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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. -
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.
Articles from April 2006
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Cher to perform at New York Pride’s Dance on the Pier party1
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong10
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare4
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down6
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?15
Study: Most US gay people find the majority of religious organisations to be ‘unfriendly’3
Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage8
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of ‘institutional racism and homophobia’4
MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music5
Russia: Ban on adoption by same-sex couples unanimously passed at second reading7
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?82
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'56
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television52
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican18
Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments 19
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords22
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86- US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down6
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
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?82
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' amendment63
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
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