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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community Forum. Star and Garter, High Street, Bromley Second Tuesday of every month 6:30 - 7.30pm Open
to anyone who works, lives, socialises or learns in Bromley. Bromley
may be a vibrant London borough but a lack of local gay venues or LGBT
service provision has meant that for far too long Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender people in Bromley have had to travel to have their
voices heard. The virtual LGBT
black hole in Bromley will be put to an end in October with the launch
of the Bromley Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
Community Forum. “The LGBT Forum
will be the largest group of its kind in the borough and will provide
the first ever chance for LGBT people in the area to come together and
talk publicly about issues that affect the community with local service
providers.” The launch of the
Network has been organised by community members in partnership with the
Safer Bromley Partnership, Bromley Borough Police, the Health
Development department of Bromley PCT, the Metropolitan Police’s LGBT
Advisory Group and Galop. Colin Newman, Head of Community Safety at the
Safer Bromley Partnership said: “The safer Bromley partnership
welcomes the establishment of an LGBT forum as an exciting opportunity
to further develop our relationship with Bromley’s diverse
communities” Colin Newman will
be speaking at the launch, along with representatives from the police,
council and the LGBT Advisory group. The event will provide a rare
opportunity for LGBT people within Bromley to question exactly how
statutory agencies are catering to their local needs.
Several agencies
from around London will be promoting their work at the event, eager to
take advantage of this exciting opportunity to engage with the LGBT
communities in Bromley.
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Latest in the News
Gay man says sign at pub is ‘homophobic’ (Tuesday 22nd August 2006)
A SHOP worker fears gay drinkers are being pushed out of a pub.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/localheadlines/display.var.889193.0.gay_man_says_sign_at_pub_is_homophobic.php
Archive News
more stories further down
Pink Protesters Win
Wedding Day Battle (Thursday 14 October 2005)
COUNCILLORS have responded to months of protest and a growing national controversy to
allow same-sex marriage ceremonies to go ahead in the borough
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED14%20Oct%202005%2010%3A43%3A17%3A337
Council makes gay ceremonies
U-turn (Wednesday 12th October 2005)
GAY couples will be allowed to celebrate their weddings in the borough following a
U-turn hailed as a victory for equality.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.640116.0.council_makes_gay_ceremonies_uturn.php
Bromley won’t ban
gay ceremonies (Tuesday 11 October, 2005 )
The London borough of Bromley has voted not to ban civil partnership ceremonies, in a
surprise move that has delighted campaigners.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9131
Bromley u-turn on gay wedding ceremonies
(Tuesday 11 October 2005)
The executive committee of Bromley Council has reversed their previous decisions on
allowing civil partnership ceremonies to take place in their buildings. The leader of the
Conservative controlled council had previously vowed to refuse couples to have a ceremony
in their properties.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-124.html
The Bromley Council Executive Meeting
is on
Monday 10th October
2005 at the
Bromley Civic Centre
http://www.bromley.gov.uk/council/council+meetings/council_meetings.htm
Latest from the Council meeting on Monday 19th September 2005
You couldn't make it up
Last night (Monday 19th September 2005) I was in the Bromley Council chamber where there were two motions on the order paper. One that the council should facilitate Civil Partnership ceremonies and one saying that they should not.
Having sat, well stood, through the councils' prayers, (help us make the right decisions for the people of Bromley!), complaints from the Liberals that as their conference was in session there were 5 members light and the questions of "members of the public"; including a CND member about the movement of nuclear waste; and councillors, including one councillor's accusations of self interest against another. We finally got to the debates of the evening.
Firstly there was a debate about planning for more affordable housing; it was fascinating to hear the members of the council speaking about the "Bromley way" of doing things and the lightly disguised self interest of keeping the borough as exclusive as possible and protecting what they had.
A good precursor to the motions on Civil Partnerships which the Mayor decided to take in one debate, as the relative positions of some of the councillors, to the left or right, could be seen. It was a Liberal councillor who moved the "in favour" motion and she and her seconder were followed by a couple of Conservative councillors who moved the "against" debate. In spite of this, many of the councillors were eager to assert that they were speaking personally. In fact the Liberal councillors came over as particularly concerned that nobody thought that there was a whip on the issue, as every one of them who spoke seemed to say so.
They also seemed to think that it was important to stress that this was not marriage being proposed. With several of the "pro" camp making this exact point, even going as far as to say that it was about injustice in monetary terms virtually to the exclusion of all else. This of course was used as a call for the extension of such benefits to siblings or carers who live together. With one member stating that was the reason not to vote for it until anybody in a similar position could get the benefits, completely missing the point that the motions were about celebrations not the actual provision of the financial benefits.
Another such comment missing the point was made by a councillor who said that he did not want to see the council sending out the wrong sort of message to young people or see young people confused about their sexuality make a mistake that would affect the rest of their lives and that if the motion had been asking for ceremonies for those over 23 then he could have gone along with it!! So let's increase the age of consent too eh? And why stop there – only over 50 year olds, as I'm sure he would think I don't know what I'm up to either.
Other members of the council did make some good points – unfortunately these seemed to come mainly from the Conservatives with one member making the good practical point, what do the council's registrars do if at the signing of the register the two people produce rings and want to put them on each other, pry the rings out of their hands?
Other points made were by the Conservative, who asked how he could call for the government to keep out of the boardroom when other people were expecting the government to hang around the bedroom? A Liberal who asked whether the council should decide not to collect the dustbins of gay couples because we don't like their lifestyles as this provision of hall hire was no different, a service that the council provides.
It was a bizarre evening is some ways with some of the people making speeches in favour of Civil Partnerships seeming to be concerned about being seen to approve of gayness wanting to try and keep it very much on the lets "treat everyone the same who pays taxes" not wanting to be seen to be in favour something slightly shall we say, icky. We were, I felt, dammed with faint praise. Others saying they didn't disapprove of gays but marriage was special and they didn't want to see it being undermined. However it was the Conservative who moved the motion against the provision of Civil Partnerships who was most insulting, he kept using the words "mock marriage" as his totem against the situation – calling for the council to not approve the provision of Ceremonies.
It then came to the votes. It was decided to have a roll call so individual members were asked to declare where they stood, and after an initial start when the votes seemed to be going in favour it quickly seemed to be going down, which (as there were 5 Liberal councillors missing and two of the Labour councillors abstained) didn't surprise me, but in a late rally the final vote was 21 for, 21 against and 4 abstentions!!
You couldn't make it up. So now we await the Executive decision and probably another re-run; hopefully with a better result. Perhaps we should offer to give the council members some education.
Laurie Smith
The Bromley Council Executive
Meeting is on Monday 10th October at the Bromley Civic Centre
http://www.bromley.gov.uk/council/council+meetings/council_meetings.htm
Archive News
more stories further down
Bromley meets over proposed gay ban (Monday 10
October, 2005)
Bromley Council will meet today to discuss the proposed ban on civil partnership
ceremonies in the London borough
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9124
Fury at council's gay ceremony stance (Thursday 06 October
2005)
THE council's refusal to sanction same-sex partnership ceremonies has been attacked by
speakers at both Labour and Conservative party conferences ahead of a crucial vote on the
issue next Monday.
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED06%20Oct%202005%2011%3A59%3A19%3A240
CEREMONIES: Gays set to say 'I do' at long last (Tuesday 06
October 2005)
Cambridgeshire County Council "YEARS of waiting will soon be over for gay couples
who have been campaigning for the right to get married."
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1211330
Gay Tory slams “contemptible” gay wedding ban
(Tuesday 4 October, 2005)
Senior Conservative MP Alan Duncan has joined the chorus of criticism that faces the
London borough of Bromley after it said it would ban civil partnership ceremonies in its
civic buildings.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9102
Duncan's gay 'weddings' warning (Monday, 3 October
2005)
The Conservatives are being warned they risk appearing a haven for prejudice because
some Tory councils are trying to stop gay "weddings" in town halls.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4304278.stm
Labour conference to debate Bromley
ban (Wednesday 28 September, 2005)
Members of the Labour party will debate whether to condemn the London borough of
Bromley at its conference this week.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9079
Ken Threatens to Sue Bromley Council (Thursday
September 22, 2005)
There have been two stories getting a lot of attention in the gay press involving
idiotic London borough councils in the last few months. First, the brilliant Westminster
councilors decided that rainbow flags were an unacceptable blight on the urban
landscape... in Soho. Just as things were heating up, our beloved mayor rode in, like a
white knight, to "slam" the decision.
http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/09/ken_threatens_t.php
Mayor of London Threatens Legal Action Against Bromley on
Gay Marriages (Wednesday 21 September 2005)
Bromley Council has been once again threatened with legal action by the Mayor of
London, Ken Livingstone (pictured), over its approach to the issues of the civil
partnerships; commonly known as ‘gay marriages’.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-92.html
Tied Vote For Bromley (Wednesday 21 September 2005)
Despite the threat of legal action and guidelines from the Department of Trade and
Industry, Bromley councillors have refused to back down and allow council premises to be
used for civil partnership ceremonies.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=24283&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Bromley still split on gay ceremonies (Wednesday 21
September, 2005)
The London borough of Bromley is still split over whether it should host lesbian and
gay ceremonies when civil partnerships become available later this year
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9051
Council divided over gay marriage rights (Wednesday
21st September2005)
THE row over gay marriage ceremonies has split councillors between the right to choose
and claims gay people have abnormal sexual tendencies.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.632056.0.council_divided_over_gay_marriage_rights.php
also
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/boroughpolitics/councilnews/display.var.632337.0.council_divided_over_gay_marriage.php
Gay 'weddings' row in council chamber
(Tuesday 20th September 2005)
A COUNCIL threatened with legal action unless it permits gay and lesbian partnership
ceremonies on its properties has failed to reach a verdict on the issue.
http://www.kent-online.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=22552
Second threat of legal action in gay marriage row
(Monday 19 September 200)
LONDON Mayor Ken Livingstone has again threatened legal action over Bromley's
'illogical and discriminatory' failure to sanction same sex civil partnership ceremonies.
http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content/bromley/express/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYEOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlye&itemid=WeED19%20Sep%202005%2016%3A58%3A35%3A423
'CONTEST' FOR GAYS' BIG DAYS (Thursday 15 September
2005)
A CONTEST to conduct the most gay marriages will break out among local authorities, it
was predicted last night.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16131565%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=%2dcontest%2d%2dfor%2dgays%2d%2dbig%2ddays%2d-name_page.html
Mayor warns borough over gay ban (Wednesday 14
September 2005)
London’s Mayor has once again warned Bromley Council that its proposed ban on
civil partnership ceremonies may be unlawful.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9021
Bromley’s Gay Ban Could Be Unlawful (Wednesday
14 September 2005)
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has warned the London Borough of
Bromley that its decision to refuse ceremonies for gay and lesbian couples who
register under the new Civil Partnerships Act, which comes into force in December 2005, is
potentially unlawful.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=24235&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Bromley March
Bromley Council do not believe that there is a need to provide ceremonies to same sex couples as part of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, which will come into affect in December 2005. This is discriminatory due to the fact that heterosexual couples are offered a full marriage ceremony if they wish at Bromley Civic Centre.
On Saturday 30th July Bromley joined a long
tradition going back to 1969. Bromley had a Pride March – and yes though a lot of
people were calling it a “Protest March” against the council decision to
“ban ‘Gay Weddings’” in fact that means it follows in the long
tradition of Pride marches across the world.
The first Gay Pride was a commemoration of a riot against oppression and discrimination
and itself a protest against it. In 1969 police were frequent, but unwelcome visitors to
gay bars in New York where they arrested people for such scandalous activities as two
people of the same sex kissing, dancing together or even holding hands!
One night at end of June the police raided the Stonewall bar in Greenwich Village as they
did from time to time, but this time, the legend goes, the customers already depressed by
the news of Judy Garland's death, (who they regarded as a “gay icon” and who had
been buried that day), had enough; for the first time they fought back.
A commemoration march for LGBT equality was held the next year and soon these events
started spreading around the world and growing in size.
Today they are held around the world and some, even LGBT people have forgotten what they
are about. They are not just a “celebration of diversity” - though they are. Nor
are they just a chance a chance to dress up – though many do. They are also a protest
against inequality and this was the reason that Bromley Pride happened, and was so well
attended.
Ordinary men and women who live quietly in their homes living ordinary lives, who want to
be able to have the freedom to marry/partner their loved one and thereby ensure that they
will be protected from inheritance tax bills and will get their pension benefits when they
die or simply want to demonstrate their love and commitment to the world came out to
protest at a council who are reported to be denying them a space to do that.
The March was a success – well over 100 people turned out in a small corner of SE
London to mark their disapproval – well over 2000 people signed the petition to say
they objected to the council’s position. In fact people were coming up and signing
the petition as the march was passing.
Bromley was, for a short time around Tweedy Road, the High Street and Widmore Road brought
to a standstill.
Bromley needs to consider where they go now, this march like the others before it and
around the world, could become an annual event – let’s hope it does – but
let’s hope the reason is that people enjoyed it and want it to continue rather than
that they have come out to protest at Bromley’s homophobia.
Laurie Smith
Communication Workers Union
The March was Organised by Pink Pendulum "Greeting Cards" and Pink Weddings "gay wedding planners" the March.
E-mail to gino@pinkweddings.biz for a copy of the petition and further information.
Bromley South Station has a good fast direct service from London Victoria or London Blackfriars. Bromley North Station has a connecting service via Grove Park from London Charing Cross/Waterloo East/London Bridge
The March took the following route
Starting Crown & Anchor Park Road, Right into
Palace Grove, Left Sherman Road, right into Tweedy Road (hopefully the Junction can be
closed) End of Tweedy Road Left towards Bromley High Street straight into Widmore Road at
junction Right into Kentish Way then Left into Stockwell Close where we want the Bromley
Civic centre sign in the photographs. Approx time for March 45mins.
| March
Safety, thanks Thanks to the BROMLEY POLICE for ensuring the march and campaigners’ safety. and special thanks to Inspector Jeremy Smith, the borough’s operations inspector who planned the police presence. |
Related links
Oxfordshire County Council - Civil Partnership
"We would be more than happy to arrange a ceremony for
you"
http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/index/living/registration/civil-partnerships.htm
Suffolk County Council, Information
for Same-Sex Couples (Civil Partnership)
http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/registerservice/marriages/same_sex.html
'Let us wed'
(Friday 5th August 2005)
Gay couples will be allowed to marry in civil ceremonies this December - but there
will be no confetti for those in the borough of Bromley.
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED05%20Aug%202005%2015%3A26%3A25%3A057
Hitch In UK Gay Unions Law (Friday August 5th 2005)
It doesn't come into effect until December but already Britain's new law allowing
civil unions for same-sex couples is in trouble.
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/080405ukUnions.htm
Venues block 'gay wedding' ceremonies (Friday
August 5th 2005)
Up to a quarter of hotels, banqueting halls, manor houses - and some register offices
- say they are not willing to host "wedding" ceremonies for same-sex couples.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/05/nwed05.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/05/ixhome.html
Loophole threat to first gay weddings (Thursday 4th
August 2005)
Campaigners fear framing of law will allow 'conscientious objector' registrars and
local authorities to boycott civil partnership ceremonies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1542159,00.html
Civil Partnership Objectors (Thursday 4th August
2005)
Registrars across the country are refusing to take part in gay civil partnerships
claiming they are ‘conscientious objectors’ to the new law, which comes into
effect in December.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=23957&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Registrars must not be allowed to opt out (Thursday
4th August 2005)
It is quite unacceptable that a public employee should have the right not to officiate
at civil-partnership ceremonies on the grounds of conscience
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/44289.html
Registrars snub gay ‘wedding’ ceremonies
(Wednesday 3rd August 2005)
REGISTRARS across Scotland are refusing to conduct gay "marriage" ceremonies
despite new legislation which comes into force later this year.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/44244.html
Scottish councils latest to bar gay ceremonies (Wednesday 3
August, 2005)
A council in Scotland has become the latest to ban ceremonies for those wishing to hold
civil partnerships, angering local lesbian and gay people.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8856
Gays go on the march
(Tuesday 2nd August 2005)
Marchers call on the council to change its policy BR509-05
THE gay community has marched through the streets demanding its rights to marriage
ceremonies as councillors claim they are not all "blatant homophobic" bigots.
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/boroughpolitics/councilnews/display.var.618920.0.gays_go_on_the_march.php
also http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.618861.0.gays_go_on_the_march.php
Marchers protest over gay
weddings 'bigotry' (Tuesday 2nd August 2005)
GAY activists showed a council their thoughts on a ban on gay wedding ceremonies when
they hand-delivered a 2,000-strong petition.
http://www.eastkentmercury.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=21652
Name changes possible for gay civil partners (Monday 1
August, 2005)
Lesbian and gay people who decide to have civil partnerships later this year will be
able to take their partner’s name if they so wish, the government has announced.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8844
Gay March Success (Monday
01 August 2005)
Over 100 people took the streets of Bromley on Saturday to protest at the
council’s decision to ban Civil Partnership ceremonies in all their municipal
buildings, including the register office.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=23923&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Protestors flood the streets in
Bromley gay march (Monday 01 August 2005)
Parts of the London borough of Bromley were closed down on Saturday, after more than a
hundred people took to the streets to protest the council’s stance on civil
partnerships.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8843
Gay Ban Labelled Pathetic (Thursday 28th July 2005)
The row over Lisburn City Council banning gay ceremonies has deepened with a
councillor calling the decision "pathetic" and reporting the matter to the
Equality Commission.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=23903&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Lisburn row over same-sex 'weddings'(Thursday 28th
July 2005)
Lisburn City Council has become embroiled in controversy over its decision to ban
same-sex 'marriage' ceremonies in its traditional wedding room.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654293
Gays March For Rights (Wednesday 27th July 2005)
POLICE are bracing themselves for traffic chaos as gay rights campaigners march
through the town centre this Saturday.
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED27%20Jul%202005%2016%3A48%3A18%3A293
Gays To Protest Same-Sex Ceremonies Ban in Bromley (Wednesday
27th July 2005)
Bromley’s Gay and Lesbian community in Kent, is gearing up for this
Saturday’s march through the town centre to demonstrate against Bromley
Council’s refusal to allow same sex ceremonies in their municipal buildings –
including the register office, where, from December, Civil Partnerships will be
registered.
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2005july/2602.htm
Bromley Gay March (Wednesday 27 July 2005)
Bromley’s gay and lesbian community are gearing up for this Saturday’s march
through Bromley town centre to demonstrate against the Council’s refusal to allow
same sex ceremonies in their municipal buildings including the register office.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=23890&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Bishop Slams Council Ban on Gay Weddings (Wednesday 27 July
2005)
A CLERIC who pioneered gay marriage ceremonies has branded a council
"short-sighted" for refusing to conduct homosexual weddings.
http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content/bromley/express/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYEOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlye&itemid=WeED27%20Jul%202005%2016:26:55:043
Lisburn's ban on 'gay marriages' (Wednesday 27th
July 2005)
Jeff Dudgeon with a short account of a discussion in
Chamber on Lisburn City Council's ban on the use of its premises for civil
partnership ceremonies. It involves one Unionist councillor quoting Popes Benedict and
John Paul in support of his own position on the matter!
http://www.sluggerotoole.com/archives/2005/07/jeff_dudgeon_wi.php
Marching to support gay rights (Tuesday 26th July 2005)
GAY campaigners are encouraging people to join a march to protest against the council's
policy on same-sex wedding ceremonies.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.617024.0.marching_to_support_gay_rights.php
Bromley faces march over gay ban (Tuesday 26th July, 2005)
Protestors and campaigners are set to take to the streets of Bromley this weekend, in a
march against the London borough’s stance on civil partnerships.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8819
North Yorkshire Focuses On Civil Partnerships (Monday 25th
July 2005)
Two focus groups are being set up by North Yorkshire County Council’s registration
service to gather information from the gay community in preparation for civil partnership
registrations, which comes into effect in December.
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/News/detail.asp?iData=23875&iCat=29&iChannel=2&nChannel=News
Ulster and the gay day? (Saturday 23rd July 2005)
For gay and lesbian couples it is nothing short of revolutionary. From December
same-sex couples will be able to register their partnership at a civil ceremony, giving
the union legal recognition for the first time. It's not gay marriage but the new
legislation has proved controversial, particularly in Northern Ireland. One council here
has already voted to ban gay and lesbian couples from partnership ceremonies on municipal
property and activists fear hotels and other wedding venues could follow suit
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=653620
Bishop: back track on gay marriage 'inevitable'
(Thursday 21 July 2005)
A CLERIC who pioneered gay marriage ceremonies has branded a council
"short-sighted" for refusing to conduct homosexual weddings.
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED21%20Jul%202005%2010%3A29%3A58%3A920
Birmingham sees high demand for civil partnerships
(Monday 18 July, 2005)
Birmingham has been revealed as one of the country’s epicentres for civil
partnership demand
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8793
Gay Flag Will Fly on Oxford Town Hall for the First Civil
Partnership Ceremonies (Sunday 17th July 2005)
The rainbow flag will be flying on the Oxford Town Hall on December 21, the first day
of same-sex civil partnership ceremonies, the city’s Lord Mayor promised yesterday.
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2005july/1701.htm
Hotels and register offices to turn away 'pink weddings'
(Sunday 17 July 2005)
Hundreds of hotels, banqueting halls and even some register offices are to defy the
introduction of same-sex partnership laws by banning "gay weddings".
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article299632.ece
Gay couples consulted over civil partnerships (Thursday 14 July, 2005)
Two regions are to consult lesbian and gay couples as to how best perform civil
partnerships, following on from the seemingly disparate services on offer across the
country.
Croydon has become the latest council to offer provisional booking
for civil partnerships
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8782
Northern Irish couples keen for civil
partnerships (Wednesday 13 July,
2005)
Despite claims to the contrary and ongoing controversy, lesbian and gay people in
Northern Ireland are showing a healthy interest in holding civil partnerships.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8778
WORLD NEWS (Washington USA) London borough refuses to
offer ceremonies for gay couples (Friday, July 08, 2005)
LONDON — Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, last week
joined gay rights advocates in denouncing officials in the city’s Bromley borough
http://www.washblade.com/2005/7-8/news/worldnews/wibs.cfm
London borough
refuses to offer ceremonies for gay couples (Friday, July 08, 2005)
LONDON — Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, last week
joined gay rights advocates in denouncing officials in the city’s Bromley borough
http://www.washblade.com/2005/7-8/news/worldnews/wibs.cfm
Another council bans gay ceremonies (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)
Another council has publicly announced it will refuse to host ceremonies for same-sex
couples wishing to take advantage of the new Civil Partnership legislation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4648535.stm
Protesting activists in gay wedding spoof (Monday,
July 4, 2005)
GAY couples are to march to Bromley Civic Centre and stage a spoof wedding to express
their anger at a ban on gay partnership ceremonies.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=21108
Gay demo against Bromley homophobia (Friday 1 July, 2005)
In response to Tory run Bromley (London) homophobically 'banning' civil partnership
ceremonies.A local group is holding a demo.
https://www4.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315371.html
Howard refuses to criticise Bromley
(Friday 1 July, 2005)
Michael Howard has refused to criticise Conservative-run Bromley council for its
stance on civil partnerships.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8740
Same sex marriage row (Thursday 30 June 2005)
COUNCILLORS may face legal action and public demonstrations over their 'mean spirited'
refusal to allow same-sex couples to hold marriage ceremonies.
http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED30%20Jun%202005%2011%3A02%3A06%3A067
Bromley Reviews Gay Ban
(Thursday 30th Jun 2005 )
After a threat of legal action and plans for a protest march, Bromley council has
announced it will "review its position" in regards to the provision of civil
ceremonies for gay couples.
http://www.delga.org.uk/news/12.html
Tories face pressure on gay ceremonies (
Tuesday 28 June, 2005)Protests planned over Bromley ban (Monday 27 June, 2005 )
Lesbian and gay communities from across London are set to take to the streets in
protest against Bromley council's ban on civil partnership ceremonies.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8713
Gay union ceremony ban challenged (Saturday 25
June, 2005)
A council's decision to ban gay wedding ceremonies is to be challenged by the Mayor of
London Ken Livingstone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4622321.stm
Ken Livingstone challenges borough over gay unions
(Friday 24 June, 2005)
The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has threatened the borough of Bromley with legal
action over its refusal to host ceremonies when performing civil partnerships later this
year
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/8709
Couples told to fight ‘Council’ (Tuesday 14th June 2005)
A COMPANY offering gay people the perfect civil partnership ceremony has launched a
campaign to unseat "homophobic" councillors.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.605477.0.0.php
Council – gays are not equal (Tuesday 7th June 2005)
CIVIC bigwigs are backing a ban on same-sex weddings because gay people "should
not be seen as equal".
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromnews/display.var.603527.0.council_ndash_gays_are_not_equal.php
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