PinkNews.co.uk has learnt that Gavin Hayes, the general secretary of left-leaning pressure group Compass, is being touted as a more viable challenger to Ms Hoey.

More at PinkNews.co.uk

At the Stonewall hustings, the PinkNews.co.uk editor Tony Grew took Boris to task over his gay right's record.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has told the Sunday Times that she wouldn't walk the streets of Hackney, an area with a burgeoning LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) population, at night. Ironically, fellow Home Office Minister, Meg Hillier is the MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch.

Asked by the newspaper if she would walk alone in Hackney Ms Smith replied: "Well, no, but I don't think I'd have ever have done."

More at http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6612.html 

The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name by James Kirkup has been published at the bottom of an article on PinkNews.co.uk. This is technically still illegal so it shall be interesting to see if the website faces any legal action.

The husband of Barbara Follett may have inadvertantly embroiled her in the furore over donations.

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Gordon Brown has attended a gay event for the first time- partying at the Absolutely Equal disco

 

Boris tells PinkNews he's pro-gay, voted for civil partnerships and comes close to endorsing polygamy

The Conservative Party are now advertising on gay news website PinkNews

The Tory boy wonder, Boris Johnson has told PinkNews.co.uk  that he rejects homophobia and other claims.

Andrew Boff may be the only serious challenger to Boris Johnson and a gay candidate would add an interesting element to the primary- there's over a million LGBT Londoners to reach.

The Prime Minister has spoken to gay press for the first time. In the Pink News Q&A he defends his gay voting record and denies that David Cameron is more pro-gay than him - something evident from the appointment of Sayeeda Warsi.