EQUALITY NETWORK - LGBT News

01/09/2010
News Sent - 1st September 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Recognising Relationships; National LGBT Forum: Everywhere Equal; Forums News: Survey about Funding Issues and Waiting Times for Gender Reassignment Services; East Dunbartonshire: LGBT Youth Services; Health and relationships survey; Speak up for lesbian and gay asylum seekers; Talk Scotland Events: Bi Glasgow: looking for a new home; Kintyre Embrace; Edinburgh Trans Women Support Group; Aberdeen: Wear RED for THT Scotland; Elgin LGBT Group; Edinburgh: Women out Wild; Edinburgh: Garden Morning; Generations Working Together; Striking The Balance: Fighting All The Way For Equal Pay; Angus LGBT Development Group; Breast Cancer Care: support groups & courses; Gaycon 2010: Gay Men’s Sexual Health and Wellbeing; Edinburgh: Fundraising on a shoestring course; UK News: Hague's adviser resigns, distressed by rumours; Tatchell to speak at London debate on Pope’s VisitDonation not discrimination: LGBTory joins the campaign; International: Movies that Matter Festival 2011; Austria: Schools are home to tolerance;Cuba: Fidel Castro acknowledges responsibility for homophobic persecutions; New Zealand: "ex-gay" organisation denied charitable status; Working for All: PATH (Scotland) Training, Glasgow; Glasgow: WISE Employment Consultant; Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise: Board Members; Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland: Chair; LGBT Families: Netherlands: Kinderen voor Kinderen song: Two Fathers; US: Texas bans gay divorce more

25/08/2010
News Sent - 25th August 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Priorities for LGBT Equality; National LGBT Forum - Everywhere Equal; Pink News on Marriage; Volunteering for Hate Crime Wrapup; Forums News: Glasgow Women's Library Is Flitting!; Men's Health Forun Scotland: Self Management for Men Project; Insurance company proposes "penalizing" unhealthy behaviour: union says NHS restructure "unlawful"; Relative poverty across Scottish Local Authorities; Poll Shows More Work Needed Against Islamophobia; Talk Scotland Events: Edwin Morgan: Scots Makar; SSHH! Saturday 28th August 2010; Edinburgh: T time Extra; Loud & Proud on the Fringe 2010; Scottish Gender Based Violence Research Network; Edinburgh: Amazing Gracies Women's Football Team; Shetland: Stick 'em on an island; Aberdeen: Wear RED for THT; Defend Glasgow Services Campaign; LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre: Pedal for Scotland; Inverness: The Pink Castle Philosophy Club; The Big Event - politics just got more interesting!; ACVO: "Realising the Potential" Conference; UK News: Gandalf at Manchester Pride; Leeds: Effectively Reducing Health Inequalities; International: Register now for Antwerp 2013 World Outgames; US: Student counsellor's application to be anti-gay rejected; Working for All: Stonewall Scotland: Communications, Campaigns and Events Manager; Wise Group: Call Centre Trainer; LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre: Volunteers wanted; Private Rented Housing Panel: Chairpersons and Surveyor Members; Aberdeen: Home IV Nurse; LGBT Families: Last anti-adoption charity in UK denied; Germany: same-sex couples get equal inheritance rights more

18/08/2010
News Sent - 18th August 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News:Marriage by any other name...?; National LGBT Forum: Everywhere Equal; Forums News: Save Violence Against Women Services Campaign; Cervical Screening Test: Put it on your list; Lawyer's survey points to increasing homophobic prejudice; Trans in the Crowd; Poll Shows More Work Needed Against Islamophobia; The mental toll of hate crime; Handholding research: gay male couples; Talk Scotland Events: Glasgow LGBT Centre To Close; Edinburgh: Waverley Care Presents Choral Classics; Orkney LGBT Meeting; Glasgow: An Overview of Mental Health Law; Elgin LGBT Meeting; A Day In Hand: SSHH! Saturdays; Edinburgh: Different Strokes; BIG Lottery Fund: BIG Information Days; Edinburgh: Mainstreaming Equalities Organisational Development Programme; Glasgow: Too Embarrassing To Talk About? - Sexuality And Young People With Learning Disabilities; Glasgow Women's Library: Auction of Pleasures; Glasgow: HIV Services Clinical Standards Open Meeting; UK News: Pope to speak on Catholic schools; Wales: Out, Proud and Living with It; Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize; International: XIV ILGA-Europe annual conference; Cameroon: First Amnesty International investigation; Bulgaria: Prosecutor's Office lifts local LGBT Pride ban; Japan: Tokyo Pride parade returns; Working for All: A Day In Hand: Professional Photographers; Evolve: Social Networking; Schools Out Web Resource; Computer for your charity project?; LGBT Families: Should registrars be allowed to "avoid" civil partnerships?; US: the Proposition 8 ruling: What the judge got right about morality; more

11/08/2010
News Sent - 11th August 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: National LGBT Forum; Everywhere Equal; Recognising Relationships; Forums News: Anti-gay philosopher at St Andrews; THT Grampian: Multi Ethnic Survey; LES Online: lesbian visibility; Call for non-gendered passports; General Medical Council consultation; Orthodox Judaism: a statement of principles; Workplace Survey: Bisexuality, Pansexuality, Many-Gender-Loving, MSMW, WSMW, Fluid Desire; Wanted: Recipes for PATH Scotland cookbook; Talk Scotland Events: Scottish Human Rights Commission survey; Picture the Change Needs YOU!; PATH (Scotland) Leadership Course 2009/10; Achieving Equality and Diversity Naturally; Lothian and Borders Police: 2010 Perception survey; Human Rights ... 10 Years On; UK News: Walk with Pride; Barnsley: Cameroon lesbian refugee denied asylum because she's a mother; Unity against the EDL: Bradford; GIRES transphobic crime reporting service; Equality in Education: from Section 28 to active promotion; Three men and an enduring tradition; International: ILGA Conference: Building the way forward in times of crisis; US: Protection against housing discrimination; Africa: Anti-gay Anglicans accept funding from pro-gay Church; Australia: Senate candidate apologises for homophobic tweets; Iran: Execution for sodomy on "judge's knowledge"; Working for All: Staying Alive Foundation: call for grant proposals; LGBT Families: Pink News poll confirms marriage is “gold standard”; Mexico: Same-sex marriages now recognized nationally; US: Conservatives Make Case for Gay Marriage more

04/08/2010
News Sent - 4th August 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Inverness: Everywhere Equal; Annual Conference: Save The Date; Forums News: Sunday Times claims that "sensible" gay people accept homophobic jokes; LGBT end of life care questionnaire; BBC: Money! documentary; Scottish Connections: celebrating eastern & central European heritage; Stop Hate In Central Scotland; Talk Scotland Events: Glasgow: Charity Sale for Amina Muslim Women's Resource Centre; Glasgow & Edinburgh: LGBT History Month; Edinburgh: Do We Really Care About Poverty In Scotland?; Argyll and Bute LGBT Events; Tayside: Cameraderie; Local Tobacco Alliances: Value of voluntary and community sector involvement; Edinburgh: Shakti Women's Aid training; Ayrshire: Who am I? Who are you?; STUC: 2010 Annual Women’s Conference; UK News: Norwich: Take Pride With The Largest Rainbow Scarf; Liverpool's first Pride celebration; London: One Society Many Cultures Conference; The Independent's Pink List; Can the Pope be arrested?; Philippa Stroud: going places; International: BBC Trust dismisses complaints of homophobia; China: Smile For Gay Campaign; Working for All: GARA Political Shadowing Scheme 2010; Equal Approach: Vocational Rehabilitation vacancies; Legal Member to Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission; LGBT Families: Ireland: March for Marriage; US: Discrimination against LGBT elders; more

28/07/2010
News Sent - 29thJuly 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Priorities for LGBT Equality; Information Events; Forums News: Who really wants to escape the city?; UK-wide LGBT Research Project; Experiences of young people with lesbian or gay parents; EMIS: European Man-for-Man Internet Survey 2010; Growing old disgracefully; Central Scotland Police: a three-year plan to cut hate crime; Smoking and LGBT; Talk Scotland Events: Edinburgh: Paradoxical Ink presents: ‘SNAPSHOTS’; Edinburgh: Jesus Queen of Heaven; Lothian & Borders: Interactive Talk about Hate Crime; Elgin LGBT Group; Edinburgh: Glee Club; Glasgow: Bi Scotland; Inverness: Gay Men's Group; Inverness: Highland Rainbow Folk; Grampian: Sexual Health Services; UK News: TV and Film: Portrayals of LGBT people; Leicester: BNP sends abusive mail to LGBT Centre; DLA Conference: The Equality Act: What Does it Mean in Practice?; International: China: Gay groups in hostile climate - for groups; US: Leading Senator promises to repeal DADT; Working for All: ILGA –LAC: Translators Needed; Edinburgh: LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre; LGBT Families: Austria: ECHR affirms LGBT families; France: British widower wins tax refund ruling; Peru: Civil Partnerships to be debated more

21/07/2010
News Sent - 21st July 2010
Equality Network News: Pride Glasgow; Equal Marriage Campaign; Forums News: Petition against state funding of the Pope's visit denied; Your thoughts on the National Lottery; CashBack for Communities; Barriers, Hurdles and too much Red Tape?; Talk Scotland Events: Inverness: Pink Picnic; Edinburgh: Transcendence; Edinburgh: Paradoxical Ink Snapshots; Inverness: Children of God; Edinburgh: Community Fete Bake-Off!; Glasgow: Women's Library Summer Programme; Scotland’s Third Sector: Finding opportunity in challenging times; UK News: Honorary Doctorate for Human Rights; UK Black Pride - Launch Party; Women trapped in cycle of violence by UK law; When the pound goes pink, is the financial crisis ending? International: Poland: Europride in Warsaw; ILGA launches a world Directory of LGBTI and allied organizations; Working for All: Edinburgh: Waverley Care Fundraising Volunteers; Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship: The Human Body, its Scope, Limits and Future; ESRC CASE PhD Studentship; Bord na Gaidhlig: Member appointments; Edinburgh: Employment Mentoring Scheme; LGBT Families: The gay couple who became dads; Argentina: Egalitarian marriage law; more

14/07/2010
News Sent - 14th July 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: See you at Pride!; Forums News: Tabloid bigotry against LGBT asylum seekers meets resistance; Will "Keeping Faith in Schools" get the balance right?; Imams help Muslims embrace their sexual orientation; Women like that - Lesbians over 60; Football fans say no to homophobic abuse; Question Time Edinburgh; Talk Scotland Events: Concern for LGBT groups as Glasgow LGBT Centre may close; Edinburgh: T-Time; Glasgow: Valhalla at the Tron; Edinburgh: Cachín Cachán Cachunga; Edinburgh: Bi Scotland; LGBT Homelessness Debate; Glasgow: Women Make History Merchant City Walking Tour; Edinburgh: Gay Dads Scotland; Glasgow: PAIH Cultural Awareness Training; Lesbian Belonging - Loving From the Inside Out; Aberdeen: Generations Working Together National Networking Conference; UK News: Openly-gay cleric again rejected for bishopric; Stonewall Cymru at Eisteddfod; Derby: Homophobic protesters fail to spoil Pride; Stonewall to sponsor UK Black Pride; International: Iraq: Police raid LGBT safe house; US: Personal information about gay teenagers for sale; Working for All: TGEU looking for a volunteer webmaster; Edinburgh: LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre; Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh: Trustees; LGBT Families: Ireland: couples look forward to tying the knot; Argentina: Catholic Church musters support against equal marriage; more

07/07/2010
News Sent - 7th July
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Everyone In at Pride Glasgow; Forums News: Gay asylum seekers win appeal; Stonewall: Gay By Degree; UNISON's Bully Busters; Starting Block: your first short film commission; Pride against fascism; What is freedom to you?; Talk Scotland Events: Do you love a good debate, or have big questions to ask?; Arbroath: Cameraderie; Inverness: Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Glasgow: Disability Equality In Gallery Education Seminar; Edinburgh: Word, a Woman's Book Group; Scottish Women's Convention Highlands roadshows; Inverness: London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Glasgow: Launch of "There's More To Me"; Engender: ‘Summers evening on the sea’; Ladyfest Edinburgh; Scottish Parliamentary Elections and AV referendum: 5th May 2011? UK News: Changing Attitudes in the Church of England; Coalition gov't publishes equality paper; LGBT 2010 Health Summit; BiCon 2010 & International Conference on Bisexuality; BiReCon 2010; Lez Go Camping; International: Poland: Anti-gay Jaroslaw Kaczynski loses to moderate; Israel: Jerusalem Pride will march to Knesset; Working for All: Glasgow: John Wheatley College; Scottish Futures Trust: Chair and Board; Move On: Young People’s Charter Advisory Group; TGEU Notice of Vacancy: Research Position; LGBT Families: Scottish Adoption Assocation calls for gay parents to come forward; Ireland: Civil Partnership Bill Passes; Argentina: Equal marriage rejected, civil unions promoted more

30/06/2010
News Sent - 30th June 2010
Equality Network News: Pride Scotia and Pride Glasgow; Halt Hate Crime; Forums News: XXL Islamophobia against gay Muslims; Rugby Football League fines club for allowing homophobic abuse; Football: Survey for Justin Campaign; Research on the Catholic Church's feelings about gay relationships; NHS Consultation: Dumfries and Galloway; Workplace Survey for Bisexual People; NHS Consultation: Dumfries and Galloway; New HIV Wake-up website; New LGBT VOX group in Edinburgh; New LGBT youth group in Fife; New: Equally Enterprising; Talk Scotland Events: Glasgow: Art, Access, Action; Aberdeen: Rainbow Glow; Ladyfest Edinburgh is in season; Edinburgh: Different Strokes; Inverness: The Pink Castle Philosophy Club; Highlands: Scottish Women’s Convention roadshows; Edinburgh: Jesus Queen of Heaven; LGBT Youth National Gathering 2010 - Go Global!; UK News: London Pride Saturday 3rd July; celebrates GLF's 40th birthday; Conflicts of religion, ethnic identity, and sex; UK Black Pride; Transpeople for London Pride; Exploring Gender through the Arts; London: Trans Community Conference; Maiden Tory speech praises Alan Turing; International: Ireland: Leading politician warns Pope away from anti-gay rhetoric; Working for All: HIV Scotland: Policy and Learning Development jobs; Survey assistants wanted in Glasgow; Standards Commission for Scotland: Board Members; Scottish Police Services Authority: Board Members; Quality Meat Scotland: Chair & Board Members; LGBT Families: European right to marriage denied, but hope for the future; Iceland and Australia: two PMs poles apart; more

23/06/2010
News sent - 23rd June 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Pride Scotia 2010: Saturday 26th June; Ten years since Section 28; Forums News: Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month: June 2010; British Council: Active Citizens; World Cup LGBT News; Waste to Want - Linking Business Surplus to People in Need; Halt Hate Crime; Talk Scotland Events: Inverness: No more Salsa Ness?; Edinburgh: Listening Group; Aberdeen: Rainbow Glow; Inverness: Highland Rainbow Folk; Edinburgh: Enviromental Photo Walk; Glasgow: Tackling Poverty for a Fairer World; Edinburgh: Halt Hate Crime; Elgin LGBT Group; Edinburgh: LGBT Film Club; Glasgow: Discrimination Legislation: The Equality Act 2010; BildwechselGlasgow event: Rae Spoon; Glasgow: An Overview of Mental Health Law; Scottish Learning Festival 2010; UK News: Questions about Tory LGBT-friendly credentials; Gloucester Supports Moscow Pride; Nottingham: City Council split on gay blood ban; Outrage! Celebrity Blind Date Said Fred; International: Sweden: Pink Or Blue Shouldn't Matter; Sri Lanka: Rainbow Runway; Iraq: Stepping up a witch-hunt?; Pride in Eastern Europe; Working for All: Press for Change: Part Time PA / Legal Assistant; National Museums of Scotland New Trustees; Scottish Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council - new members; Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland - Chair; CLD Standards Council, Secondment Opportunities; LGBT Families: Documentary on LGBT Families; US: DOMA against families more

16/06/2010
News sent - 16th June 2010
In this week's e-mail newsletter: Equality Network News: Pride Scotia 2010: Saturday 26th June; Forums News: EHRC calls in evidence on disability-related harassment in Britain; Refugee Week 2010: 14th - 20th June; World Cup 2010: Lesbian footballers fight South African homophobia; Talk Scotland Events: Inverness: GirlZone lunch; Kilmarnock: Anti-SDL march; Glasgow: Amnesty Speaker Training Day; Edinburgh Drama Course with Annie George; Glasgow: Blue Spine and Women's Heritage Walk; Glasgow Mela; Edinburgh 'First Steps' LGBT Jogging Group; Edinburgh: Raising our Game: Secondary Schooling in Scotland; Scone: Caledonia Counties Trans Group; Pride Scotia Events - 19th-26th June 2010: Pride Scotia Banner Making; Pride Breakfast; & What's Happening Elsewhere That Weekend; Glasgay!, Playfest: Phase One; Inverness: Pink Picnic; Edinburgh: Badminton Drop-In; UK News: Lib-Con launches LGBT policies for Pride; Pride London Festival Fortnight; 40 years of Gay Liberation; Racism and Homophobia in 2010; Gloucester wedding with Pride; Pink protest against homophobic BA pilots; Queen's Birthday Honours list; International: Europe's Human Rights Commissioner: Pride is the right of free assembly; Help Free Courageous Iranian Activists; Working for All: Stewards for Pride Scotia; Press For Change Webmaster and fundraisers needed; LGBT Families: Iceland approves same-sex marriage; US: Lesbian and gay families at Disney World more