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<updated>2012-02-02T02:30:00Z</updated>
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    <name>Dave Walsh</name>
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<entry>
    <title>Brighton Gay Pride date for 2011</title>
    <link href="news/2010/brighton_gay_pride_date_for_2011.aspx" />
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    <updated>2010-11-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/events/pride2010float_medium.jpg" alt="Brighton Gay Pride date for 2011"/&gt;Brighton Gay Pride parade and main event at Preston Park will be on saturday 13th august 2011</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Brighton Winter Pride 2011</title>
    <link href="news/2010/brighton_winter_pride_2011.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:18f77e74-ab71-48ec-b5de-ac34aabe7ab7</id>
    <updated>2010-12-10T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/events/pride201020floatweb_medium.jpg" alt="Brighton Winter Pride 2011"/&gt;Pride in Brighton and Hove announces the return of Winter Pride in March 2011</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Britain's first Green MP wins Red Hot Woman of the Year Award</title>
    <link href="news/2010/britains_first_green_mp_wins_red_hot_woman_of_the_year_award.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:0c24bb34-3073-4aff-a8bd-f87f79b46e23</id>
    <updated>2010-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/carolinelucas_thumb.jpg" alt="Britain's first Green MP wins Red Hot Woman of the Year Award"/&gt;Britain's first Green MP wins Red Hot Woman of the Year Award Caroline Lucas wins leading magazine's award in ethical/eco category     Green Party</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Equal Love - European Court case seeks equality</title>
    <link href="news/2010/equal_love___european_court_case_seeks_equality.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:66391fdb-0fe5-4174-9c2c-71bbecbde05c</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg" alt="Equal Love - European Court case seeks equality"/&gt;Equal Love - European Court case seeks equality   Legal bid for gay marriage and heterosexual civil partnership     Eight couples file joint application on Tuesday 21 December. On the 5th anniversary of the first civil partnerships in England. Professor Robert Wintemute outlines the legal case for equality</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Equal Love appeal to European Court of Human Rights</title>
    <link href="news/2010/equal_love_appeal_to_european_court_of_human_rights.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:4c4c26c6-a8e2-4f62-b67a-18e9851e7a10</id>
    <updated>2010-12-17T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg" alt="Equal Love appeal to European Court of Human Rights"/&gt;Legal bid for gay marriage and heterosexual civil partnership     Eight couples will file joint application on 21 December which is the 5th anniversary of civil partnerships in England. Professor Robert Wintemute outlines the legal case for equality</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>European Court case launched for Equal Love</title>
    <link href="news/2010/european_court_case_launched_for_equal_love.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e03c3d2e-7226-48b4-a2c0-c25a665d27ae</id>
    <updated>2010-12-24T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg" alt="European Court case launched for Equal Love"/&gt;european court case launched for equal love. but formal filing of court application postponed. last letter of refusal not received in time - and invalid. formal application to the echr will now take place in january</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Fourth gay marriage bid rejected</title>
    <link href="news/2010/fourth_gay_marriage_bid_rejected.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e67a21cb-caa3-488c-aac4-57678dd6e97d</id>
    <updated>2010-12-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/public/davidwatters_richardhull_medium.jpg" alt="Fourth gay marriage bid rejected"/&gt;richard and david will now take legal action  gay marriage ban violates human rights act, they say  'equal love' campaign seeks gay marriages and straight civil partnerships</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>FREE Green Party Membership for Students</title>
    <link href="news/2010/free_green_party_membership_for_students.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:7c9a80ee-5bef-49bf-be56-abdc1e30112e</id>
    <updated>2010-12-24T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/groups/green_party_logo_medium.jpg" alt="FREE Green Party Membership for Students"/&gt;until the closing date of jan 1st 2011, students of any age can join the green party for free (and you are eligible for this offer if you are under 30 too)</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Green MEPs Call for 'Action on World AIDS Day</title>
    <link href="news/2010/green_meps_call_for_action_on_world_aids_day.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:86d39bf1-3684-4738-b7a3-b4d7cc34c857</id>
    <updated>2010-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/red_ribbon_medium.jpg" alt="Green MEPs Call for 'Action on World AIDS Day"/&gt;green meps keith taylor and jean lambert have commemorated world aids day by calling for action to promote prevention and support those living with hiv throughout europe .</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Greens call for cuts in 'exorbitant council officers' salaries to help pro</title>
    <link href="news/2010/greens_call_for_cuts_in_exorbitant_council_officers_salaries_to_help_pro.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:1f8f9d0d-4116-4f9e-9f4e-3af483c764e7</id>
    <updated>2010-11-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/darren_johnson_medium.jpg" alt="Greens call for cuts in 'exorbitant council officers' salaries to help pro"/&gt;there are better ways of saving money than deep cuts in essential services. we should be looking at reducing the high salaries of senior officers and cutting the budgets for consultants, pr and marketing. these are things we should cut before we think of closing early learning centres or reducing street cleaning</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Greens only party fighting for free education</title>
    <link href="news/2010/greens_only_party_fighting_for_free_education.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:1f87aacb-e940-4fb3-ae75-13e22f80a1ab</id>
    <updated>2010-12-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/education_medium.jpg" alt="Greens only party fighting for free education"/&gt;greens now the only political party fighting for free education. democratising access to knowledge a key priority for the greens. the green party is emerging as the only one of the main uk-wide political parties which has consistently supported the abolition of tuition fees</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Heterosexual civil partnership blocked in Aldershot</title>
    <link href="news/2010/heterosexual_civil_partnership_blocked_in_aldershot.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:d1f1c050-832d-456b-ba48-f2d770d8a329</id>
    <updated>2010-12-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/public/lucyandtimaldershot_medium.jpg" alt="Heterosexual civil partnership blocked in Aldershot"/&gt;eight couples have now been refused legal equality. legal challenge will be launched on 21 december in london  'equal love' campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples from civil partnerships</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
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<entry>
    <title>Heterosexual couple denied civil partnership in London</title>
    <link href="news/2010/heterosexual_couple_denied_civil_partnership_in_london.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:b23cfc63-49b2-4b83-b526-652a52f271ec</id>
    <updated>2010-12-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/public/stephanieandandrewatcamden_medium.jpg" alt="Heterosexual couple denied civil partnership in London"/&gt;battle for straight equality continues  next stage: legal action in the courts in late december  'equal love' campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
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<entry>
    <title>Heterosexual couple refused civil partnership</title>
    <link href="news/2010/heterosexual_couple_refused_civil_partnership.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:23177d84-e4df-4a52-a2fb-b485c1ed6ed0</id>
    <updated>2010-11-23T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/iangoggin_kristinskarsholt_medium.jpg" alt="Heterosexual couple refused civil partnership"/&gt;heterosexual couple refused civil partnership battle for straight equality continues next phase: legal action in the courts 'equal love' campaign opposes exclusion of straight couples</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
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<entry>
    <title>Invitation: Equal Love launches legal action </title>
    <link href="news/2010/invitation_equal_love_launches_legal_action.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:66eff180-0051-4598-9904-41be71031566</id>
    <updated>2010-12-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg" alt="Invitation: Equal Love launches legal action "/&gt;On the fifth anniversary of civil partnerships in England Time for civil marriage and civil partnership equality for all couples, gay and straight? You are invited - public event, open to all, free admission</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
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<entry>
    <title>Lesbian couple humiliated in Hampshire UK</title>
    <link href="news/2010/lesbian_couple_humiliated_in_hampshire_uk.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:4044511f-08f1-4f1e-b591-89e9353a2af4</id>
    <updated>2010-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/public/lesleyromano_gaynorrussell_medium.jpg" alt="Lesbian couple humiliated in Hampshire UK"/&gt;register office staff unhelpful and obstructive  legal action now planned by katie and colette   gay marriage ban violates human rights act   'equal love' campaign seeks gay marriages and straight civil partnerships</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Lets Halve Undetected HIV Diagnoses in Brighton</title>
    <link href="news/2010/lets_halve_undetected_hiv_diagnoses_in_brighton.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:b5598308-c6ea-49e0-9b0e-df4e69672815</id>
    <updated>2010-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/carolinelucas_thumb.jpg" alt="Lets Halve Undetected HIV Diagnoses in Brighton"/&gt;In a statement to appear on the National Aids Trust (NAT) website for World AIDS Day, 1 December, Leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas talks of her ambition to halve the undetected HIV diagnoses in Brighton Pavilion by 2015: </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>10 year gay blood ban is unjustified</title>
    <link href="news/2011/10_year_gay_blood_ban_is_unjustified.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:c1f0fdf5-dcb9-40d5-80b9-7bdb7186881c</id>
    <updated>2011-04-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/national_blood_medium.jpg" alt="10 year gay blood ban is unjustified"/&gt;a change of policy to include the hiv virus test alongside the antibody test would be safer, smarter and free up more much-needed blood.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Australia to urge decriminalisation at Commonwealth summit</title>
    <link href="news/2011/australia_to_urge_decriminalisation_at_commonwealth_summit.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5984a6c4-fe38-4749-a5e5-9d6ecd46f9c4</id>
    <updated>2011-10-21T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Australia to urge decriminalisation at Commonwealth summit Eminent Persons Group is also recommending gay law reform Former Botswana President says: End the ban on gay sex This Commonwealth summit is our best chance ever for LGBTI rights</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/commonwealth_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Bid to put LGBT rights on Commonwealth agenda</title>
    <link href="news/2011/bid_to_put_lgbt_rights_on_commonwealth_agenda.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a8edd450-a1e5-4294-93d5-7a660bc49d54</id>
    <updated>2011-08-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">British Foreign Secretary urged to lobby host government, Australia  Commonwealth has never discussed LGBT human rights  Most Commonwealth countries still criminalise homosexuality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/commonwealth_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Bishop Derek Rawcliffe, 1921-2011</title>
    <link href="news/2011/bishop_derek_rawcliffe,_1921_2011.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:0c6bafb7-2aac-4fe5-bca8-f5ce900c0901</id>
    <updated>2011-02-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk" alt="Bishop Derek Rawcliffe, 1921-2011"/&gt;an appreciation by peter tatchell and keith rogers  funeral service in leeds this sunday</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Blanket 12 month gay blood ban is unjustified </title>
    <link href="news/2011/blanket_12_month_gay_blood_ban_is_unjustified.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a5a51337-2603-4b9f-a2f5-d1b1973bb8c8</id>
    <updated>2011-09-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Blanket 12 month gay blood ban is unjustified  Safe gay blood donors are still excluded   Excessive restrictions cause needless blood shortages</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/national_blood_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Brighton and Hove Greens become largest party on council with 23 seats</title>
    <link href="news/2011/brighton_and_hove_greens_become_largest_party_on_council_with_23_seats.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:33a0f8ad-919c-4b33-8200-0400fd62b0d0</id>
    <updated>2011-05-09T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/places/brighton_pavilion_medium.jpg" alt="Brighton and Hove Greens become largest party on council with 23 seats"/&gt;'a huge vote of confidence in the greens' brighton and hove greens become largest party on council with 23 seats</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Brighton council acclaimed for tackling homophobia in schools</title>
    <link href="news/2011/brighton_council_acclaimed_for_tackling_homophobia_in_schools.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:8aaa3e6b-6706-4b69-85ab-7d56d1fcf64a</id>
    <updated>2011-07-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Council acclaimed for tackling homophobia in schools Brighton and Hove City Council is one of the top authorities in the country for promoting equalities and tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying in its schools, according to a leading lesbian and gay pressure group</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/brighton/elm_grove_equalities_module_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Brighton Greens launch LGBT city council manifesto</title>
    <link href="news/2011/brighton_greens_launch_lgbt_city_council_manifesto.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:6b062e63-7867-470e-a574-2e2d61377431</id>
    <updated>2011-03-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/brighton/gpfloat2011_medium.jpg" alt="Brighton Greens launch LGBT city council manifesto"/&gt;brighton and hove greens launch lgbt city council manifesto   lgbt green party activists celebrate record of achievements for lgbt community</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Caroline Lucas honoured with 'MP of the Year'</title>
    <link href="news/2011/caroline_lucas_honoured_with_mp_of_the_year.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:fbee0d72-407b-4370-b149-33e3e2808443</id>
    <updated>2011-09-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Caroline Lucas honoured with 'MP of the Year' accolade in Women in Public Life awards</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/carolinelucas_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Caroline named most influential MP of 2011</title>
    <link href="news/2011/caroline_named_most_influential_mp_of_2011.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:36ee760a-b09e-4524-8cb5-2abd1d66c359</id>
    <updated>2011-12-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has been recognised by a prestigious political body as the MP who has most influenced the political agenda in 2011</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/carolinelucas_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Christian homophobes should not be criminalised</title>
    <link href="news/2011/christian_homophobes_should_not_be_criminalised.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:bc962055-0f1c-4f37-8512-10b6c8e9f19b</id>
    <updated>2011-01-12T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk" alt="Christian homophobes should not be criminalised"/&gt;Freedom of speech includes the right of religious fundamentalists to say offensive things</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Christian hoteliers lose gay discrimination case</title>
    <link href="news/2011/christian_hoteliers_lose_gay_discrimination_case.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:1a57dec4-4310-4f31-8991-98d9a6257e92</id>
    <updated>2011-01-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/hotelierspetershazelmarybull_large.jpg" alt="Christian hoteliers lose gay discrimination case"/&gt;christian hoteliers lose gay discrimination case  'victory for equality, defeat for discrimination', says tatchell</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>City's electric vehicles project wins top award</title>
    <link href="news/2011/citys_electric_vehicles_project_wins_top_award.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:13ac0a3a-f013-42f7-b6ad-24dc67399a88</id>
    <updated>2011-08-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Brighton and Hove City Council has won a national award for its work to promote the use of electric vehicles.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/brighton/recharger_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>City's green energy revolution is underway</title>
    <link href="news/2011/citys_green_energy_revolution_is_underway.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:079b9795-5dc0-49bc-ad53-6294abba445a</id>
    <updated>2011-07-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Work is underway to radically boost energy from renewable sources produced in Brighton and Hove</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/general/solarpannels_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Commonwealth chief backs gay rights</title>
    <link href="news/2011/commonwealth_chief_backs_gay_rights.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:bc858d6d-7d6c-47fd-9513-d66be527b359</id>
    <updated>2011-10-25T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">A first by the Secretary General at the Commonwealth People's Forum Homophobic discrimination and criminalisation condemned</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/commonwealth_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Commonwealth must put gay rights on law agenda</title>
    <link href="news/2011/commonwealth_must_put_gay_rights_on_law_agenda.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:84338f40-2109-4bd3-ac28-024cbd998142</id>
    <updated>2011-07-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Commonwealth must put gay rights on law agenda Call to reconsider proposal for decriminalisation of homosexuality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/commonwealth_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Council agrees stop-gap grant for LGBT Switchboard</title>
    <link href="news/2011/council_agrees_stop_gap_grant_for_lgbt_switchboard.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:8cdacd9a-8ea3-4f06-9933-cdd4ee2bf5d5</id>
    <updated>2011-11-23T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">The council is helping to maintain essential services for Brighton and Hove's LGBT community with a stop-gap grant.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/brightonlgbtswitchboard_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>David Cameron urged:  Apologise for anti-gay laws imposed by UK</title>
    <link href="news/2011/david_cameron_urged__apologise_for_anti_gay_laws_imposed_by_uk.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:6c5d3b66-e093-45b2-8e17-0e67123ca26a</id>
    <updated>2011-10-27T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">40+ Commonwealth countries ban gay sex using colonial-era British laws  Poisonous legacy of UK colonialism wrecks the lives of gay people  Commonwealth summit is the right moment for the PM to say sorry</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/david_cameron_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>East London LGBT Pride - Open Letter to Pride London</title>
    <link href="news/2011/east_london_lgbt_pride___open_letter_to_pride_london.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:f3f1a7fd-bd39-4e3f-b564-91c7454a7ae0</id>
    <updated>2011-08-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">east london lgbt pride - open letter to pride london protest homophobia. show that east london is not a gay-free zone</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/eastlondongay_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Equal Love case filed to European Court</title>
    <link href="news/2011/equal_love_case_filed_to_european_court.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:427f5c1c-d3d5-4fb5-b4f0-38f2ffad9913</id>
    <updated>2011-02-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/places/europeancourt_medium.jpg" alt="Equal Love case filed to European Court"/&gt;legal bid for gay marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships  eight couples submitted joint legal appeal on 2 february   professor robert wintemute outlines the legal case sent to europe</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>EU Parliament urges Lithuania to drop anti-gay law</title>
    <link href="news/2011/eu_parliament_urges_lithuania_to_drop_anti_gay_law.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:2f055fb8-fe25-4f56-854d-60e55c55fa84</id>
    <updated>2011-01-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/green_party_members/jeanlambertpointing_medium.jpg" alt="EU Parliament urges Lithuania to drop anti-gay law"/&gt;the european parliament has adopted a resolution urging the lithuanian parliament to reject draft homophobic legislation</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Eurovision - Azerbaijan not a safe country for gay people</title>
    <link href="news/2011/eurovision___azerbaijan_not_a_safe_country_for_gay_people.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e8152c2c-d691-4882-b1fb-f99625f474f8</id>
    <updated>2011-05-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/flags/azerbaijanflag_medium.jpg" alt="Eurovision - Azerbaijan not a safe country for gay people"/&gt;Azerbaijan to host the 2012 Eurovision song contest Widespread human rights abuses on all fronts, say human rights groups</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>FA must do more against homophobia</title>
    <link href="news/2011/fa_must_do_more_against_homophobia.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:0672b9c7-6e00-4674-83f2-a04ddbfa6154</id>
    <updated>2011-03-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/groups/thefa_medium.jpg" alt="FA must do more against homophobia"/&gt;fa must do more against homophobia  call for renewed fa action to make football gay-friendly</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>FIFA must condemn Nigerian anti-lesbian witch-hunt  </title>
    <link href="news/2011/fifa_must_condemn_nigerian_anti_lesbian_witch_hunt.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e3c7f845-1bad-43d3-a102-081dca4e1740</id>
    <updated>2011-07-12T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">FIFA must condemn Nigerian anti-lesbian witch-hunt Flashmob protest planned for Wednesday 13 July in Frankfurt</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/fifa_logo_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>FINAL APPEAL: Lobby the Commonwealth on LGBTI rights</title>
    <link href="news/2011/final_appeal_lobby_the_commonwealth_on_lgbti_rights.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:8c384730-62ca-4a06-89b7-24eb3a6cd613</id>
    <updated>2011-10-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">FINAL APPEAL: Lobby the Commonwealth on LGBTI rights Sign the petition to the Commonwealth leaders Most of the Commonwealth still criminalise homosexuality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/commonwealth_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>First Green budget day set for December 1 2011</title>
    <link href="news/2011/first_green_budget_day_set_for_december_1_2011.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:754284d4-3b39-4a52-b52e-5ae11e7d88f6</id>
    <updated>2011-11-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">The UK's first ever Green local authority budget will be published on 1 December - one day later than planned.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/billrandall_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>First Green-led council in UK presents draft budget '  A Fair Budget For Toug</title>
    <link href="news/2011/first_green_led_council_in_uk_presents_draft_budget_a_fair_budget_for_toug.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:af5a121f-71a3-45eb-be32-512676e7e8c4</id>
    <updated>2011-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Today, budget proposals were unveiled by the UK's first Green-led council, opening an unprecedented three-month long period of public scrutiny before the budget is set in February 2012. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/places/brighton_pavilion_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Foreign Office praised for IDAHO contribution</title>
    <link href="news/2011/foreign_office_praised_for_idaho_contribution.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:28e22781-8e55-43ed-b596-c6a5468d020e</id>
    <updated>2011-05-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">'to mark the idaho, the international day against homphobia and transphobia, the british foreign office issued an unprecedented message of support for lgbt rights and called for the prevention of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,' said dan littauer, executive editor of gay middle east.com.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/idaho_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Full pardon urged for gay offenders</title>
    <link href="news/2011/full_pardon_urged_for_gay_offenders.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:238fa1e0-74df-4eea-8fc9-f353c2cc9f15</id>
    <updated>2011-02-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/emblems/courtwig_medium.jpg" alt="Full pardon urged for gay offenders"/&gt;government  plan will not 'delete' gay sex convictions offences will be merely 'disregarded'  they will still remain in criminal records</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Gay Free Zone conviction is disturbing</title>
    <link href="news/2011/gay_free_zone_conviction_is_disturbing.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:3d7aee94-127a-4073-8119-2dec2efa86bb</id>
    <updated>2011-06-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Why did a few anti-gay stickers in East London provoke an outcry by gay groups, while far worse homophobia passed without protest?</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/eastlondongay_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Gay 'Kiss-In' to protest pub ban, 7pm tonight</title>
    <link href="news/2011/gay_kiss_in_to_protest_pub_ban,_7pm_tonight.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:d788ac0c-0387-40be-9036-35f5a237ae8c</id>
    <updated>2011-04-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/places/johnsnowpub_medium.jpg" alt="Gay 'Kiss-In' to protest pub ban, 7pm tonight"/&gt;john snow pub, 39 broadwick street, w1  banning gay kisses is illegal under equality laws</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Gay marriage is conformist but it is also a human right</title>
    <link href="news/2011/gay_marriage_is_conformist_but_it_is_also_a_human_right.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:718f2889-05c8-4ad4-95e0-c7e53d7fc2a2</id>
    <updated>2011-07-05T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">I may disagree with marriage, but I will fight for your right to do it. The ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory. Gay and straight couples must be free to choose the same legal bonds</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Gay marriage plan sustains discrimination </title>
    <link href="news/2011/gay_marriage_plan_sustains_discrimination.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5048813d-dc89-40aa-b8fd-19732a792935</id>
    <updated>2011-09-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Ban on gay religious marriages and straight civil partnerships Government plans to retain the bans on gay religious marriages and straight civil partnerships are a double whammy of homophobic and heterophobic discrimination </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Government cuts hurting the vulnerable</title>
    <link href="news/2011/government_cuts_hurting_the_vulnerable.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:76d91734-9ec2-484a-b571-798388ce1637</id>
    <updated>2011-12-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Cuts </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Government is failing on HIV</title>
    <link href="news/2011/government_is_failing_on_hiv.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:70665b8f-4328-426d-a0ca-d04e39c71a20</id>
    <updated>2011-11-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Pressure on clinics to prescribe cheaper HIV drugs  HIV prevention education is inadequate  Public service cuts risk undermining HIV services </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/red_ribbon_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Government plans to cut solar energy tariff 'incredibly damaging' says Gree</title>
    <link href="news/2011/government_plans_to_cut_solar_energy_tariff_incredibly_damaging_says_gree.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5aabd312-34f7-4238-bcce-6ead91ab8281</id>
    <updated>2011-11-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Coalition Government plans to slash the energy tariff councils can charge by almost 50% for solar energy systems on council property will hit vulnerable groups and damage job creation, says the Green leader of Brighton and Hove City Council</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/eco/solarpannels_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green councillors support young homeless</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_councillors_support_young_homeless.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:dd28e5c4-5f17-431a-889a-6d14f0e00fc1</id>
    <updated>2011-11-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">A cheque for £600 was presented last month to local homeless charity the Clock Tower Sanctuary last month, raised from a new seafront road race launched by Brighton and Hove's Green council leader Bill Randall</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/billrandall_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green MEP calls for greater equality ahead of IDAHO</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_mep_calls_for_greater_equality_ahead_of_idaho.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:cc05d42b-5cde-4681-b753-dca95adc0b8f</id>
    <updated>2011-05-12T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/jeanlambert_thumb.jpg" alt="Green MEP calls for greater equality ahead of IDAHO"/&gt;green mep for london, jean lambert, has called for greater equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities ahead of next week's international day against homophobia.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green MEP Welcomes News That Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Bill Has Been Dropped</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_mep_welcomes_news_that_ugandan_anti_homosexual_bill_has_been_dropped.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:8dd5237f-fd78-4379-ad77-77992760db07</id>
    <updated>2011-05-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Green MEP for London, Jean Lambert, has welcomed the news that the Ugandan Parliament dropped its odious Anti-Homosexuality Bill following an outpouring of international condemnation.  The draft legislation would have seen the introduction of the death penalty and life imprisonment for those convicted</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/green_party_members/jeanlambertpointing_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green MEP's Call For Action Over Gay Rights Murder</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_meps_call_for_action_over_gay_rights_murder.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:f2a5d731-9e33-476e-b24f-0a61aa63fe9b</id>
    <updated>2011-02-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/jeanlambert_thumb.jpg" alt="Green MEP's Call For Action Over Gay Rights Murder"/&gt;jean lambert and keith taylor, the green meps for london and south east england, have called for action over the killing of lgbt rights activist david kato in uganda.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green Party calls for the removal of ATOS from incapacity benefits assessme</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_party_calls_for_the_removal_of_atos_from_incapacity_benefits_assessme.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:f2eed840-fd54-478e-a4b9-cc3919dd7266</id>
    <updated>2011-09-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Conference at Sheffield expresses deep concern at the use of ATOS to assess incapacity benefit receivers for their ability to return to work </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green Party expresses concern at BNP involvement with London Ambulance Serv</title>
    <link href="news/2011/green_party_expresses_concern_at_bnp_involvement_with_london_ambulance_serv.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e850b944-08f8-447b-a625-2f5be5359f05</id>
    <updated>2011-05-27T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Green Party expresses concern at BNP involvement with London Ambulance Service - LAS already lacks diversity, with only 9% of staff from BME backgrounds </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/bnp_logo_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens celebrate Pride in first Green-run Council</title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_celebrate_pride_in_first_green_run_council.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:6fc8705e-5f96-4223-82a4-9e4aaa22b1df</id>
    <updated>2011-08-12T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Greens celebrate Pride in first Green-run Council Brighton Pride: Thank you for voting Green! </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/brighton/greenfloat_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens join Gloucester Pride</title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_join_gloucester_pride.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:31b44517-b223-4db8-a20b-a836d314454e</id>
    <updated>2011-08-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Greens in Gloucestershire have joined all the Pride celebrations since they began in 2006</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/southwest/philipbooth_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens proud to '  Stamp out Stigma'</title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_proud_to_stamp_out_stigma.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a836b6b6-e3a0-4a0e-b4bc-16dfae873100</id>
    <updated>2011-10-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Greens proud to '  Stamp out Stigma' World Mental Health Day </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/places/brighton_pavilion_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens select nine LGBT candidates for Brighton  elections</title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_select_nine_lgbt_candidates_for_brighton__elections.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:871ed0b5-1208-4ea9-8938-0475df0c0ba1</id>
    <updated>2011-02-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/green_party_members/lgbtcandidates2011_medium.jpg" alt="Greens select nine LGBT candidates for Brighton  elections"/&gt;greens select nine lgbt candidates for brighton and hove city council elections</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens select Westbourne parent Louisa for council by-election</title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_select_westbourne_parent_louisa_for_council_by_election.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:c038e861-206d-4b5c-9bb4-4fd6c4523571</id>
    <updated>2011-11-24T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Mother of two and local resident Louisa Greenbaum, of Westbourne Street, Hove, is to be the Green Party candidate for the 22 December by-election in the Westbourne area of the city.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/green_party_members/louisagreenbaum_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Greens speak out against homophobic hate crime on IDAHOBIT Day </title>
    <link href="news/2011/greens_speak_out_against_homophobic_hate_crime_on_idahobit_day.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:c8f419e9-b34e-4f09-a765-5b22b56ebcea</id>
    <updated>2011-05-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), 17 May 2011, Caroline Lucas MP and Keith Taylor MEP have expressed concern over the rise in homophobic hate crime in Brighton and Hove. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/idaho_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Heroic campaigner for LGBTI freedom murdered in Uganda</title>
    <link href="news/2011/heroic_campaigner_for_lgbti_freedom_murdered_in_uganda.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:1f942e2b-4d17-4528-a7f3-dc619e4927be</id>
    <updated>2011-01-27T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/flags/uganda_flag_medium.jpg" alt="Heroic campaigner for LGBTI freedom murdered in Uganda"/&gt;Ugandan LGBTI rights activist David Kato was found murdered in his house on 26 January 2011. He had received homophobic death threats and had been pictured and named by Uganda's Rolling Stone magazine in an article that called for gay people to be killed. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>How the Tories were won to marriage equality</title>
    <link href="news/2011/how_the_tories_were_won_to_marriage_equality.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:653f063d-18fe-4c2f-a091-ff14bd8da437</id>
    <updated>2011-10-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Gay marriage is a Conservative value  How the Tories were won to marriage equality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/david_cameron_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Ian McKellen backs banned Moscow Gay Pride</title>
    <link href="news/2011/ian_mckellen_backs_banned_moscow_gay_pride.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:cf396ee2-8be3-4963-8ddc-1ba9a472700f</id>
    <updated>2011-05-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Ian McKellen backs banned Moscow Gay Pride  He says Moscow Mayor is 'a coward' for appeasing homophobes</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/flagrussia_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Ibis Hotels host hate preachers</title>
    <link href="news/2011/ibis_hotels_host_hate_preachers.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:85a9a32f-d82d-47e8-9523-d32d47de5147</id>
    <updated>2011-01-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/places/ibishotellondon_large.jpg" alt="Ibis Hotels host hate preachers"/&gt;extremists call for 'death penalty' for gays islamic research and education academy conference this sunday</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>IDAHO: Commonwealth is homophobic bastion</title>
    <link href="news/2011/idaho_commonwealth_is_homophobic_bastion.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5e66cbda-a7ff-4373-9d28-0712609937f2</id>
    <updated>2011-05-17T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/events/idaho_medium.jpg" alt="IDAHO: Commonwealth is homophobic bastion"/&gt;The Commonwealth is a bastion of homophobia The Commonwealth's failure to challenge anti-gay laws and discrimination is the poisonous legacy of British colonialism</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia</title>
    <link href="news/2011/international_day_against_homophobia_and_transphobia.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:019beb8d-92a2-4ca8-a71d-e30f134aea27</id>
    <updated>2011-05-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/events/idaho_medium.jpg" alt="International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia"/&gt;an impressive global program for the 7th edition of the international day against homophobia and transphobia is taking place around may 17th with hundreds of events planned in over 50 countries. the day's activities take place among growing international tensions between progressive developments and reactionary outbursts, including the now infamous ugandan '</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Invitation: Equal Love meeting at House of Commons</title>
    <link href="news/2011/invitation_equal_love_meeting_at_house_of_commons.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e65655ba-609e-4530-a5b4-2d93ce711926</id>
    <updated>2011-01-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/places/housesofparliament_medium.jpg" alt="Invitation: Equal Love meeting at House of Commons"/&gt;eight couples file application to european court on 2 february  legal bid for gay marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships.  professor robert wintemute outlines the legal case for equality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Labour evades gay marriage vote </title>
    <link href="news/2011/labour_evades_gay_marriage_vote.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:ff5daac2-c6f1-4fab-b476-cce92df4fc87</id>
    <updated>2011-09-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Labour evades gay marriage vote Equality not on party conference agenda  Still no official Labour policy on equal marriage rights </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>LGBT activists selected for Brighton city council poll</title>
    <link href="news/2011/lgbt_activists_selected_for_brighton_city_council_poll.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a7259792-c642-4de8-a77a-fe1d5aef5856</id>
    <updated>2011-01-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/green_party_members/queens_park_greens_candidat_medium.jpg" alt="LGBT activists selected for Brighton city council poll"/&gt;two candidates with long track records working for the lesbian gay, bi and trans (lgbt) communities have been selected by the green party to stand in the may 2011 city council elections for queen's park ward, central brighton</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>LGBT South West Greens Support 'Kaleidoscope LGBT Rights Group'</title>
    <link href="news/2011/lgbt_south_west_greens_support_kaleidoscope_lgbt_rights_group.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:2ee7f572-d16c-4057-8f36-f74cdf2f1eda</id>
    <updated>2011-09-21T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">The Spokesperson for the LGBT South West Greens and the South west Green Party has today released a statement of support for the newly created LGBT pressure-group 'Kaleidoscope', </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/kaleidoscope_small.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Lib Dems offered free Green membership after poll move</title>
    <link href="news/2011/lib_dems_offered_free_green_membership_after_poll_move.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:ef058ef8-cf20-4321-8bb1-a19aa58564d8</id>
    <updated>2011-03-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/groups/scottish_green_party_medium.jpg" alt="Lib Dems offered free Green membership after poll move"/&gt;The Scottish Greens today offered free membership of the party to disillusioned Lib Dems, following the YouGov poll published in today's Scotsman showing the Scottish Greens ahead of the Lib Dems for the first time</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>March for a Secular Europe</title>
    <link href="news/2011/march_for_a_secular_europe.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:6c45d580-a4fa-4c14-9338-4cfa5fe3c87b</id>
    <updated>2011-09-12T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Oppose special privileges for religion and people of faith   The state must not accommodate religious prejudice and intolerance</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/europe_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Minister launches LGBT Charter in Sport</title>
    <link href="news/2011/minister_launches_lgbt_charter_in_sport.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:d22b59e8-9c1c-44e6-9cda-90f91a5c37d6</id>
    <updated>2011-03-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/suesanders_lynnefeatherstone_tonyfenwick_medium.jpg" alt="Minister launches LGBT Charter in Sport"/&gt;Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone chose an LGBT History Month sponsored event to launch an LGBT charter in Sport, on Sunday afternoon</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Moscow Mayor bans Gay Pride Parade, again!</title>
    <link href="news/2011/moscow_mayor_bans_gay_pride_parade,_again.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:173b2ffa-32da-4bbb-8d90-c02ec4f275f9</id>
    <updated>2011-05-25T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Ban defies European Court ruling that parade should be allowed Gay activists will defy ban, and risk arrest and bashing UK Embassy will send observers to Moscow Gay Pride</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/flagrussia_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>New Brighton and Hove city council leader appointed</title>
    <link href="news/2011/new_brighton_and_hove_city_council_leader_appointed.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5d37e048-0baa-4844-980f-237672da4d47</id>
    <updated>2011-05-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Brighton and Hove City Council's Annual Council Meeting voted in the first Green Party administration in the UK today, following local elections this month when the Greens became the largest party with 23 seats out of 54. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/billrandall_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Nick Griffin to be mocked at Gay Pride</title>
    <link href="news/2011/nick_griffin_to_be_mocked_at_gay_pride.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:caaf0299-6b63-4c37-890b-84c531cd8ec5</id>
    <updated>2011-07-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Nick Griffin to be mocked at Gay Pride  Satirical placard ridicules 'Queen of Fascism'  Call for gays to oppose the BNP</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/nickgriffin_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Nigeria bids to criminalise same-sex marriage</title>
    <link href="news/2011/nigeria_bids_to_criminalise_same_sex_marriage.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:69295352-c522-4744-aef8-3ea40ed25b01</id>
    <updated>2011-10-21T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Forwarded by Peter Tatchell at the request of Yemisi Ilesanmi, coordinator of the Nigerian LGBT in the Diaspora Against Anti Same Sex Laws</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/nigeria_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Nigerian Senate votes for draconian anti-gay law </title>
    <link href="news/2011/nigerian_senate_votes_for_draconian_anti_gay_law.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:21ca172b-0f5b-4efc-8442-b43b17ab9904</id>
    <updated>2011-11-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Same-sex marriage and civil unions to be banned 14 years jail for participants, 10 years jail for helpers and witnesses Gay advocacy groups and same-sex public affection to be outlawed Sweeping criminalisation contravenes Article 42 of the Nigerian constitution</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/nigeria_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>No LGBTI conference in Israel </title>
    <link href="news/2011/no_lgbti_conference_in_israel.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:6b7545fc-5495-47dd-be9c-bf4e6f789a3b</id>
    <updated>2011-06-21T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">It is likely to stir homophobia in the Arab world Some Palestinian and Arab delegates may be unable to attend LGBTI support for Palestine could help undermine homophobia</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/flags/israel_flag_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Now Is the Time To Debate The UK's Nuclear Future</title>
    <link href="news/2011/now_is_the_time_to_debate_the_uks_nuclear_future.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:23c99a09-fd36-4ba3-9b89-dc25e76ab4d4</id>
    <updated>2011-06-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">'Now Is the Time To Debate The UK's Nuclear Future' - MPs And Experts To Meet In Westminster For Fukushima Seminar, Tuesday 14 June</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/carolinelucas_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Peter Tatchell speaks for marriage equality</title>
    <link href="news/2011/peter_tatchell_speaks_for_marriage_equality.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:10111383-7d90-4b75-ae60-3c779b01196b</id>
    <updated>2011-03-17T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/peter_tatchell_thumb.jpg" alt="Peter Tatchell speaks for marriage equality"/&gt;peter tatchell is giving a talk entitled 'equal rights- are we there yet?', on marriage equality and other issues of on-going homophobic discrimination</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Postpone East London Gay Pride</title>
    <link href="news/2011/postpone_east_london_gay_pride.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a015af16-a7ce-417b-bcac-224df5d26922</id>
    <updated>2011-03-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/events/eastlondongay_medium.jpg" alt="Postpone East London Gay Pride"/&gt;call for muslims and lgbtis to unite against hate   east london mosque urged to dialogue with lgbti communities</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Pride in Brighton and Hove is announce the theme for this year's Pride</title>
    <link href="news/2011/pride_in_brighton___hove_is_announce_the_theme_for_this_years_pride.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:586423bd-b49c-4c26-8b9c-67fd54edbf03</id>
    <updated>2011-01-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/brighton/greenpartyfloat2009_medium.jpg" alt="Pride in Brighton and Hove is announce the theme for this year's Pride"/&gt;pride in brighton and hove is delighted to announce the theme for this year's celebrations is out of this world</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Pride Solidarity in St Petersburg</title>
    <link href="news/2011/pride_solidarity_in_st_petersburg.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:7ab38a77-2fa9-4ab9-8705-00967107e970</id>
    <updated>2011-04-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/claredimyon_thumb.jpg" alt="Pride Solidarity in St Petersburg"/&gt;british lgbt campaigner clare dimyon played a leading role in this weekend's anti-homophobia actions in st petersburg.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Prime Minister supports LGBT History Month</title>
    <link href="news/2011/prime_minister_supports_lgbt_history_month.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:ae46d597-cecf-452b-aadc-0851cc98dec6</id>
    <updated>2011-02-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/david_cameron_thumb.jpg" alt="Prime Minister supports LGBT History Month"/&gt;the prime minister david cameron has issued a statement of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans history month. the event is taking place throughout february and the theme for this year and next is sport.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Protest against the EDL on Saturday</title>
    <link href="news/2011/protest_against_the_edl_on_saturday.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:88a70e58-8728-4f24-b591-c2511d2fe6a4</id>
    <updated>2011-09-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Gays and Muslims unite. Stop the far right   Ban on all marches is an attack on the right to protest   Anti-fascists must challenge the Islamist right to undermine the EDL </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/englishdefenceleague_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Religious civil partnership reform is limited and inconsistent</title>
    <link href="news/2011/religious_civil_partnership_reform_is_limited_and_inconsistent.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:f5492c92-7728-42c6-a456-90ece642d252</id>
    <updated>2011-11-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Religious civil partnership reform is limited and inconsistent Equality Minister backs blanket ban on gay marriages in place of worship</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Religious civil partnerships are long overdue</title>
    <link href="news/2011/religious_civil_partnerships_are_long_overdue.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e0c8f837-a974-4c6c-a457-eabbd2f4133f</id>
    <updated>2011-02-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg" alt="Religious civil partnerships are long overdue"/&gt;religious civil partnerships are long overdue. heterosexual couples to be allowed civil partnerships too. the next logical step? end the ban on gay civil marriage</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Schools Out conference theme: coming out at work</title>
    <link href="news/2011/schools_out_conference_theme_coming_out_at_work.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:41e1e9a1-451b-4cff-ad7c-6969d012594f</id>
    <updated>2011-01-27T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/schoolsout_medium.jpg" alt="Schools Out conference theme: coming out at work"/&gt;this year's schools out conference will focus on issues around coming out at work. the conference will take place at the drill hall theatre in london from 10:00-17:45 on sat 5 feb.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Sign the Equal Love petition </title>
    <link href="news/2011/sign_the_equal_love_petition.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:22d4a719-9525-4f88-806d-4552acd222b9</id>
    <updated>2011-07-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Sign the Equal Love petition Help us win gay marriage and straight civil partnerships Email your MP and MEPs</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Stop smash and grab raid on charity funding</title>
    <link href="news/2011/stop_smash_and_grab_raid_on_charity_funding.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:b5b8f5c8-6a60-4f1a-8518-78e61a3bef93</id>
    <updated>2011-09-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">LGBT South West Green Party urges Government to 'Stop smash and grab raid on charity funding'</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/charities_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Support Bradley Manning - Gay hero</title>
    <link href="news/2011/support_bradley_manning___gay_hero.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:0b125bdc-c804-4373-86fc-0b1862fa824f</id>
    <updated>2011-05-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/bradleymanning_medium.jpg" alt="Support Bradley Manning - Gay hero"/&gt;it is alleged that bradley manning blew the whistle on war crimes and cover ups by the us military in iraq and afghanistan. he is a defender of democracy and human rights. his actions are based on the principle that citizens have a right to know what the government is doing in their name. bradley should not be in prison. the charges against him should be dropped. put on trial those who killed innocent civilians and those who protected the perpetrators.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Support East London LGBT Pride - 24 September</title>
    <link href="news/2011/support_east_london_lgbt_pride___24_september.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:455b0308-00d2-4532-813e-aa30900150a6</id>
    <updated>2011-09-21T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">East London is not a Gay-Free Zone East London working together - Gays and Muslims unite! Fight all hate</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/eastlondongay_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Tatchell gets Muslim hostility and support</title>
    <link href="news/2011/tatchell_gets_muslim_hostility___support.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:96e6bafc-15be-4b78-b5ec-505ba055bea4</id>
    <updated>2011-09-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Order to remove gay placard at anti-EDL demo  'Gays are not permitted here,' say some Muslims   But other Muslims intervene and defend gay presence</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/englishdefenceleague_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Tory MP Chloe Smith backs gay marriage</title>
    <link href="news/2011/tory_mp_chloe_smith_backs_gay_marriage.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:50aec184-ccf3-466f-87b1-963f7560e599</id>
    <updated>2011-08-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Norwich North MP also wants civil partnerships for heterosexual couples</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/chloesmithmp_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Two candidates offer double benefit for Brunswick and Adelaide</title>
    <link href="news/2011/two_candidates_offer_double_benefit_for_brunswick___adelaide.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:9bc1b444-e9a2-4281-89eb-d2837404c8a4</id>
    <updated>2011-01-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/green_party_members/phelimmac_cafferty_olliesykescreditstephengeorge_medium.jpg" alt="Two candidates offer double benefit for Brunswick and Adelaide"/&gt;the green party has selected complementary candidates phelim mac cafferty and ollie sykes to stand in the two seat brunswick and adelaide ward in hove at the city council elections in may this year</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>UK Supreme Court discriminates against women and gays</title>
    <link href="news/2011/uk_supreme_court_discriminates_against_women___gays.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:5da9dc49-74a0-4955-b37e-5e9c2025cac6</id>
    <updated>2011-01-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/emblems/courtwig_medium.jpg" alt="UK Supreme Court discriminates against women and gays"/&gt;uk supreme court discriminates against women and lgbts  titles for top judge's partners has sexist and homophobic bias</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>UK won't cut aid over human rights abuses</title>
    <link href="news/2011/uk_wont_cut_aid_over_human_rights_abuses.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:7af00842-f16e-44d1-aa3f-26c7607bf315</id>
    <updated>2011-11-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">International Development Minister says policy has been misrepresented Aid will not be cut, but switched to ngos and civil society organisations African social justice activists statement presented to UK government</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/andrew_mitchell_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>URGENT ACTION: Lobby Commonwealth Secretary General</title>
    <link href="news/2011/urgent_action_lobby_commonwealth_secretary_general.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e0d47977-f871-4be6-bb04-f601541ead4d</id>
    <updated>2011-10-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Lobby Commonwealth Secretary General  Urge the inclusion of LGBT human rights at CHOGM  Heads of government must address decriminalisation of homosexuality</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/groups/commonwealth_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Vote 'Yes' to AV</title>
    <link href="news/2011/vote_yes_to_av.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:4d0609e8-19cd-4ad5-97c0-a0c92b1e86a5</id>
    <updated>2011-05-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/icons/yes_to_fairer_votes_medium.jpg" alt="Vote 'Yes' to AV"/&gt;fair votes are a human rights issue  no more governments with a majority of seats based on a minority of votes</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Was Malcolm X bisexual? Prof Manning Marable offers evidence</title>
    <link href="news/2011/was_malcolm_x_bisexual_prof_manning_marable_offers_evidence.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:260cb778-0340-4c56-b072-d13447549ef9</id>
    <updated>2011-04-05T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">&lt;IMG height="75" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/images/people/malcolm_x_medium.jpg" alt="Was Malcolm X bisexual? Prof Manning Marable offers evidence"/&gt;the esteemed african-american columbia university historian, professor manning marable, died last week, aged 60. he was a prestigious and acclaimed chronicler of black history and a leading figure in african-american studies. i greatly admired his scholarship and much of his politics. his death is a great loss.</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk/"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Why hasn't Labour voted for marriage equality?</title>
    <link href="news/2011/why_hasnt_labour_voted_for_marriage_equality.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:a8bcecb7-731b-4019-96d8-0e30126e8bdc</id>
    <updated>2011-09-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Ed Miliband has endorsed same-sex marriage but the party conference hasn't  End this bigoted ban on gay marriage</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/labour/labour_party_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>World Pride 2012 theme: Decriminalise homosexuality</title>
    <link href="news/2011/world_pride_2012_theme_decriminalise_homosexuality.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:796d1f3b-09e1-4e2e-ab78-3df7d9fbadc4</id>
    <updated>2011-07-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">World Pride 2012 theme: Decriminalise homosexuality We need a theme that is specific, practical and unifying worldwide  2012: An opportunity to highlight homophobic oppression and LGBT heroism</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/events/londonpride_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>World's first pro-gay reggae album</title>
    <link href="news/2011/worlds_first_pro_gay_reggae_album.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:e8d1c535-8615-49ec-9cc8-d3d799b2931b</id>
    <updated>2011-08-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">World's first pro-gay reggae album Jamaican singer bids to challenge homophobia  Tolerance album features 11 gay-positive tracks</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/jamaicanreggaesingermistamajahp_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Archbishop Sentamu is 'intolerant and out of touch'</title>
    <link href="news/2012/archbishop_sentamu_is_intolerant_and_out_of_touch.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:33e68833-bfd0-44c3-8554-bada01e03e58</id>
    <updated>2012-01-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Archbishop Sentamu is 'intolerant and out of touch' Demand for discrimination against gay couples is dictatorial Churches have no right to block same-sex civil marriages</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/archbishopsentamu_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Brighton and Hove Labour Councillors join Tories on Council Tax</title>
    <link href="news/2012/brighton_and_hove_labour_councillors_join_tories_on_council_tax.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:91cc1b9d-e3e7-4da9-816f-cb00afa532b9</id>
    <updated>2012-01-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Brighton and Hove Labour councillors formally declared themselves in alliance with the Conservatives, saying they would likely reject the Greens' proposals for a 3.5% council tax rise</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/green_party_members/jasonkitcat_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Equal love rights for gay and straight</title>
    <link href="news/2012/equal_love_rights_for_gay_and_straight.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:0e833c49-5f93-4f98-bbc5-d45aa30bd222</id>
    <updated>2012-02-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">First anniversary of Equal Love appeal to European Court Cross-party support for marriage and partnership equality is growing No more stalling - both gay and straight couples deserve equality now</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gaymarraige_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Future sex: Beyond gay and straight </title>
    <link href="news/2012/future_sex_beyond_gay_and_straight.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:cb77b949-6ef3-4293-b0b0-a08c27a2be30</id>
    <updated>2012-01-10T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Less homophobia, more homosexuality Sexuality is influenced by culture, not just biology Gay and straight identities will become blurred and redundant</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/gender_identity_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green Councillors celebrate as Brighton and Hove wins top Council in Stonew</title>
    <link href="news/2012/green_councillors_celebrate_as_brighton_and_hove_wins_top_council_in_stonew.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:69297a30-59f7-41d5-a5c4-c61a23f55a72</id>
    <updated>2012-01-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Brighton and Hove City Council has once again been named the most lesbian, gay and bisexual-friendly local authority in the country by lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) pressure group Stonewall. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/places/brighton_pavilion_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green Councillors in historic meeting with the trans community</title>
    <link href="news/2012/green_councillors_in_historic_meeting_with_the_trans_community.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:bc2e1bc5-415c-4474-9d38-bf86185fd211</id>
    <updated>2012-01-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Green Party Councillors in Brighton and Hove, including the Leader of the Council, Bill Randall, have held historic talks with representatives of the trans community organisations in the city- FTM Brighton and The Clare Project </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/people/billrandall_thumb.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Green-led council listens after biggest ever budget consultation</title>
    <link href="news/2012/green_led_council_listens_after_biggest_ever_budget_consultation.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:1cd18cf2-f940-4f2b-a3fd-ee95eec1f1e9</id>
    <updated>2012-01-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Green-led council listens after biggest ever budget consultation to deal with Coalition cuts. The Green administration on Brighton and Hove City Council has modified its budget proposals to deal with Coaliton Government cuts in response to consultation feedback. </summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/places/brighton_pavilion_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Public Order Act: repeal Section 5</title>
    <link href="news/2012/public_order_act_repeal_section_5.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:c0e80940-f7ad-4d5f-ab35-68f65f4ca13c</id>
    <updated>2012-01-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Law open to abuse by over-zealous police and prosecutors Ban on insult and distress threatens free speech and right to protest</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/emblems/courtwig_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Schools Out theme: Educating out prejudice through the LGBT lens</title>
    <link href="news/2012/schools_out_theme_educating_out_prejudice_through_the_lgbt_lens.aspx" />
    <id>urn:uuid:82926eca-84c4-49ec-8fcd-a24eebd06a33</id>
    <updated>2012-01-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="html">Schools Out conference theme: Educating out prejudice through the LGBT lens</summary>
    <content type="image/jpg" src="http://www.lgbtgreens.org.uk//images/icons/schoolsout_medium.jpg"/>
</entry>
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