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10 October 2005Tory Spokesman Condemns Plans for Gay Army Couples 3 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed gay couples that register a civil partnership will receive the same rights as straight married couples. -
10 October 2005UK Campaigners Attack Namibian Minister Over Gay Slurs + The human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell of the UK's gay campaign group, Outrage has attacked a senior member of the Namibian government for homophobia.
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10 October 2005US Student to Sue School Over Gay Kiss Row + A gay high school student filed suit against the Garden Grove Unified School District Wednesday, claiming she was suspended several times and forced to temporarily transfer schools because she refused to stop hugging and kissing her girlfriend on campus.
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10 October 2005Mayor of London Compares Anti-Gay Muslim to the Pope 1 Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Qatar-based imam who is banned from USA was praised by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone (pictured), as a leading Islamic scholar who should be treated in the same way as the late Pope, John XXIII who led the Catholic Church between 1958 and 1963.
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10 October 2005Transgendered Hurricane Survivor Released After Six Days in Jail + A transgendered Hurricane Katrina evacuee jailed for six days for showering in the women's bathroom at relief shelter was released Friday after the Human Rights Campaign, among other national rights organizations, persuaded the county attorney not to press charges.
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10 October 2005I’m the Only Gay in the Toy Shop: Little Britain Dolls Hit the Highstreet + Little Britain'sDafydd and Vicky Pollard will be joining the other characters of the hit TV show in toy shops this Christmas.The 12inch toys will speak phrases from the show including, "I'm the only gay in the village" and "these hot pants give me terrible chafing."
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10 October 2005UK Government Launches Gay Marriage Campaign + Meg Munn, the Equality Minister yesterday launched the government's publicity drive for the Civil Partnerships Act.
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10 October 2005Gay Chav Club Promises They’re Not Racist + The London club for chavs, Rude Boyz has apologised after their door staff excluded a number of East Asian men over the past few weeks.
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10 October 2005Channel Islands Look Towards Equalising Gay Age of Consent + Following similar moves by the government of the Isle of Man, the governments of the Channel Islands are considering equalising the age of consent for gay and straight sex.
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10 October 2005Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts Questioned on Gay Rights Case + Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter asked Supreme Court chief justice nominee John Roberts this week about his pro bono work on a landmark case that overturned an anti-gay Colorado law in 1996.
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10 October 2005Oregon High School Forced to Cancel Matthew Shepard Play + The principal of a school in Oregon, USA, has canceled a community meeting scheduled to discuss her decision to pull the plug on a school production of The Laramie Project.
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10 October 2005Gay Dads Risk Their Two Year Old Son Being Deported + Britain's first gay couple to have become surrogate fathers now face their third child being deported.
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10 October 2005New York’s Gay Penguins Split Up (and one turns straight) 3 One of New York's most famous gay couples has split up.
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10 October 2005Ghetto + Cheap, friendly and good music in a slightly dingy basement beneath central London.
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10 October 2005Transsexual Accused of Turning Attack Into a Media Circus 1 Lauren Harries, a transsexual, who was once the child prodigy James Harries, was accused by defence lawyers of turning an attack into a "media circus".Ms Harries, who rose to national fame in the 1980s as a golden-haired boy antique expert, was attacked together with her father Mark and brother Adam by a gang of youths near to their family home in Cardiff.
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10 October 2005Liverpool to Build Gay Quarter + Liverpool City Council voted unanimously on Monday (19th September) to back the idea of creating a gay quarter in the already liberal city.The ambitious plan was first put before the council earlier this month.
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10 October 2005Schwarzenegger Aides to Meet with Gay Groups + Aides to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed to meet with leaders of gay and lesbian rights groups on Wednesday, two days before the same-sex marriage bill the Legislature passed this month is due to arrive on his desk.However, Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson assured media that the 90-minute meeting is not a sign the governor is considering changing his mind about vetoing the bill.
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10 October 200522 Year Old Gay Iranian Escapes Death After State Flogging + A 22 year old Iranian, known only as Amir has escaped his home country after being subjected to 100 lashes which left his back covered in huge bloody welts.The state's religious police identified him as being gay following an undercover investigation.
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10 October 2005Birmingham Gay Killer Gets Life + A man from Birmingham was given a life sentence for killing a family friend after the friend sexually molested him.
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10 October 2005Mayor of London Threatens Legal Action Against Bromley on Gay Marriages 1 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'.At free vote at the outer London council on Monday night, councillors reached a stalemate over whether the local authority should offer ceremonies for gay couples.
Articles from October 2005
Top stories
Cher to perform at New York Pride’s Dance on the Pier party1
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong10
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare4
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down6
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?16
Study: Most US gay people find the majority of religious organisations to be ‘unfriendly’3
Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage8
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of ‘institutional racism and homophobia’4
MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music5
Russia: Ban on adoption by same-sex couples unanimously passed at second reading7
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?83
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'56
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television61
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican18
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments 19
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords22
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86- US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down6
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84-
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?83
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage66-
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61-
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television61
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