PinkNews defends David Cameron award amid angry backlash
By Esther Addley, Guardian:
The LGBT website PinkNews has defended its decision to name David Cameron its “ally of the year”, after the award prompted an angry backlash on social media.
Benjamin Cohen, chief executive of the publication, told the Guardian it was “absolutely right” that Cameron should be honoured as the prime minister who oversaw the legalising of same-sex marriage.
In a pre-recorded message, Cameron told the awards ceremony on Wednesday night that he was “really proud” of helping to push equal marriage through parliament.
But some LGBT people responded furiously to the decision to honour the former prime minister.
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