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“While I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn’t appear to gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community – or gay members of her own royal family. The Queen has turned her back on queens. While she has spoken approvingly of the UK’s many races and …

Clip description: “A heckler burst in on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as he testified at a UK inquiry into media ethics at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.”

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It never hurts to have a billionaire on your side.

The British man jailed last year for plastering “Gay-Free Zone” stickers around London’s East End has been sentenced to prison for possessing Al-Qaeda materials. Mohammed Hasnath had copies of the group’s ‘Inspire’ magazine on a memory stick, PA reports, and was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment under the Terrorism Act. He was also given a one-month custodial term, to run …

The British government has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block access to Pirate Bay, which is arguably the most notorious site for trading bootlegged copies of movies, music, and television shows. The block, starting within weeks, will mean millions of Britons will no longer be able to access one of the biggest and longest-running global filesharing sites. The …

The Vatican’s official liaison to Britain has called for all religions to put aside their differences in superstitions in order to unite in battle against the civil equality of gay people. Addressing English and Welsh bishops at their plenary meeting in Leeds, Archbishop Mennini, warned them they faced a “lengthy and probably difficult campaign”. “I wonder if we shouldn’t ask …

Beautiful! Pink News is promoting the clip and the accompanying petition campaign to the government. The filmmaker tells them: “One day I would like to marry my partner of almost 5 years. And the celebration of our commitment should mean no more or less than any other straight couple. I made the film to promote change and also inspire others …

An anti-gay Christian group has booked the above campaign to run on London’s buses. The Guardian reports: The full length advert, which will appear on five different routes in the capital, is backed by the Core Issues Trust whose leader, Mike Davies, believes “homoerotic behaviour is sinful”. His charity funds “reparative therapy” for gay Christians who believe that they have …

Interesting news out of Britain: A vaccine that can train cancer patients’ own bodies to seek out and destroy tumor cells has been developed by scientists. The therapy, which targets a molecule found in 90 per cent of all cancers, could provide a universal injection that allows patients’ immune systems to fight off common cancers including breast and prostate cancer. …

Rumors are flying that Adele has signed to record the next James Bond title song. And when you think about it, who else could it possibly be? Adele has told a French radio station she will have a new single out by the end of the year, but her next album will take “a good two years” to record. The …

This happened during at a White House state dinner last month but we’re just now hearing about it. “Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for all that you’re doing for marriage equality in Great Britain,” the guest said to Cameron, who was standing to Obama’s right, literally and figuratively. With a gesture towards the president, Cameron replied, “It takes a conservative …

BBC Three interviews the guy who last year claimed that a stroke turned him from straight to gay.

A British survey of people over 40 revealed that more people named 33 as their happiest age than any other time in their lives. 70% of people over 40 picked that age as their happiest. Just 6% said they were content during their college years, the site reported. And only 16% pined for their childhood years. One in three surveyed …

Unsurprisingly, it’s not just the Catholic Church and the Church of England who are battling against British Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage. Farooq Murad, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “Whilst we remain opposed to all forms of discrimination, including homophobia, redefining the meaning of marriage is in our opinion unnecessary and unhelpful. …

British Christians are up in arms because a public bus driver is facing disciplinary action for distributing anti-gay petitions after being told not to bring them into work. The tabloid Daily Mail reports: A Christian bus driver has been threatened with disciplinary action for taking a petition backing traditional marriage to work. Arthur McGeorge, 58, from Consett, County Durham, was …

Britain’s 2012 Eurovision entry will be 75 year-old pop schlocker Engelbert Humperdinck, who will perform the below song penned by Sacha Skarbek, who also wrote James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful and Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die. Humperdinck has two U.S. Top Ten singles to his credit, 1967’s wonderful Please Release Me and the far inferior After The Lovin’ from 1976. …

Britain’s widely-read Daily Mail tabloid, which is a combination National Enquirer / New York Post, today published an unsigned editorial denouncing Prime Minster David Cameron’s plan for same-sex marriage. The Prime Minister and Home Secretary are enthusiastic supporters of the plan, quite happy to trample over the vehement opposition of the mainstream churches and many grass-roots Conservatives. But is being …