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20 April 2006Californian LGBT Ministry opens way for gay bishop + A report issued recently by the Episcopal Church does not bar election of the best candidate as bishop of the Diocese of California whether or not that person is lesbian, straight, or gay, the leader of the diocese's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ministry, Oasis/California, has announced."Of most interest to the Diocese of California is the report's call for 'nominating committees, electing conventions, Standing Committees, and bishops with jurisdiction to exercise very considerable caution in the nomination, election, consent to, and consecration of bishops whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion,'" Oasis/California president Rev John Kirkley said. -
20 April 2006Gaybar domain name auctioned to fund advocacy groups + A web marketing company is collaborating with two major gay and lesbian equality organisations to raise money for programmes in the US and Canada.Defining Presence Marketing Group (DPMG) will auction a major web property with enormous development potential to help benefit two non-profit organizations and contribute to their work as advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. -
20 April 2006Israel considers gay marriage 1 Israel will consider gay marriage, according to its Supreme Court.Oral arguments from a group of gay people who married in Canada will be heard at the end of May according to reports from a gay news website.The couples married in Canada, where same sex marriage is legal, and then returned to their homes in Israel, where they hope to have their ceremonies recognised. -
20 April 2006Sydney to hear gay adoption views + Sydney based gay and lesbian couples may be given the right to adopt children, activists say.The New South Wales Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby is looking to take advantage of public submissions to a review of the Department of Community Services Adoption Act. -
20 April 2006Libraries remain open to gay publications + Attempts by conservative groups to remove gay publications from a public library have failed.Trustee Bryce Kurfees from the Upper Arlington Public Library Board attempted to stop the "garbage" of Outlook Weekly and Gay People's Chronicle from being provided in public libraries. -
20 April 2006Man detained over Caribbean homophobic attack 5 A suspect has been detained over the homophobic attack on two news producers in the Caribbean.The Chief Prosecutor for the island of St Maarten, Taco Stein, has confirmed that two men were questioned by police, one has been released and one is in custody. -
20 April 2006Colorado gay workers await anti-discrimination laws + Gay workers in Colorado will be given anti discrimination laws, if a senator can avoid one governor in the state Senate.The proposal replicates a plan from last year which was vetoed by Governor Bill Owens because it could be "costly for Colorado businesses." -
20 April 2006Parent claims gay school book is ‘indoctrinating’ son 1 A 7-year-old's parents are complaining after his school provided a storybook about gay marriage without warning them.The book, "King King," where a prince marries a fellow prince instead of a princess, was used in a lesson teaching different types of weddings. -
20 April 2006Westlife star denies gay marriage plans 9 Westlife singer Mark Feehily has dismissed rumours that he plans to marry his gay partnerThe gay artist met his partner, a member of former boy band V, Kevin McDaid, last year, and despite being engaged, insists there are no wedding bells yet. -
20 April 2006Gay school group takes head to court + Gay rights group, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in federal court yesterday to stop discrimination against students at the Noble Street Charter School who tried to create a gay straight alliance (GSA) student group."Noble Street Charter School has dragged its feet in hopes that the end of the school year would end the desire for a club, but the students have demonstrated that they need and have a right to form a GSA," said James Madigan, staff attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest regional office in Chicago. -
20 April 2006Website brings gays out of the broom closet + Salem, Massachusetts, long known for its witches, ghosts, vampires, and other things that go bump in the night, is about to become known for another segment of its community, gays and lesbians.Local gay activist Robert Murch, who has helped lead the battle for marriage equality in the Bay State, has launched a website, gaysalem.com, as an innovative way for gays and lesbians living in Salem to be recognised as a contributing factor to the culture of the city. -
20 April 2006Pride parade arranged for anti-gay pastor’s home 11 A Swedish gay rights group is hitting back at a pastor who called homosexuality an abnormality by arranging a pride parade in his home town.Pentecost Ake Green was convicted of hate crimes in 2004 after referring to gay people as a tumour on society in a sermon in Kalmar, Sweden. -
20 April 2006Anti-homophobia lessons for schools + Dudley primary school children will be given anti-homophobia lessons, according to local authority plans.Education officers at Dudley Council are reported to be worried about the effects of bullying on young children and look set to push through anti bullying legislation this week.
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20 April 2006Analysts predict former New York mayor “gay rights” backtrack 1 Former New York City mayor, Rudolph Giuliani may renege on his support for gay rights, according to political analysts.Mr Giuliani has previously told interviewers that he is "pro gay rights," but now as he attempts to stand as the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, he appears to be backtracking on that promise.
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Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’13
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 partnerships21
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault86
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion135
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’25
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault86
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion135
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'13
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play10- Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church's opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships21
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill11
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
50 Cent says men who don't sleep with women 'should just kill themselves'123
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion135
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault86
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
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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