This Wednesday, Channel 4, England’s commercially funded but publicly owned television station, plans on airing a documentary entitled Hunted. As if the title needs explanation, the special, produced with an alarming degree of willingness on behalf of many of the participants, catalogs the growing tolerance the Russian people are demonstrating toward groups like Parents of Russia…
LONDON — Today, Queen Elizabeth II signed the equal marriage bill making it law in England and Wales. PinkNews reported that the Queen’s Royal Assent was granted to the bill at 15:06 GMT today, turning it into the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, after clearing the final stage in Parliament yesterday, following two hours of…
LONDON (CNN) — A bill to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales passed the British House of Commons on Tuesday, clearing the way for it to go before Queen Elizabeth II for royal approval before the end of the week. With the queen’s approval — a formality in the UK — the first same-sex…
LONDON (CNN) — As concerns about rising Islamophobia in Britain grew amid anti-Muslim protests and attacks targeting mosques, authorities made a 10th arrest in last week’s knifing death of a British soldier. Armed police arrested a 50-year-old man on a street in the town of Welling in southeastern England. The man’s connection to the case…
(CNN) — Father, son, husband of a Spice Girl, fashion icon, role model, sporting ambassador. It is sometimes easy to forget that David Beckham was ever a midfielder of the highest caliber with more than 100 appearances for England. He wore a sarong, a headscarf, nail varnish, adorned his body with tattoos and changed his…
(CNN) — David Beckham was always adept at curling the ball around a wall — but when it came to the barrier of homosexuality in football, he broke straight through it. Former England captain Beckham, who announced his retirement from football Thursday, was the first superstar footballer to embrace his “gay icon” status, freely giving…
(CNN) — The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons said Sunday the allegations of rape and sexual assault leveled against him are false. Nigel Evans also said the incident has left him with “a sense of incredulity” because he considered the two accusers his friends. “Yesterday I was interviewed by the police concerning two…
LONDON — In what some are calling the first of its kind, a Lewisham, England science teacher was summarily fired for telling a class of 15- and 16- year-olds that the homosexual lifestyle was “disgusting.” Robert Haye, 43 and a Seventh-day Adventist, appealed the decision but the High Court struck it down calling their decision…
ACCRINGTON, England – A transgender primary school teacher – who was subject of a ‘shock’ story about her transition in British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail – has been found dead. Some commentators are claiming the death was a suicide, although this has not yet been verified. Gay Star News reported that the death of…
LONDON (CNN) — In a week of change at the top for church leaders, the question of same-sex marriage has jumped to the fore. Only two days after Pope Francis was officially installed, former oil executive Justin Welby is to be enthroned Thursday as the new head of the Church of England and the 77…
