understanding Trans* issues at It’s Pronounced Metrosexual – a one man show Sam the blogger describes as kickstarting LGB equality. It’s well worth exploring. What does the asterisk…
British Christian “gay cure” therapist loses her appeal against ban
Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who was found guilty of ‘professional malpractice’ for attempting ‘conversion therapy’ (a bogus treatment which is supposed to make gay people become heterosexual) has lost her appeal against the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP).…
Marriage equality and Tory political games
The prime minister David Cameron yesterday made a concession to his Tory party colleagues, and promised a “free vote” on the proposed law to allow civil marriage equality for lesbians, bisexuals, trans people and gay men in England and Wales.…
