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10 October 2005Adam Steve- Book Review + Chris Witwer discusses Craig Chester's new novel -
10 October 2005Manchester Parties to Gay Pride + 200,000 people turned out in Manchester to watch the city's annual August bank holiday Gay Pride parade.
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10 October 2005Canadian Woman Granted Divorce from Cheating Gay Husband + A Canadian woman has appealed and won a legal battle which allows her to divorce her husband for having an affair with another man.
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10 October 2005US Supreme Court Slams Anti-Gay Judges + Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is up in arms about judges who he claims are deciding moral issues not addressed in the Constitution, including gay rights, abortion and the death penalty.
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10 October 2005Gay Cruising Row Over EU Summit Policing + Gay Men who use Gosforth Park a popular open space in Newcastle for cruising, have been warned to stay away next week.European Interior Ministers (Home Office Ministers) are due in the area to join the British Home Secretary, Charles Clarke (pictured) in debating issues such as terrorism and asylum.
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10 October 2005California Votes to Legalise Gay Marriages + California's Senate has defied the US President George Bush by voting to legislate for gay marriages.Although many areas in the USA do offer some form of Gay marriage, this is the first time that a State Senate has passed a bill legalising same-sex marriages.
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10 October 2005Gay Fund for Hurricane Katrina Victims + In response to the trail of destruction that Hurricane Katrina blazed throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Rainbow World Fund (RWF) is launching a Hurricane Katrina Relief Campaign.
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10 October 2005Gay Marriage Challenge in Maryland, USA + The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a Maryland circuit court to strike down a state law than bars same-sex couples from marriage and the hundreds of family protections afforded to married couples."The Maryland constitution requires that the state treat all Marylanders equally," said Ken Choe, a Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project who argued the case.
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10 October 2005Christian Group Blames Katrina on Gays 2 An organization of Christian fundamentalists has stepped forward with claims the destruction brought on by Hurricane Katrina is God's judgment against New Orleans for holding festivals like the gay Southern Decadence party, which was scheduled for the state's Labour Day weekend and has since been cancelled.
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10 October 2005Poll Shows Americans Support Gays in the Army + A poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 58% of Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S.
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10 October 2005Isle of Man Plans to Reduce the Gay Age of Consent + The Isle of Man's Council of Ministers has announced that the state will be looking to equalise the age of consent for gay and straight sex.The Isle, which has its own legal system, but is a British Crown dependency, is currently the only place in the British Isles where the age of consent is unequal
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10 October 2005Italian Health Minister Condemns Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood + Italy's health minister has condemned a decision by one of the country's biggest hospitals to stop a gay man from giving blood.
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10 October 2005Former Bartender Admits to Torching of Cardiff Gay Bar + A former bartender at Club X, the Cardiff night club set on fire in July, has admitted to torching the bar, although he says his actions were not motivated by malice.
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10 October 2005Schwarzenegger Rejects Gay Marriage Plans + Just two days after California's Same-Sex Marriage Bill was approved by the upper house of the state's parliament, Arnold Schwarzenegger(pictured), the Governor of California has announced that he will veto the bill.The Governor, was initially expected to have supported the change in the law, however Mr Schwarzenegger has stated that he believes that gay marriage would be unconstitutional.
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10 October 2005An Open Letter to Arnold Schwarzenegger 1 Ross von Metzke reacts to Schwarzenegger's decision to veto gay marriages.
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10 October 2005UK Gay TV Channel Scrapped + Faze, the UK's first general gay programming channel will not launch after all.
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10 October 2005Fox TV Station Refuses Gay Democrats Campaign Ad + A New York affiliate of the Fox network is refusing to run a commercial for a gay Democratic candidate running for Manhattan Borough President.
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10 October 2005HSBC to Drop Gay Quiz on Mortgage Applications + A HSBC branch in Porthmadog, North Wales, says it will no longer ask gay couples to take HIV tests when applying for a mortgage.
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10 October 2005Elijah Wood Doesn’t Mind Being Seen as Gay + The Lord of the Rings star, Elijah Wood yesterday told US chat show host, Conan O'Brien that he thinks the websites that prove that he's gay are very funny."There's one that's called elijahwoodisveryverygay, which is actually a personal favourite of mine, it's absolutely hilarious."
Articles from October 2005
Top stories
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title+
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies+
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage1
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate2
France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage15
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate26
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed16
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’40
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe13
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote48
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins53
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 49
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 89- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
- Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate2
- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed16
- UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 40
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage89
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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