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19 April 2006Gay charity fights workplace discrimination in Wales 1 Stonewall Cymru has launched a project to raise awareness of the 2003 Employment Equality Regulations covering sexual orientation amongst information and advice providers in Wales.The project will help lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Wales get the advice they need, improve the quality of advice available to them, and remove the barriers to securing justice. -
19 April 2006Gay representatives to join sexual health lobby + Sexual health provision needs to be drastically improved in order to cut the rates of sexually transmitted infections amongst the student population, MPs will hear today.At a lobbying event organised by National Union of Students (NUS UK) and the Terrence Higgins Trust, students from across the UK, including LGBT officers (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) will describe the difficulties they face in accessing sexual healthcare, from long waiting times at GUM clinics to a lack of free condoms. -
19 April 2006Transgendered chicken baffles animal experts 4 A chicken has caused immense clucking amongst animal experts, and this time there isn't even a little squawk of bird flu.Freaky the hen has undergone a natural sex change, after growing red flaps and a thick tail of feathers, to become a cockerel.She had been laying eggs for her owner for eight months until waking up one day with a totally different personality. -
19 April 2006Human rights group challenges “homosexual conduct” army dismissal + The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has challenged the dismissal of a flight nurse in the U.S. -
19 April 2006Senior gay police officer may be forced to quit 7 Britain's most senior gay police officer may be forced out of Scotland Yard, according to reports.Brian Paddick, the Deputy Assistant Commissioner, could leave the force after conflicts between his account of the tube shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes last year, and the official police statement. -
19 April 2006Gay star is a “stoned waster” 4 George Michael's music career and his health is under threat because of a cannabis addiction, a colleague claims.Toby Bourke, who sang with Michael on the song, Waltz Away Dreaming, says the singer has become a "stoned waster" and smokes 20 joints a day. -
19 April 2006Fellowship calls for Christian trial of gay bishop 5 An Anglican fellowship has launched a national petition to bring charges against gay bishop Gene Robinson and those involved in installing him.The Lay Episcopalians for the Anglican Communion (LEAC), want to determine, in formal trials, the standing of church law, doctrine and practice. -
19 April 2006Gay community joins Nepal protests + Nepalese gay groups have joined protests against the country's King Gyanendra.Blue Diamond Society, the only gay rights organisation in Nepal, has joined the opposition to the king, after he sacked the government last year, thus plunging the South Asian country into turmoil. -
19 April 2006School chairman apologises for “gay species” remark + A school board chairman has been forced to apologise after referring to gay people as a "species" during a meeting.The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, which also campaigns for gay rights, had called on Tom Lynch to resign after he called gays a "protected species" in a conversation about the Palm Beach County School Board's anti-harassmnet policy. -
19 April 2006New calls for HIV blunder inquiry + The Haemophilia Society has renewed calls for a public inquiry into how what has been described as the greatest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS took place.Over 4000 people with haemophilia were exposed to HIV during the 1970s and 1980s through the use of contaminated blood products by the NHS.
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19 April 2006Pro gay Prodi officially announced as Italian PM 2 Romano Prodi's centre left coalition, has been officially declared the winner in the Italian elections by the Supreme Court, despite doubts being cast by outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.The results are good news for the gay community as Signor Prodi has promised to change Italy including introducing a civil partnership law. -
19 April 2006Dave the Chameleon? 2 The Labour party have warned the gay community that Conservative leader David Cameron would "move stealthily" against the gay community if the Tories return to power.Katie Hanson, co-chair of the Labour committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights told PinkNews.co.uk, "David Cameron might appear to be fresher in his thinking but we believe he is out of kilter with the bulk of his Party. -
19 April 2006Italy elects Europe’s first transgender MP 1 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveThe official announcement of Romano Prodi's election success in Italy today now means that the gay community can look forward to a possible increase in rights and representation.Signor Prodi has previously promised a civil partnership law and five LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community members have also been elected to Parliament. -
19 April 2006Transsexual tattoo removal causes dispute 5 A transsexual has been criticised for wasting taxpayer's money after being approved NHS treatment for the removal of her tattoos.Cancer sufferer, Claire McDonnel, 33, slammed Tanya Bainbridge, who will receive the 2,500 procedure, while she has been refused the "wonder drug" Herceptin by her Primary Care Trust (PCT.) -
19 April 2006Brokeback makes best book-to-film shortlist + Gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain has been included in a shortlist of the top 50 books adapted into a film.The list, which is being organised by the Guardian and the British Book Marketing Society, recognises literature which has been turned into successful movies. -
19 April 2006Expelled gay student allowed to complete work + A gay student who was expelled from the University of the Cumberlands after revealing his sexuality on a website, has had his suspension overturned so he can complete his coursework.Jason Johnson, a theatre arts student, has reached an agreement with the school for him to finish his assignments this term.
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19 April 2006Barrymore pool death case re-opened 1 Essex police have announced that they are reviewing the death of a man who was found dead in the swimming pool of the openly gay television personality Michael Barrymore.Stuart Lubbock, 31, was pronounced dead in hospital the morning after a party at Mr Barrymore's home in March 2001.
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Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill35
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay7
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