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All rights reserved.5<p>Stars welcome launch of LGBT Age &ndash; a service for older LGBT people in Edinburgh</p> <p>The LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing is proud to announce the launch of LGBT Age, a new service aimed specifically at older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Edinburgh and the Lothians...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=163Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Petition closed three months early: Government reply ignores petition concerns</strong></p> <p>London - 16 July 2010: Prime Minister David Cameron has unilaterally shut down a <a href="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ProtestthePope/">10 Downing Street petition critical of the Pope</a>, ...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=162Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>&nbsp;WARSAW, 14 July 2010 &mdash; The 18th edition of <a href="http://www.europride.com/spip.php?rubrique1">Europride</a>, the annual European lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride event, is underway. Saturday 17 July will see the festival culminate with tens of thousands marching ...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=161Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>From the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=137196942964613&amp;v=wall&amp;ref=ts">No room for gays? NO ROOM FOR HOMOPHOBES!</a> campaign:<br /> <br /> <strong>Tell the Daily Express, Daily Mail and Daily Star&nbsp;- LGBT asylum seekers are welcome here</strong></p> <p>Followi...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=160Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>Boris backs gay marriage</p> <p>London Mayor says "ban should go"<br /> <br /> London - 4 July 2010. When challenged by Peter Tatchell at yesterday's London Pride gay parade, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, declared his support for same-sex civil marriage. <br /> <br /> He was responding...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=159Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>MEPs welcome new toolkit to defend the human rights of LGBT people</p> <p>BRUSSELS, 30 June 2010 - Members of the European Parliament have welcomed the adoption by the Council of the European Union of a <a shape="rect" href="http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/st11179.en10.pdf" shape...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=158Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Increasing numbers of gay Christian groups as Pride festival approaches<br /> </strong><br /> London, UK  -JUNE 30, 2010 Increasing numbers of Christian groups are self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), according to trends noted by the religion and society th...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=157Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>"It is with great sadness that we have to inform you, <em>Mike Lowit, Chair of Pillar Aberdeen Board of Directors, writes</em>, that as of the 29th of August 2010, Aberdeen City Council will discontinue funding <a shape="rect" href="http://www.pillaraberdeen.co.uk" shape="rect">Pillar Aberdeen</a...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=156Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>European Parliament says the EU should do more for transgender people’s rights</p> <p>STRASBOURG, 17 June 2010 - Today the European Parliament adopted a strong position in favour of safeguarding transgender people’s fundamental rights. The Parliament officially acknowledged discrimination on gro...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=155Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>Now the election is over, the nation is gearing up for what is set to be the next biggest event after the football World Cup – <a shape="rect" href="http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/">Refugee Week 2010</a>, 14-20 June.</p> <p>Hundreds of events are taking place across the country to celebrate the c...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=154Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>Iraqi LGBT extremely concerned by new plans for UK removals of refugees to Iraq</p> <p>The Iraqi LGBT group has expressed its 'deep concern' about reports that the British Home Office is planning to return 100 Iraqi refugees to Baghdad Wednesday 9 June - despite a recent UK report saying this wa...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=153Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Call to reject Tory plans to dilute human rights protection</strong></p> <p>London - 7 June 2010</p> <p>Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was a keynote speaker at <a shape="rect" href="http://www.law.salford.ac.uk/hrconference.php">Salford University's human rights conference</a> o...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=152Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<strong>Moscow Gay Pride launched: Fifth bid to challenge Mayor's Pride ban</strong><br /> <br /> The fifth attempt to hold a Moscow Pride parade was launched on Thursday 27th May in the Grand Ballroom at the Lesnaya Holiday Inn hotel in Moscow.<br /> <br /> Nikolai Alekseev, the Moscow Pride or...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=151Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>"Justice at last for Steven and Tiwonge"</strong></p> <p>The two Malawian citizens convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and ‘unnatural acts’, who had been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment and hard labour, were pardoned on Saturday 29 May by Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika. Members of ...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=150Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>The Executive Board members of the <a shape="rect" href="http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mr71xHz1Hc">Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association</a>, condemns the conviction and sentencing of Tiwonge and Steven in Malawi.</p> <p>Pan Africa ILGA join all our gl...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=149Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>LGCM condemns sentence of 14 years hard labour for Malawi gay couple as an outrageous denial of human rights and an affront to the God of love</p> <p>Rev Sharon Ferguson, Chief Executive of the <a shape="rect" href="http://www.lgcm.org.uk/">Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement</a> (LGCM) has conde...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=148Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>76 countries around the world still consider homosexuality illegal, five of them punish homosexual acts with death. </p> <p>ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association publishes the <a shape="rect" href="http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/1161">4th edition of its ...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=147Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>The 17th of May has been a very special day to the gay community for several years now. It is the day that has been chosen to unite globally to raise the awareness of and eradicate homophobia in everyday society.</p> <p>‘Homophobia’ is a fear of those individuals whose sexuality do not fit the ‘...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=146Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p>Press for Change: TransEquality project </p> <p>Press for Change <a shape="rect" href="http://www.pfc.org.uk">www.pfc.org.uk</a>  is now in its 19th year of providing legal help and advice to trans people.</p> <p>Throughout that time we have provided hundreds of trans people with free<br /> le...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=145Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><a shape="rect" href="http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/">Iraqi LGBT</a> is honoured to have received a 2010 Monette-Horwitz Trust Award.</p> <p>The awards were established in the will of the late novelist Paul Monette to recognize his relationship with the late Roger Horwitz and to honor individu...http://www.scottishlgbt.org/Article.aspx?id=144Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT