The Catholic church’s anti-condom message
Last night’s Channel 4 News featured an extraordinary live interview with a Catholic anti-condom campaigner.
How a fake descendent of the Russian Tsar fooled gay Manchester in 1991 (video)
It’s the evening of Monday 26th August 1991 and Manchester’s second ‘Carnival of Fun’ weekend is coming to a close. Of course, this is the forerunner of the current Manchester Pride.
In those days before the ‘no-money-left-for-charity’ scandal of 1999, the event attracted the support of some big names. Princess Diana sent a telegram wishing every success in 1991 and there was a buzz that someone important might make a surprise appearance on the final night.
War comes home to Britain
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the basic freedoms being lost in Britain as the ‘national security state’, imported from the United States by New Labour, takes effect.
Mandelson hit by slime instead of sleaze, for a change
Above: Channel 4 News reports Unelected Business Secretary, ‘Lord’ Mandelson was hit by slime rather than sleaze when Leila Deen, a member of environmental group Plane Stupid, threw green custard over him this morning. The move was a ‘last resort’ after the democratic process had failed, she said. Plane Stupid is campaigning against a third … Mandelson hit by slime instead of sleaze, for a change
LGF Annual Report and Financial Statements: year ending 31 March 2008
Here’s a PDF copy of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation’s Annual Report and Financial Statements, for the year ending 2008.
More than a quarter of the LGF’s income comes from
British Gas found guilty of harassment
When Lisa Ferguson changed her supplier, British Gas continued to send her bills. These were followed by letters threatening to cut off her supply, start legal proceedings and report her to credit reference agencies.
‘Cash-strapped BBC’ has probably never been better off
The experience of uncovering the widely misreported crowd figures at the Manchester Pride parade has given me a healthy scepticism towards anything I read in the press. A popular theme in the news these days is that the BBC is short of cash. But this is never put into a historical context. It seems that … ‘Cash-strapped BBC’ has probably never been better off
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