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An amateur club of gay footballers in Paris said yesterday its members were victims of homophobia when a team of Muslim players refused to play them. The Paris Foot Gay team says it received an e-mail on Saturday from the Creteil Bebel club cancelling a match scheduled for the following day.
Carol Thatcher, who was sacked by the BBC for comparing a mixed-race tennis player to a golliwog, has accused the corporation of double-standards for retaining Anton Du Beke, the Strictly Come Dancing performer, who made a joke in similarly poor taste about a contestant.Read more: Strictly Come Dancing race row speaks volumes about BBC, says Carol Thatcher
More than 30 people were arrested yesterday after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in rival race protests in Manchester.
Although the award of the Nobel peace prize to President Barack Obama was widely interpreted as a repudiation of the Republican era of George W Bush, the real snub may have been to Bill Clinton.
Read more: Barack Obama's Nobel peace prize is snub to Bill Clinton
LONDON — After successfully battling racism in English professional football, authorities are striving to stamp out homophobia as fans wait to see if any player will publicly disclose he is gay.Read more: WHAT STRAIGHT MEN COULD LEARN FROM GAY MEN - A QUEER KIND OF MASCULINITY?
Given his elevated position, many expected the memorial service for Britain’s Honorary Consul — who was brutally murdered last Wednesday — to be staged in a more auspicious venue.
Psychiatrists have called on the government to address the soaring numbers of websites which promote anorexia and bulimia as a lifestyle choice rather than an eating disorder. More than 15% of gay or bisexual men had at some time suffered anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating disorder, or at least certain symptoms of those disorders, compared with less than five percent of heterosexual men.
Read more: Clampdown on "thinspiration" sites will help gay men
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