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This Saturday more than 270 officers and staff from forces across the country will lead the parade as Manchester Pride celebrates its 19th year.

Representatives of 22 UK forces will be joined on the parade by Greater Manchester Police (GMP)  Chief Constable Peter Fahy and Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney and Merseyside Assistant Chief Constable Helen King.

Read the full story at Pink News

Full details of the Pride Parade are available from our Events Page

Italy coach Marcello Lippi on Wednesday said he would not select two players for his squad if they were openly involved in a homosexual relationship. But the veteran coach, who led Italy to World Cup glory in 2006, insisted that choice was not due to homophobia but due to the requirements of team morale. “In the current climate, two national team players could never be involved in an open relationship,” he told a web-TV station. “This is not a question of culture but is more related to the fact that such a relation would create conflicts contrary to the interests of the dynamics of the group. “Imagine how a homosexual couple in football would be perceived.

Read the full story from AFP.

A majority of Copenhagen City Councillors are backing a proposal to allow homosexual couples to be declared ‘married’ when they enter civil unions at City Hall.

Culture and Leisure Deputy Mayor Pia Allerslev, the proposal’s sponsor, said the change was a matter of language. She was not seeking to change legal marriage rights for homosexuals. Currently, when people are joined in same-sex unions at City Hall, the presiding official pronounces the couple as ‘registered partners’.

Read the full story from the Copenhagen Post.

The findings of the first major piece of research to be conducted into the working experiences of people living with HIV have been revealed by NAT (National AIDS Trust).  The research shows that the health effects of HIV are having little impact on people’s ability to work thanks to improvements in treatment, however stigma surrounding HIV still creates barriers in the workplace. 

Read the  whole press release at the National AIDS Trust.

Download the report Working with HIV 

Details of road closures during the Manchester Pride Big Weekend and the Pride Parade have been announced today by the festival organisers.

The four-day extravaganza includes headline performances from 1980s hit makers Human League and Bananarama, new acts Little Boots and Frankmusik and tabloid favourite Peter Andre.

Road closures from 6am on Friday 28th August until 7am Tuesday 1st September will affect eleven areas within the borders of Portland Street, Princess Street, Whitworth Street and Minshull Street.

For full details please see the Manchester Pride website. 

After over twenty years of barring people living with HIV from traveling or immigrating to the United States, the federal government is one step closer to getting this baseless, discriminatory law off the books, according to comments submitted yesterday by Lambda Legal to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has proposed removing HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance for immigrants to the United States.

The ban originates from 1987, when fear about the spread of the disease led US officials to require anyone with HIV to declare their status and apply for a special visa.

Read the full story at Lambda Legal  

Man-made chemicals which are sprayed on herbal smoking products such as 'Spice' and the chemical solvent GBL are two of the so called 'legal highs' to be banned by the end of the year, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.

Gamma butyrlactone (GBL) will become a class C drug, carrying a prison term of up to two years for possession and dealing will carry a maximum sentence of 14 years. 

Mixed with alcohol or taken in too high a dosage it can kill within minutes. Unlike gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), which is illegal, GBL is currently legal and turns into GHB once in the blood stream.

Both drugs are increasingly used in the gay club scene but while GHB is sold by drug dealers, GBL is found in products such as nail varnish remover. 

Read the complete announcement at the Home Office website. 

Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance network has claimed.

The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals.

Read the full story at the BBC