Andrew John
Digital Journalist based in Wales, United Kingdom.
Joined on Feb 4, 2010
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The British artist who offered those nauseated by last year’s royal wedding a convenient place to upload the symptoms of their nausea has now produced a similar product for the UK monarch’s diamond jubilee.
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UK comedian David Walliams reckons the TV and talent-spotting mogul Simon Cowell is due for some merciless teasing about his sexuality, once the live broadcasts for one of Britain’s top talent shows hit the airwaves.
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The film of the book about the making of the classic horror movie Psycho begins shooting next month, and American actor, singer and model Jessica Biel has confirmed she’ll be one of the stars.
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Britain’s main Muslim group says marriage for same-sex couples is “unnecessary and unhelpful” in a statement opposing UK government plans to hold a consultation on the issue.
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One of the UK’s best-known equality campaigners is hitting out at a right-wing group that campaigns for what it calls traditional marriage.
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A male-to-female transsexual says the singer Lady Gaga inspired her to make the decision to live as a girl, after two years of hormone treatment.
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Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will soon be inducted into a second Hall of Fame. But it won’t be for boxing.
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US Army analyst Bradley Manning – accused of leaking sensitive information to WikiLeaks – is today facing a court for the first time since his incarceration in May 2010.
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One of Africa’s best-known human-rights activists says religion is very much behind Nigeria’s recent outlawing of same-sex unions, which could mean a 14-year jail term for anyone convicted of entering into a gay marriage contract.
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A move to prevent religious premises from holding same-sex civil-partnership ceremonies in the U.K. has been defeated – and equality campaigners are elated.
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A small hotel chain in Australia is inviting people to steal art from the walls of its hotels today. And they won’t be prosecuted.
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Bangladesh looks set to get its first TV reality show for transgender people, which programme makers hope will end taboos associated with gender and sexual issues.
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Female naval officers and ratings in the UK will soon be following their United States counterparts, when they’re allowed to serve on Royal Navy submarines.
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Catholic extremists are set to disrupt a play at one of Paris’s best-known theatres because it attacks religion and consumerism, they claim.
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Parents in Michigan were furious after a music teacher edited the word “gay” from the traditional Christmas song “Deck the Halls” and substituted “bright” instead.
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Decisions on foreign aid from the United States may in future be influenced by how countries treat gays and lesbians among their citizens.
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Two European Parliament members from Wales have added their names to an open letter protesting about the treatment of Bradley Manning, the US Army analyst alleged to have leaked sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks.
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One of Britain’s biggest trade unions has called for Jeremy Clarkson – outspoken presenter of the BBC’s most popular motoring show – to be fired after he said on television that striking public-sector workers should be shot.
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Singer-songwriter and ex-Wham! star George Michael has criticised one of the UK’s best-loved soap operas for its handling of a gay relationship between a married Muslim and his partner.
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One of the UK’s best-known human-rights campaigners, Peter Tatchell, has condemned last month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Australia as a mixed bag in terms of gay equality.
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