Given the not-so-subtle erosion of anti-discrimination legislation aimed at protecting gay people over the past few months, I can’t say that I’ve set my hopes very high for the outcome of many court cases in this area. It was more than a pleasant surprise, then, to read this article about the legal appeal of a marriage counsellor sacked for refusing to counsel a gay couple who had come to him for advice. … Continue Reading
by Petit Fours
You’ve probably seen it online. In a video interview with the Gay Times, David Cameron – the smooth-talking Conversative leader – stumbles halfway through a bland spiel about gay rights and suddenly loses what he’s saying, coughs and backtracks. … Continue Reading
And so it begins. A judgement handed down in a London High Court today has made an exception for Catholic Care, a Catholic adoption association, that allows for the association to refuse to consider gay and lesbian parents when finding homes for children. … Continue Reading
by Fairy Cake
Well, girls. It looks like it’s just us and the Guardian against the world.
After another panic-attack inducing trip to the newsagents, I am unsurprised to see another shamelessly-homophobic article screaming out from the pages of a supposedly open-minded newspaper. The most recent offender? The Times, who published the story of Patrick Muirhead, entitled “The Day I Decided to Stop Being Gay” just over a week ago. For those of you who haven’t read this trashy abomination…take a second… … Continue Reading
I consider myself a non-sentimental person. I don’t get swayed too easily by emotion and I’m not the sort that cries when I see a kitten (though I do love puppies). But certain things – and there’s no other way to say it – really move me. And one of those is definitely weddings. … Continue Reading
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