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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. -
21 April 2006Homophobic crimes down in London + Homophobic crimes in London have dropped over the last five years, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's (MPS) annual figuresThis year's crime figures revealed by the force show a drop in offences and more cases being solved, including racist, homophobic and domestic incidents. -
21 April 2006Legal group describes results of gay adoption restrictions + The American Civil Liberties Union has released a new edition of its publication "Too High a Price: The Case Against Restricting Gay Parenting"The legal group compiles decades of social science research, the positions of the major child health and welfare organisations and government data to show how children are hurt by restrictions on parenting by lesbian and gay men. -
21 April 2006Church leader warns diocese against gay bishop + The diocese of California has been warned not to elect a gay bishop.Frank Giswold, the leader of the US Episcopal church, which is facing expulsion and shafting from the worldwide Anglican communion after the appointment of openly gay minister, Gene Robinson in 2003, has told the diocese of California they would widen the dispute if they did the same. -
21 April 200680 years of the Queen 2 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveTo celebrate the 80th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, PinkNews.co.uk looks back at the tremendous changes to the rights of gay people during her lifetime and in particular her illustrious 54 year reign.At her birth on the 21st April 1926 , the then Princess Elizabeth of York would have found a country with a completely different view of homosexuality than we see today, homosexual activities between consenting males was still a serious criminal offence punishable by a spell in prison. -
21 April 2006University to hold gay prom + A New York university will host a gay prom this evening.Members of Binghamton University's Rainbow Pride Union (RPU) are hosting the University's first gay prom tonight, intending to celebrate diversity, and to re-create a generic high school prom where all sexualities are welcome. -
21 April 2006Russia to consider gay marriage + A Russian politician has ignited an inquiry into the legality of gay marriage by the country's constitutional court.Straight member of the Bashkortostan State Assembly Edvard Murzin had an attempt to marry a gay activist rejected by Russia's Supreme Court in February, but the law banning gay marriage may soon be changed after he appealed the decision. -
21 April 2006“Memorable” gay adoption introduced in Belgium 1 Gay couples in Belgium are celebrating a "memorable day" as adoption rights were narrowly implemented in law yesterday.Senators in the country's upper house backed the proposal by a vote of 34 to 33 with two abstentions, to become the fifth member of the European Union to allow same-sex couples equal rights in adoption, with the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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21 April 2006Man found dead in gay sauna + Police have ended internet speculation over the closure of a gay sauna last week after revealing that a 25- year-old man was found dead in the establishment.The Shoreditch branch of gay sauna chain, Chariots, was closed over the whole Easter bank holiday weekend after a man was found dead in one of the sauna cabins by staff. -
21 April 2006Gay lynching continuing in Iran, report claims 1 The Iranian government is executing gay and bisexual men under the cover of rape and kidnapping charges, according to a major new investigation by Simon Forbes of the UK-based gay and lesbian human rights group OutRage!Mr Forbes's nine-month investigation, published this week by OutRage!, is based on information gathered from sources inside Iran. -
21 April 2006Boy attacked because of lesbian mum + An Irish mum spoke has spoken of her anger after her 17-year-old son was attacked because she is a lesbian.Eleanor McManus, from Schull, West Cork, revealed her boy, Erin, is lucky to be alive after he was assaulted after a party last Sunday evening.
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US: Illinois equal marriage group pledges $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage+
South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality1
US: Advocates hope to get equal marriage question on 2014 Arizona ballot+
US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics2
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless ‘sheep and trees’ than gay couples?15
European Parliament express concerns on lack of gay rights provision in trade treaty1
US: Baltimore Pride features mass same-sex wedding+
Lord Hylton anti-equal marriage ‘union’ amendment withdrawn13
Ian McKellen, Elton John and David Furnish become new faces of Pride London2
Lord Dear tells PinkNews reader: ‘I want to improve the equal marriage bill and I’m not homophobic’21
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally13- Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?15
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage78- US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics2
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment52
Live blog: Highlights from the House of Lords committee on same-sex marriage14
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18- South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality1
- Lord Hylton anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment withdrawn13
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage78
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 marriage64
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61-
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list56
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53
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