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Radio Times recaps: Hello sailor! This week saw rugby star Ben Cohen try backflips instead of stripping. It seems the audience loves big Ben even when he keeps it buttoned up – they rewarded his gymnastic efforts with a standing ovation – but the judges weren’t so easily persuaded. Bruno stayed true to form, saying “I don’t know why but …

We’d have chosen Scott Lively, but the AIDS ring thing was too much for Britain’s Stonewall group. Pat Robertson, the US televangelist, was named Bigot of the Year at the Stonewall Awards last night. Robertson, the host of the 700 Club and the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), was given the title after his bizarre theory concerning the …

Via the Guardian, here a bit of “news” that’s well-known to most of us. Homosexuality is illegal in 41 out of the 53 Commonwealth countries, a report released on Monday reveals. Despite this, the forthcoming Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) in Sri Lanka has elected not to discuss the issue of anti-gay discrimination. Commissioned by the Kaleidoscope Human Rights …

Going viral on YouTube today is a Christmas ad from Britain’s John Lewis department store chain. Watch the new John Lewis Christmas TV advert and see Hare give his best friend Bear a Christmas he’ll never forget. Set in a beautiful forest, poor Bear is the only animal that never gets to celebrate Christmas because he has to hibernate every …

Ginger Spice is back. Gay boys and bears included. (Via Jared Braden)

About last night’s show: Ben Cohen has survived week five of Strictly Come Dancing for his bopping quick step performance after narrowly escaping the dance-off. Ben and Kristina’s fast paced act gained 27 points last night which, combined with the public vote, saved the pair, but only just. It went down to the last two pairs of the evening when …

This week British MP Geraint Davies will introduce a national ban on “ex-gay” torture for everybody, not just minors as the states of California and New Jersey have done. No country presently has such a ban, although medical organizations in numerous Western nations have denounced the practice. “Anyone can set themselves up as a counsellor or psychotherapist without training or …

Here’s a review of tonight’s performance: Former Saints strongman Ben Cohen put in another good performance on Strictly Come Dancing, impressing the judges with his bulging biceps as well as his twinkling toes. The ex-Franklin’s Gardens star, born and bred in Northampton, scored a total of 31 points. He received scores of eight from three of the judges and a …

A British “ex-gay” group has filed a lawsuit which demands that London’s transit agency remove the recently relaunched advertising campaign by the LGBT rights group Stonewall. Earlier this year the “ex-gay” group lost a different lawsuit after London Mayor Boris Johnson refused to allow them to post a response campaign which proclaimed, “Not Gay! Ex-Gay, Post-Gay and Proud. Get Over …

Here’s a review of last night’s performance: Ben Cohen produced a raunchy rhumba on Strictly Come Dancing for Love Week. He won unanimous praise for his dance in a dress shirt and undone bow tie to Adele’s Make You Feel My Love and his performance with Kristina Rihanoff earned a standing ovation. The pair scored straight sevens from the four …

Hysen came out in 2011 and is one of only two openly gay professional soccer players in the world. (The other is American player Robbie Rogers.) Hysen has spent the last couple of hours dealing with angry fans. Last year he became the first openly gay winner of Sweden’s version of Dancing With The Stars. (Via Gay Star News)

From a live blog about tonight’s show: “6-6-7-6 from the judges. A total of 24 for Ben, which is higher than the judges comments suggested that it would be. Kristina and Ben will definitely take that score and run.” (Tipped by JMG reader Darryl) RELATED: You might want to also view tonight’s dance by Robin Windsor, the openly gay professional …

Posted today to NOM’s blog: In England, a recent report showed that nearly two-thirds of MP’s believe that supporting gay ‘marriage’ is a ‘vote loser.’ And reports from local Conservative associations show a rapid decline in membership, with gay marriage seen as one of the reasons. Now even the Prime Minister, David Cameron, is saying that he regrets “forcing” marriage …

She sounds a bit like Olive’s Ruth-Ann Boyle.

Two years after they were fined £3,600 for refusing to rent a room to a gay couple, the Christian owners of a British bed and breakfast say they are closing down due to a plummeting occupancy rate. They say they have been forced into selling their nine bed hotel for £750,000 because last winter they “were actually shivering and were …

The clip comes via the anti-gay Coalition For Marriage, which is super upset about British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s comment. Whee!

“I came to realize that labeling myself as a gay person, albeit a celibate one, wasn’t actually helpful because it restricted me into this identity. The turning point was choosing to believe that my sexual identity was ‘male’ – and that’s what determines whether I could be married or not. I don’t speak of myself as an ‘ex-gay’ person. I …