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Throughout February this year 
our theme is Geography:
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Mapping the World. We will be commemorating two rather sombre events; the 30th anniversary of the passing of Section 28, which prohibited local authorities from disseminating materials that ‘promoted homosexuality’ in schools; and the fortieth anniversary of the murder by shooting of Harvey Milk, the USA’s first out-gay elected councillor. On a happier note, the rainbow flag was launched upon an unsuspecting public in 1978, although  sadly its creator Gilbert Baker passed away last year. And 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Sarah Waters’ classic Tipping the Velvet
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CHRISTIANS SHOULD PRAY FOR PRINCE GEORGE TO BE GAY...
...so says a senior Scottish Episcopal church minister and LGBTQ campaigner, in order to force support for same-sex marriage in the Church of England
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/01/christians-should-pray-from-prince-george-to-be-gay-says-c-of-e-minister
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Trans teenager allegedly uncovers conflicting views between Labour Party Members and the Jo cox Leadership Programme:
www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/11/29/times-ignoring-fitting-response-attack-trans-teenager/​


Gay Times sack their first BME editor, Josh Rivers, for historical hateful mysogynistic, xenophobic and disablist tweets  
Hatred is never tolerable and must be challenged... but does Gay Times miss a point by ignoring the hatred Josh Rivers intimates he has been exposed to as a BME gay man?  Could they have said something about the internalised 'loathing' many people have to work so hard to overcome?  The impact of prejudice and discrimination on individuals and society is everyone's problem; should this be used as an opportunity to talk about it?  
​www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/16/gay-times-sacks-editor-josh-rivers-after-antisemitic-and-offensive-tweets-emerge

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...A DAY TO CELEBRATE WITH OZ
marriage equality - the triumph and the pictures...
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/15/australian-pm-wants-marriage-equality-by-christmas-after-overwhelming-vote

www.google.co.uk/search?q=australia+votes+yes+images&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj09dG5vsDXAhWVF8AKHXInB5gQsAQIQA&biw=1519&bih=919


'The Coming Back Out Ball' Melbourne elders celebrated for all they have done in the fight for LGBTI rights - stunning pictures...
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/10/ive-seen-it-all-lgbti-elders-come-back-out-at-the-ball


STONEWALL'S STATEMENT ON KEVIN SPACEY
​​www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/media-statement/stonewall-statement-kevin-spacey


GAY ACTOR ELLEN PAGE ON SHARING HER EXPERIENCE OF ABUSE:
 “Let’s remember the epidemic of violence against women in our society disproportionately affects low income women, particularly women of color, trans and queer women and indigenous women, who are silenced by their economic circumstances and profound mistrust of a justice system that acquits the guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence and continues to oppress people of color.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/10/ellen-page-brett-ratner-gay-comment
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GAY TIMES WHAT'S ON PAGE:
http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/

Literature:
Barbara Hosking, former press officer to Harold Wilson and Edward Heath - memoir on life career and being gay
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/10/barbara-hosking-interview-i-couldnt-write-my-memoir-without-mentioneing-i-am-gay
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