Christopher joined PinkNews.co.uk as a reporter and news editor in 2010
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8 June 2011Tensions rise again over the Kirk’s position on gay ministers 19 Tensions are brewing once again at the Presbyterian General Assembly over the Church of Scotland's stance on accepting gay ministers. -
8 June 2011London hospitals to offer routine HIV tests to A&E patients 40 Two hospitals in London are to offer routine HIV tests to Accident and Emergency (A&E) patients, making them the first in the UK to do so and aiming to save lives by reducing the number of cases of undiagnosed HIV. -
8 June 2011Three out of four Australians believe gay marriage will soon be a reality 18 Three out of four Australians believe same-sex marriage will be made legal in their country, a poll showed Wednesday, prompting gay activists to renew their fight to be able to marry. -
8 June 2011Protestant pastor vows to fight against gay sauna in Londonderry 82 A Protestant fundamentalist pastor has said that he will take his protest against a gay sauna onto the streets of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after it was given full planning permission this week. -
8 June 2011Republican congresswoman Vicky Hartzler compares gay marriage to incest and paedophilia 191 A secret recording has emerged on YouTube in which Missouri congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is seen comparing gay marriage to incest, paedophilia and allowing three-year-olds to drive. -
7 June 2011‘Gay girl in Damascus’ blogger feared kidnapped 12 Relatives of Amina Abdallah, author of the "Gay Girl in Damascus" blog, say she has been abducted. -
7 June 2011Trans prisoner files lawsuit after botched self-castration attempt 21 A trans inmate in a Virginia prison has filed a federal lawsuit months after a botched attempt at self-castration, claiming the state failed her because of its refusal to provide a sex-change operation. -
7 June 2011Pope preaches against ‘secularisation’ and gay marriage to Croatian Roman Catholics 158 Pope Benedict warned Roman Catholics in Croatia on Sunday of the "disintegrating" traditional family in Europe and blaming "secularisation", among other issues. -
7 June 2011Unitarian minister in Kentucky refuses to sign marriage licences until gay couples are given marriage equality 64 A Unitarian minister in Kentucky has pledged that she will not sign any more marriage licences until the state makes same-sex marriages legal. -
7 June 2011Natalie Portman joins gay marriage equality campaign 7 Natalie Portman and her fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, have joined Freedom to Marry’s "I Do" campaign, which was launched in March and urges President Barack Obama to support full gay marriage equality. -
7 June 2011US high school survey findings conclude that LGBT teens are exceptionally prone to ‘risky behaviour’ 24 A report released in the US yesterday found that LGBT teens are more likely to engage in "risky behaviour" including smoking, drinking alcohol and carrying guns, than their heterosexual counterparts. -
7 June 2011Policeman and former Mr Gay UK denies sex offence charges as trial continues + A police constable who won the Mr Gay UK title in 2006 was in court yesterday accused of raping a man in a Leeds hotel. -
7 June 2011Amnesty fights for Cameroonian man jailed for three years on charges of being gay 35 Thousands of Amnesty International supporters are appealing to the authorities in Cameroon for the immediate release of a man jailed for charges of "homosexuality and attempted homosexuality". -
6 June 2011Israeli Knesset Speaker angers orthodox Jews over involvement in Gay Pride Month 59 Reuven Rivlin the Speaker (presiding officer) of the Knesset - the Israeli parliament - has angered conservative Jewish Knesset Members (MKs) over his plans to meet with leaders of the gay community in Israel in honor of Gay Pride Month. -
6 June 2011BFI has footage of first known male-to-male television kiss – featuring Sean Connery 33 TV researchers at the British Film Institute (BFI) have revealed they have footage of what is believed to be the first male-to-male kiss on UK television featuring Sean Connery.
