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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 2005
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Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review2
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs8
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’15
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs12
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships1
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron2
Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill+
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’3
Brittney Griner: University basketball coach told me not to come out1
Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill3
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault119
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42- Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'3
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 15
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill17- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs12
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'21
Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years26
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault119
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59-
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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