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17 April 2006Gay travel group set sail with world’s largest cruise ship + Atlantis Events, a company specialising in all-gay and lesbian cruises and resort vacations, has announced it will charter the world's largest passenger ship in January 2007 for a Caribbean cruise.Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas ship will cater for over 3000 passengers with high tech facilities once completed in Finland. -
17 April 2006Gay Illinois treasurer candidate overseeing lesbian union + Reverend Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff, the Green Party candidate for the Illinois State Treasurer, will officiate a wedding ceremony uniting two women in a private ceremony in May.The couple first approached Mr Schlorff after hearing him speak at the Matthew Shepard rally last October. -
17 April 2006Gay artist donates Brokeback inspired painting + American artist, Thom Bierdz, has unveiled a major new painting inspired by the dozy embrace scene in gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain.The impressionistic painting is titled "Brokeback Tree House, Happy Ever After." -
17 April 2006Pentagon admits gay surveillance + The US Department of Defence (DoD) has released documentation confirming government surveillance of groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law banning openly lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGBT) service members, according to a gay legal group.The government's TALON reports were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Servicemembers Legal Defence Network (SLDN) in January. -
17 April 2006Transgender protection added to Harvard policy + Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in America, has announced it will be adding gender identity to its non-discrimination policy, safeguarding transgender students and faculty."Harvard's step forward will ensure that its students and staff continue to represent some of the best this country has to offer," said Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese. -
17 April 2006No gay marriage for Hong Kong Brits 1 Gay British nationals in Hong Kong will not be allowed civil partnerships, a consulate spokeswoman announced yesterday.The British consulate office in Hong Kong declared on its website, the Hong Kong government "does not consider it appropriate to agree to the registration of civil partnerships of same-sex couples at the British Consulate-General Hong Kong at present." -
17 April 2006State allows gay adoption discrimination + Catholic adoption agencies in Massachusetts will be allowed to refuse gay couples adoption rights, according to the state's Department of Early Education.Although stopping gay couples adopting comes under anti discrimination laws, the department said there would be no action taken as Governor Mitt Romney is planning legislation to give religious groups an exemption. -
17 April 2006Cameron in the pink: Tory leader sees increased support in the gay community 4 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveA poll by PinkNews.co.uk has found a growth in support of the Conservative party amongst the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community since the election of David Cameron as leader.In a poll of 600 readers, selected to be demographically representative of LGBT people in England, a 10.2% increase in support for the Conservatives since 2005 was found, although Labour remains the party of choice for the pink vote. -
17 April 2006Gay scandal MP to explain actions 5 Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten's marriage has been resurrected this Easter.The former Home Affairs spokesman, who resigned amid allegations of a gay affair with a "rent boy," announced this weekend that he is back with his wife Belinda, who 'understands' what led to his betrayal. -
17 April 2006Careless Parker: George Michael admits three car smash 4 George Michael has admitted crashing into three parked cars last weekend in North London, and will now be quizzed by police.The gay star's representative phoned police to report the incident after the crash was revealed by witnesses yesterday.Michael has already made contact with the car owners to arrange financial compensation, according to the Daily Mirror.
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Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’14
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights2
Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality12
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’1
US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’3
Sunderland Football Club flies rainbow flag in support of IDAHOT2
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets9
National AIDS Trust: ‘Passing equal marriage will help in the fight against the UK’s HIV epidemic’2
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill21
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss3
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions7- Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets9
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11- France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill21
- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss3
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters14- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the 'justification and display of homosexuality'14
Uma Thurman to star in biopic as anti-gay campaigner Anita Bryant 12
ILGA-Europe releases 2013 European LGBT rights map 48
Downing Street rejects same-sex marriage criticism from Philip Hammond21
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples64
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'64
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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