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News (World)
Gay man sentenced to 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting sleeping acquaintance
Dale Everard is “ashamed” and “appalled” by what he’s done — and claims it would never have happened had he not been intoxicated.
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News (World)
Young boy shuts down antigay preacher by playing the bagpipes
The lesser of two evils: A new video depicts a Scottish teen using his set of bagpipes to drown out the cries of a homophobic bigot.
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News (World)
21-year-old Scottish trans activist found dead
Pink News reports that an outspoken trans activist was found dead in her apartment last Sunday, shortly after friends became worried about her. Danielle Robins was president of Abertay University’s LGBT Society, and had recently spoken of her plans to help the transgender community gain equal rights. Speaking to the Evening Telegraph, she said, “We […]
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News (World)
United Kingdom’s first same-sex pagan wedding held in Scotland
The United Kindsom’s first Pagan same-sex wedding took place in Edinburgh, Scotland on Sunday. The couple, who have been together for 12 years, are both Hedge Witches and live in Edinbrugh.
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News (World)
Scotland celebrates the new year as marriage equality law takes full effect
Scotlanders are ringing in the new year by celebrating a new marriage equality law that came into effect on New Year’s Eve.
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News (World)
First same-sex couples marry in Scotland as new marriage law takes effect
Scotland’s first same-sex marriages can officially begin Tuesday as couples in Scottish civil partnerships can convert their union to marriage.
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Openly gay Scottish MEP: Gay marriage supporters are ‘equality Nazis’
David Coburn, Scotland’s UKIP (UK Independent Party) Member of the European Parliament (MEP), who describes himself as “spectacularly homosexual” and a “great big screaming poof,” said Thursday that marriage equality supporters are “equality Nazis” who are “rubbing people’s noses in the dirt.”
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Scotland’s marriage equality law to come into effect on New Year’s Eve
Same-sex couples in Scotland will be able to plan New Year’s Eve weddings, the date the country’s marriage equality law comes into effect. Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil said gay and lesbian couples will be able to marry beginning December 31, and couples in an existing civil partnership will also be able to change their relationship to a…
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Life
UK study: Effects of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years
Children who are bullied — and especially those who are frequently bullied — continue to be at risk for a wide range of poor social, health, and economic outcomes nearly four decades after being victimized, according to new research by King’s College London.
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Queen Elizabeth II gives royal approval to Scotland gay marriage law
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday gave her royal stamp of approval to Scotland’s Marriage and Civil Partnership Act 2014, clearing the way for same-sex marriage to begin by the end of the year.