Gay MEP Michael Cashman criticises new UN president's 'unnacceptable' views
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Gay MEP Michael Cashman has condemned homophobic comments made by the new United Nations General Assembly president.
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British Museum hosts event for LGBT History Month
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... and Human Rights Commission, Ben Bradshaw MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Michael Cashman MEP and Cllr Keith Moffit, leader of Camden council.Guests will also hear presentations from Rukus (black LGBT archive), Brighton Our Story (local LGBT archive), London Metropolitan Archive and the Imperial War Museum North (Military Pride).Schools Out co-chair Tony Fenwick...
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LGBT History Month Pre-launch @ British Museum
Londonist (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... Commission, Rt. Hon. Ben Bradshaw MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and Michael Cashman MEP. The event , which takes place on 19 November, is free and open to all, although booking is required .
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LGBT History Month
Missing Lesbians - Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... Rights Commission, Rt. Hon. Ben Bradshaw MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Michael Cashman MEP in a day of celebration, sharing and reflection. The day will be divided in three parts. To confirm your attendance at the afternoon and/or the evening sessions of the day please click here , select the part of the event you want to attend and click on register. -...
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Taking a (grand)stand
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
... alliance with these homophobic elements in the EU broke four months ago . In fact, Labour MEP Michael Cashman warned of this budding romance back in April ! In other words, Summerskill must have know the situation when he accepted the invitation to speak at a gay Tory conference fringe event. And, if he was booked simply ages ago, he’s had a whole six months to pull out. Obviously...
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Luvvies, pride and prejudice
Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
... of a rainbow coalition of luvvies – including Ewan MacGregor, Stephen Fry and Jo Brand, Michael Cashman, Eddie Izzard and Patrick Stewart – Ben Summerskill demanded that David Cameron disassociate the Conservative Party from Poland’s Law & Justice Party, because its members hold such ‘extreme’ and ‘offensive’ views. They wrote: “We...
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Just in case no-one had noticed the Europe issue yet...
Lobbydog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... Fry Jo Brand Eddie Izzard Tony Robinson Arabella Weir Steve Cram Roberta Taylor Angela Mason, OBE Michael Cashman Labour MEP and President of the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights Arlene McCarthy Labour MEP (North West) Glenis Willmott, EPLP Leader Allison Curbishley Amy Lamé Peter Guiness Derek Simpson, Joint General Secretary UNITE Tony Woodley, Joint General...
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Conservative conference is lending legitimacy to parties whose views on gay rights are anything but progressive
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... Fry Jo Brand Eddie Izzard Tony Robinson Arabella Weir Steve Cram Roberta Taylor Angela Mason, OBE Michael Cashman Labour MEP and President of the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights Arlene McCarthy Labour MEP (North West) Glenis Willmott, EPLP Leader Allison Curbishley Amy Lamé Peter Guiness Derek Simpson, Joint General Secretary UNITE Tony Woodley, Joint General...
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British Agency Pulls 'Fagot' and 'Dikes' License Plates from Auction
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... £900 – could, when displayed on a car, be read as ‘FAGOT’, a derogatory term used to refer to gay men. Likewise, campaigners said, D1 KES could be read as ‘DIKES’ – similar to the insulting term ‘DYKES’ levelled at lesbians. That plate also had a £900 reserve. The registrations will still appear in the catalogue for the auction on Wednesday in a hotel in Broadway, Worcestershire. But when the lots...
- Anti-gay numberplates pulled from auction - NewsLite
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Hilary Benn's speech to Labour Party Conference
Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Labour's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn's speech at the 2009 Labour Party Annual Conference: I would like to thank Michael Cashman and the policy commission for everything you do, and also our great ministerial team at Defra – Jim, Huw, Dan and Bryan. Thanks very much. Many of us who came down to Brighton by train would have caught a wonderful...
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Hilary Benn MP: “the greatest thing we can do is to give people hope”
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
This is the full text of the speech today to the Labour Party conference by Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: I would like to thank Michael Cashman and the policy commission for everything you do, and also our great ministerial team at Defra – Jim, Huw, Dan and Bryan. Thanks very much. Many of us who came down to Brighton by train would...