A bill which allows same-sex weddings to take place in Scotland has been passed by MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
MSPs voted by 105 to 18 in favour of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill.
Well done Scotland!!!
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If you live in the UK. Please all watch this documentary on Channel 4
called “Hunted” it’s on between 10:00pm and 11:00pm this Wednesday (5th February 2014).
On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is officially welcoming gay athletes and spectators. But in a country where it’s thought only 1% of gay people dare to live completely openly, it appears to be a hollow gesture. This Dispatches film – directed by Ben Steele and presented Liz MacKean – has gained unique access to the vigilante gangs that target gay men and women. This extraordinary film depicts a country troubled by disturbing violence and distressing intimidation. Six months after the Russian parliament unanimously passed a law to protect children from ‘non-traditional’ relationships, this film explores the terror that gay people in Russia are calling ‘hunting season’.
I would like to say a big thanks to Channel 4 for showing “Queer as Pop: From the Gay Scene to the Mainstream”. Just hope that some of my straight mates also watched it.
It’s the first of three programmes tonight on Channel 4 (Friday 27th December 2013) around the theme of the importance of the gay scene and its musical icons in pop culture. This documentary charts the men, music and moments that have brought pop music out of the closet and changed the world along the way. Queer as Pop details how the gay clubs and scene have inspired and affected the music mainstream over the last 40 years. This fascinating documentary shows how music has been influenced by the political and social liberation of gay men, charting key events from the repealing of laws banning homosexuality, through to the emergence of the disco era and the David Bowie-inspired New Romantics. Chic’s Nile Rodgers, DJ Paul Oakenfold, Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters and Erasure’s Andy Bell discuss the evolutionary music scene spanning disco, New Romantics and house, through to Lady Gaga and beyond.
Missed it and live in the UK? Then watch it via 40d at www.channel4.com/programmes/queer-as-pop-from-gay-scene-to-mainstream.
A breakthrough film exposing the taboo of homosexuality in surfing
This film is still in the making and it needs our help! They need financial support. For more information about the film and how to help check out outinthelineup.com.
Below are two very moving videos that I found on YouTube to do with Matthew Shepard. If you anything like me. I am sure they will make you cry…
Matthew Shepard’s Story
Emotional courtroom speech of Dennis Shepard… father of Matthew
“Fifteen years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, Wyoming remains anti-gay” is the title of a article in The Guardian newspaper.
Can’t believe it was 15 years ago. It feels like only yesterday read I first heard about it. It still of course really upsets me now reading about it. Just don’t get why someone would be killed just for being gay. It’s only LOVE after all!
Please can you all take the time to read the article at www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/10/matthew-shepard-wyoming-gay-rights-laws
Since posting some photos of myself wearing a ‘Some people are gay. Get over it!’ t-shirt. I have had a number of people contact me and ask where I got it from. I got it from www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/buy_your_stonewall_merchandise/4873.asp.
They also sell Some people are gay. Get over it! mugs. Which I also have some of. You can buy them from www.stonewall.org.uk/what_you_can_do/buy_your_stonewall_merchandise/4874.asp.
I have had this “Some people are gay. Get over it!” t-shirt for years and years. But for some unknowing reason, I have never gotten around to taken photos of myself wearing it. Up till now that is…
If you are looking for something to watch Saturday night (Saturday 9th February 2012). Then watch “Milk” on BBC2 England at 11:35pm or BBC2 Scotland at 12:30am.
It’s a dramatic biopic about the rise and tragic fall of Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official. In a turbulent, 1970s San Francisco, Harvey struggles as an American gay activist against fellow San Francisco supervisor Dan White and the rest of conservative America.
I will warm you all now, it’s a very moving film. The end will leave you very upset and warm inside all at the same time.
Watch the Official Trailer below
Please all watch this new independent short film produced to support the Coalition for Equal Marriage has been released to encourage support for the Government’s plans to lift the ban on civil marriage for same-sex couples.
Check out www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/04/25/video-coalition-for-equal-marriage-releases-beautiful-viral-campaign-film/ for more information about this short film.