Topics :: UK

Chocolatiers: Anti-Gay, Anti-English Abuse Forced Us Out of Scottish Town

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Jan 28, 2013
A gay British couple who moved to a remote Scottish village 10 years ago to start a chocolate business say they had been subjected to anti-gay and anti-English abuse ever since their arrival that got so bad they want to leave.

U.K. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Celebrate ALL Queens’ Jubilee

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jun 7, 2012
Members of Scotland’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence got together this week to celebrate 60 years of gay liberation while thousands of people celebrated the Queen’s diamond jubilee.

Issac Jones :: The New Porn Sensation

By JC Alvarez | Friday Mar 18, 2011
EDGE catches up with UKNakedMen’s newest star adult film hottie Issac Jones as he makes his mark in the industry.

British Bishop to Gay Couples: Not in My Churches, You Don’t!

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Feb 15, 2011
The British government is thinking about lifting a ban on civil partnership ceremonies being carried out in houses of worship. But one Anglican bishop has a message for same-sex families: No way!

High Level British Pol Comes Out of the Closet

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Dec 21, 2010
Once Nigel Evans, a highly-placed conservative in the British government, came out to a friend at a party, he saw no reason to stop; now the 53-year-old deputy speaker has announced publicly that he is gay.

English Schoolgirl Found Guilty in Anti-Gay Killing

By Kilian Melloy | Friday Dec 17, 2010
An English court found 18-year-old Ruby Thomas guilty in the beating and kicking death of an openly gay 62-year-old civil servant last year.

Did Crafty Gays ’Set Up’ B&B Owners for Discrimination Complaint?

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Dec 14, 2010
A gay British couple says that they were discriminated against by a married Christian couple who run a Bed and Breakfast, but the B&B has a counter argument: that the gays targeted the Christians in advance.

Straight British couple seeks ’gay’ partnership

Tuesday Nov 9, 2010
Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are in love and want to tie the knot - but they don’t want to get married.

British Gay Groups Fighting Over Marriage Equality

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Sep 21, 2010
The U.K.’s primary GLBT equality organization, Stonewall, has refused to endorse full marriage equality--even though the country’s lawmakers are ever more amenable to the idea of full family parity.

Pope & U.K. Catholic Hierarchy in Major Clash Over Gay Marriage

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Sep 15, 2010
As the Pope prepares for a historic visit to Britain, a Catholic cleric there has expressed sympathetic sentiments with gays and lesbians who find the church staunchly opposed to their right to have a family life.