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29 March 2006High suicide risk amongst gay men + A mental health report will highlight a prevalence of self harm, suicide contemplation and poor mental health amongst gay and bisexual men in Northern Ireland, at a Belfast conference today.The three year study, Out on Your Own, conducted by the Rainbow Project, reveals a quarter of gay men have attempted suicide, two thirds have considered it and 30 per cent have self harmed. -
29 March 2006Town rallies to support gay hostage 1 Due to an influx of traffic regarding an earlier report on the return of hostage, James Loney, from Iraq, PinkNews.co.uk is delighted to acknowledge the overwhelming and heartfelt support from the peacemaker's hometown on our message boards.Residents of Sault Ste. -
29 March 2006Moscow mayor asked to “review” gay pride ban + The Council of Europe has called on the mayor of Moscow to reinstate the city's gay pride parade.President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities at the Council, Giovanni di Stasi asked Yuri Luzhkov to "review," his policy and allow the gay community to march in Russia in May as it is an entitlement according to human rights conventions of free expression and protection from discrimination. -
29 March 2006Police officer’s gay internet jibes + US police officers are facing disciplinary procedures over homophobic and discriminatory internet postings on a popular website.Photos and offensive comments were uploaded onto internet community site, MySpace, where the users called each other gay and disabled in a derogatory manner, it is believed that these actions broke the Lexington police force's disciplinary code. -
29 March 2006Gay blood welcomed in Portugal + The Portuguese gay community are now free to donate blood, after officials announced new blood screening tests last weekend.Officials have deemed a ban on gay blood donors as irrelevant after the introduction of new technology which will help detect HIV infected blood. -
29 March 2006Handbook to promote gay health issues + A research specialist is hoping to improve knowledge of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues amongst health providers in a recently published handbook.Michael Shankle a sexual orientation and health expert at the Pennsylvania Prevention Project edited The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Service to prepare medical professionals for when they deal with the gay community. -
29 March 2006American TV networks ban pro-gay Church adverts + Citing policies to refuse controversial or religious advertising, all for major television networks in the United States have refused to air a gay-friendly advertisement for the United Church of Christ.A 30-second commercial for the church showing a gay couple, a single mother and a disabled man flying out of their pews as an unidentified hand pushed a red "ejector" button" will begin airing on cable networks and Spanish-language channels in April. -
29 March 2006Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct lesbian scenes cut + Producers of the sequel to Basic Instinct were forced to edit steamy lesbian sex scenes from the new movie after US censors threatened to give the film a restrictive rating.The filmmakers were keen to keep the film commercial, so on the advice of the ratings board, removed the raunchy material featuring Sharon Stone and French actress Annie Caillon. -
29 March 2006Teenagers file lawsuit over lesbian expulsion + Two schoolgirls pursuing a lawsuit over their expulsion after an alleged lesbian relationship, were given backing by the Superior Court.Judge Gloria Connor Trask refused to dismiss the claims despite statements from the California Lutheran High School that the institution is a private, religious, organisation and that the case should be refused. -
29 March 2006Undeveloped HIV drug appears in gay community + Scientists are pushing through a new AIDs treatment in reaction to fears that an immunity may be built up after reports of gay men already getting hold of the anti viral drug.Medical experts at the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention believe they have developed a drug which could prevent the spread of HIV, since recently successful tests onmonkeys.
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29 March 2006Scotland considers adoption for gay couples + Gay couples in Scotland will be given adoption and fostering rights if upcoming legislation is passed by parliament.The Adoption Bill, which was produced yesterday, aims to counter a significant reduction in families available for vulnerable children by allowing gay and unmarried couples to adopt. -
29 March 2006Gay man gets family back + A gay man who had been force to choose between custody of his son or living with his partner has now been given permission to live with both of his loved ones.A Montgomery Court Judge yesterday lifted a 2002 cohabitation ban on Karl Ulf Hedberg, which let him live with his son on the basis that his partner moved out.
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29 March 2006Polish protests at gay bar closure + A former gay club in Warsaw which was due to be closed last weekend has been hijacked by 200 peaceful protestors aiming to preserve the "haven of left wing thought."Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, who is known for his anti gay views along with his brother, Law and Justice Party leader, Jaroslav, purchased the building and has no plans to continue using it as a premises for popular gay club and bar, Le Madame. -
29 March 2006Gay band cop faces prison + The original lead singer of gay icon's The Village People, is facing five years in prison over cocaine and gun charges in the US.Victor Willis, appeared on stage as the cop between 1977 and 1980 along with a sailor, a cowboy, an Indian, a leather enthusiast and a construction worker, but now he has found himself on the wrong side of the law after being arrested in San Francisco when cocaine was found in his car.
Articles from 29 March 2006
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Francis Maude: How my late gay brother’s legacy shaped my equal marriage support+
Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: ‘Equal marriage is now a litmus test for David Cameron’1
Church of Scotland set to debate ordination of gay clergy1
Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt: ‘David Cameron is going through a fire with his colleagues in order to deliver equal marriage’3
Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years20
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’14
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill11
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities3
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships22
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault93
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault93
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'14
- Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years20
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18- Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church's opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships22
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault93
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'69
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-
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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