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News (World)
UK Prime Minister May orders a probe into contaminated blood scandal
British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an inquiry into how blood treatments caused thousands in the ’70s and ’80s to contract HIV or hepatitis C.
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News (World)
Obama’s former campaign manager is going to work for British conservatives
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has hired Barack Obama’s former deputy chief of staff, Jim Messina, to help her win re-election.
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News (World)
’21st Century Bastards,’ the fake action figures we wish were real
Because there is nothing scarier than real life baddies.
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A royal first: Queen Elizabeth II marks anniversary of LGBT group
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday congratulated one of Britain’s oldest LGBT charity and advocacy groups, the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, in what royal watchers say is the first time 87-year-old Monarch has recognized an LGBT advocacy group in her 62 years on the British throne.
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Cameron to confront Putin on LGBT rights while in Russia for G20 summit
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron will confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over LGBT rights in Russia during a previously scheduled private meeting later this week at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, a British government official confirmed Wednesday.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron rules out Sochi boycott
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying Saturday that attending the games is a better way of tackling prejudice against gays.
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LGBTQ Pride
UK’s David Cameron backs marriage equality in LGBT Pride message
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his support for same-sex marriage in a message to mark gay and lesbian Pride Day.
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UK conservatives urge Cameron to delay vote on same-sex marriage
LONDON — Conservative Party members in Britain have written to their leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, to urge him to delay a parliamentary vote on gay marriage.
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Cameron’s support for marriage equality improves popularity among LGBT voters
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron’s strong support for legalizing same-sex marriage has greatly improved his popularity with the U.K.’s LGBT voters since the last general election, according to a recent survey by PinkNews.co.uk.
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British Prime Minister urges Conservative Party to back same-sex marriage
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged reluctant Tory members of Parliament, as well as the Tory party regulars, to support same-sex marriage.
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Britain’s Equality Minister to unveil plans to legalize same-sex marriage by 2015
The British Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone, is unveiling plans for introduction of a measure before Parliament that legalizes same-sex marriage in Britain before 2015. Featherstone, a Liberal Democrat, has also vowed to make Britain “a world leader for gay rights.”