Tag Archives: London

Raymond Berry, one of the organizers of London’s coming and first-ever East End Pride parade has resigned after being exposed as one of the founders of the English Defence League, a radical anti-Islamic skinhead group renowned for violent street clashes at its protest marches. East End Pride formed last month ostensibly in response to stickers which warned gays to “fear …

Some British gay activists are calling for the cancellation of next month’s Pride parade in London’s East End because it might inflame anti-gay sentiments among the Muslim community. The parade was organized in response to “Fear Allah. Gay-free zone” stickers that began appearing around the East End earlier this year. Critics of the parade accuse its organizers of having ties …

Iran says that the logo for the 2012 London Olympics secretly spells out the word “Zion.” And if the Brits don’t change it, they’re going to boycott. The logo, a jagged representation of the year 2012, has been said by its critics to resemble many things, from a swastika to a sexual act, but the Iranian government argues it represents …

An anti-gay Islamist group is accused of peppering East London with stickers declaring the area to be a “gay-free zone.” The stickers include the warning: “Fear Allah.” Pictures of the stickers were sent in by a local resident, who said he tried to remove them. He told PinkNews.co.uk: “Tower Hamlets council won praise from Stonewall for its LGBT friendliness, but …

If all the people in the world had to live in one city, here’s how big that city would be based on the population densities of six examples.

LGBT activists staged a vigil for David Kato outside of London’s Uganda High Commission today, after which they delivered a 40,000-name petition to UK Home Secretary Theresa May, demanding that Britain not send lesbian asylum-seeker Brenda Namigadde back to Uganda. Namigadde says she fears that she too will be murdered if forced to return. Add your name to the petition …

“One moment he might be holding forth to a great perspiring tent at Hay-on-Wye. The next moment, click, some embarrassed member of the Welsh constabulary could walk on stage, place some handcuffs on the former leader of the Free World, and take him away to be charged. Of course, we are told this scenario is unlikely. Dubya is the former …

Famed LGBT activist Peter Tatchell has been honored with one of Britain’s historic Blue Plaques, which was installed yesterday outside his London home. Sir Ian McKellen spoke at the ceremony. Mr Tatchell, 58, received the honour for his work in human rights, although he is also known in the borough for campaigning on local issues. The campaigner, who looked smart …

The gay dating site Gaydar stationed the above winged hotties on the Pope’s route today. Via press release: It’s day two of the Pope Benedict’s state visit to the UK. This morning he visited St. Mary’s University in Twickenham, the same town where gay dating megasite Gaydar.net* is based. On arrival he was met by a large crowd of protestors, …

I remember my roommates and I making an frantic trip to Gold Triangle to make sure we had enough fresh VHS tapes to record the entire 16-hour concert and keep it forever. Watching the still healthy looking Freddie Mercury in 1985, we never ever dreamed that AIDS would still be killing our friends in 2010. Seven years after Live Aid, …

George Michael was arrested early Sunday morning after he crashed his car into a photo shop outside London. He is thought to have been on his way home from London Pride. He was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive, taken to a nearby police station and released on bail to return next month. Police confirmed they were called …

London’s Mayor Boris Johnson has become the highest ranking Tory to support marriage equality. Johnson made the comments during the city’s gay pride parade yesterday. Kicking off the parade with members of the Gay Liberation Front, Mr Johnson said: “If the Conservatives and Liberals can get together in a national coalition and settle their differences, I don’t see why you …

Sarah Brown, wife of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, made an appearance at the popular Duckie party at London’s Vauxhall Tavern on Saturday night to “celebrate LGBT achievements” since the Labour Party took power in 1997. The Duckie event, held at the Royal Vauxhaul Tavern is one of the main arty gay club nights in London and is hosted by …

Above is a rendering of the 350-foot sculpture chosen for London’s 2012 Olympics site. A spiraling sculpture designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has been chosen as the monument to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games. The 115m tall piece, named the ArcelorMittal Orbit, will be placed in the Olympic Park and will be 22m higher than New York’s …

This weekend a British soldier followed his gay partnership ceremony with a reception in his regiment’s barracks. One groom wore ceremonial uniform with his Iraq medal, the other morning dress with an orchid. Surrounded by silverware and paintings commemorating great battles, Lance Corporal James Wharton, 23, and his new husband enjoyed their first dance to Tina Turner in the warrant …

JMG reader Zefrog took the above photo of last night’s anti-hate crimes rally in London’s Trafalgar Square. Check out his Flickr gallery here. Via BBC News: A vigil for victims of hate crime has taken place in Trafalgar Square just yards away from the scene of an assault which resulted in a gay man’s death. Family and friends and thousands …

Thousands are expected to attended tonight’s anti-gay bashing rally in London’s Trafalgar Square in a vigil for murder victim Ian Baynham. Up to 10,000 people are expected to take part in a silent candle-lit vigil against Hate-Crime this evening in Trafalgar Square. The event, organised by the facebook group 17-24-30, is being held to commemorate the homophobic murder of Ian …

Two 17 year-old girls and an 18 year-old man have been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police in the Trafalgar Square gay bashing murder of 62 year-old Ian Baynham. According to a Metropolitan Police spokesman, the girls were arrested at their homes in south-east London, as was the 18-year-old male. They are being held at separate police stations and will be …

Life support machines for London resident Ian Baynham, 62, were turned off last night, three months after his vicious gay bashing by two women in Trafalgar Square. Police continue to seek his attackers and have just released surveillance images of the assault. Police are searching for two blonde women and a dark-skinned man who were shown on CCTV in the …