Grace Jones Film to get Irish release, HIV rates drop massively in London in 2016, FA chairman wants synchronised coming out and more: the biggest international LGBT news stories in today’s Cuppán Gay

• London’s HIV rates drop by 40% in 2016 compared with the previous year, which may be related to generic PrEP purchased on the internet. “We need to be cautious at this stage, but I can’t see what else it can be,” says Dr Will Nutland who co-founded the PrEPster website which aims to inform people about the HIV preventing medication. (News Scientist)

• The chairman of the FA wants gay players to come out of the closet in a co-ordinated effort. “I put the message out there that if a number of top-level pros want to come out, why don’t we synchronise it, so one person doesn’t have to come out on their own,” Greg Clarke said. (Reuters)

• Secretary of State John Kerry apologised for discrimination against gay people in the past. “In the past – as far back as the 1940s, but continuing for decades – the Department of State was among many public and private employers that discriminated against employees and job applicants on the basis of perceived sexual orientation,” Kerry wrote. “These actions were wrong then, just as they would be wrong today.” (The Washington Post)

• Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield kissed at the Golden Globes. Check out the superhero actors in a passionate embrace in the video below. (Youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLRVXadZQJA

• A National Geographic video follows the journey of a young trans woman who undergoes gender confirmation surgery. The video warns of graphic imagery of the surgery at the onset, so viewer discretion is advised. (Queerty)

• The Grace Jones Film looks set to receive an Irish cinema release. Grace Jones – The Musical of My Life will be shown in select Irish theatres. The film has been in the works since 2005. (Hot Press)

• MPs in the UK are pushing to make LGBT-inclusive sex education mandatory across the nation. An amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill has been tabled by a group of MPs which is being led by Stella Creasy from the Labour Party. “With the maelstrom of Brexit, it is difficult to see this being considered a priority for additional Parliamentary time,” Creasy said. (Pink News)

That’s it for today’s Cuppán Gay