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10 April 2006Gay boycott threat prompts gym sale + A gym popular with the gay community has avoided a boycott after one of the owners sold his share of the business.Gay and Democratic activists had planned to avoid Philadelphia's 12th Street Gym to protest Bob Guzzardi's support of anti gay Republican Senator Rick Santorum, as well as other conservative causes. -
10 April 2006Gay student expelled for ‘promoting sexual behaviour’ + A gay student has been expelled from a Baptist university after revealing his sexuality on an internet blog.Jason Johnson, 20, felt comfortable being gay at the University of Cumberlands as the school's code of conduct only "barred lewd and indecent conduct." -
10 April 2006Homophobic attack victim condemns police 5 A producer for New York's CBS News has slammed the inaction of Caribbean police after he was attacked with a gay friend in St Maarten.Dick Jefferson and his friend Ryan Smith, 25, also a producer, were beaten unconscious by a homophobic gang on the Caribbean Island last week outside a bar. -
10 April 2006Anti-gay attacks fall in Derry + Homophobic attacks have continued to fall in Londonderry, according to figures released today.The Northern Ireland city has seen a decrease in attacks on the gay community over the last three years.A report by the institute of Conflict Resolution commissioned by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland found a significant reduction of attacks in Derry compared to the provinces. -
10 April 2006Gay activists arrested + A group of gay rights activists aiming to highlight religious gay discrimination were accused of trespass and escorted off a university campus yesterdayFive members of Soulforce, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender group, were put into a van by police at the Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah after refusing to leave. -
10 April 2006Federal MP joins gay marriage row 1 A Federal Government backbencher has called on Prime Minister John Howard to review his opposition to gay relationships.West Australian Liberal MP, Judi Moylan suggested the government should examine ways of ending same sex discrimination in areas like tax and pensions. -
10 April 2006Seminary head calls for gay rabbi talks 1 Now is the right time to lift a ban on gay rabbis, according to the new chancellor of a seminary at the heart of the Jewish Conservative movement.Arnold Eisen, seen as a leading Jewish scholar, was appointed head of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) yesterday. -
10 April 2006Governor criticises gay law amendment + A Democratic Virginia Governor has promised to vote against a constitutional amendment that would formally ban gay marriage.Mr Kaine refused to sign the bill stating it would have negative consequences for all unmarried couples in the state. -
10 April 2006Senator refuses to budget gay bigotry + A Kentucky State senator has refused to supporting budgeting a university which expelled a student for being gay.Senator Ernesto Scorsone opposed an item proposing support for a pharmacy on the University of Cumberlands campus, where a student was forced to leave after revealing his sexuality on a website. -
10 April 2006Over half of New York supports gay marriage 1 Support in New York has steadily grown over the last three years for the right of gay people to marry, according to a poll released today by Empire State Pride Agenda, the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation.Conducted by Global Strategy Group in March, the poll found that 53% of New Yorkers support marriage for same-sex couples while 38% do not. -
10 April 2006Gay employee rights updated + Gay charity Stonewall will today launch un updated version of the 2003 employment regulations relating to sexual orientation in the workplace.The 'Discrimination at work - it's so over' guide is the result of a joint initiative between Stonewall and the Trades Union Congress (TUC.)
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Michelle Shocked to return to San Francisco during Pride Week, to clarify her feelings following anti-gay rant+
Gay ‘cure’ therapy NHS ban motion gains cross-party support+
Tory MP John Glen criticises Bishop of Salisbury for voicing support for equal marriage10
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans re-arrested on new indecent assault allegations+
Humanist weddings and equal marriage pension rights to be debated by peers3
Liberace’s ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson9
Brazil: Lawmakers approve bill which would remove ban on ‘gay cure’ therapy19
Cher to perform at New York Pride’s Dance on the Pier party2
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong24
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare6
- Liberace's ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson9
- Brazil: Lawmakers approve bill which would remove ban on 'gay cure' therapy 19
- Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong24
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl asks judge to step down12
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican19
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television75- Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans re-arrested on new indecent assault allegations—
- Humanist weddings and equal marriage pension rights to be debated by peers 3
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of 'institutional racism and homophobia'9
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?25
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-
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television75
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' amendment66
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'63
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill62
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