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9 May 2006MPs and gay groups question wisdom of Kelly appointment 21 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveThe newly appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has come under immediate pressure from the gay community and fellow MPs over her dual appointment as Minister for Women and Equality.Ms Kelly, who is believed to be a member of Opus Dei, the controversial devout Catholic sect will be the voice of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community within the cabinet. -
9 May 2006UK’s first gay surrogate dads face cancer fight 1 Tony and Barrie Brewitt Barlow fought prejudice in 2000 to become the UK's first gay surrogate parents, but now they have a new battle, throat cancer.Tony, 41, was diagnosed with the disease in February and has undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy after doctors warned he would have just four months to live. -
9 May 2006Homosexuality linked to biology 1 Scientists have found more evidence suggesting sexuality is biologically determined, adding weight to arguments that homosexuality is natural.Researchers from the Stockholm Brain Institute in Sweden, discovered that the brains of lesbians responded to known as sexual hormones differently to heterosexual women. -
9 May 2006Equality minister dodges gay issue 21 Ruth Kelly refused to give a clear answer on her views of homosexuality today when confronted in reaction to an investigation by PinkNews.co.uk which found she had never voted for gay rights and is a member of an anti gay Christian group.The Minister for Equality and Women appeared on BBC Radio5 Live and was immediately drawn into a defence of her poor voting record in regards to gay rights. -
9 May 2006Church allows gay membership ban + The United Methodist Church's high-court is refusing to reconsider an earlier ruling that allowed a Virginia minister to deny a man church membership because he is gay.According to the Associated Press, the 5 to 4 ruling was handed down yesterday by the Judicial Council, saying there was no basis to revisit the case. -
9 May 2006Gay muscleman tipped for UK Big Brother 14 The makers of Channel 4's Big Brother held emergency meetings last night after the names of this summer's contestants were leaked.The reality show producers were reported to be angry after the names, including a gay body builder, were made public.A source told the Daily Star, "All hell has broken loose. -
9 May 2006Man charged in Big Brother attack 1 A man accused of assaulting last year's Big Brother winner has been given a police caution.Gay icon, Anthony Hutton, 24, winner of Big Brother 2005, received minor facial injuries after being attacked in Manchester in the early hours of Sunday morning. -
9 May 2006Human rights group move against gay marriage law change 1 The Human Rights Campaign's fight against the Federal Marriage Amendment has hit full swing as the date for the Senate vote approaches.With a vote scheduled the week of June 5 2006, the rights activists have launched an advertising campaign in the press targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, urged more than 250,000 fair-minded Americans to act against the amendment. -
9 May 2006Gay fear mother found guilty of custody interference 1 A mother who kidnapped her son in fear that her ex husband would turn him gay, has been found guilty of interfering with custody of the child and breaking a restraining order.The jury of four women and two men took just an hour to find 50-year-old Caren Macdonald guilty. -
9 May 2006Caribbean homophobic attack victims speak out 5 The family of one of the producers attacked in the Caribbean last month have spoken of their shock at how the homophobic assault has affected him.Ryan Smith, 25, a top producer with the David Letterman show and CBS news, has been left with speech and writing problems as well as surgical scars. -
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9 May 2006Canadian band release gay marriage song + Canadian indie-pop band The Habit has a message for Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, don't make Canadians fight for their right to marry, again.The Habit has summed up their challenge to Mr Harper in the song Fighter, which they are releasing today in an internet-exclusive launch. -
9 May 2006Gay cannibal handed murder conviction + A German gay cannibal who killed and ate a man he met on the internet has been sentenced to life in prison for murder today after a judge ordered a retrial deeming his earlier sentence too lenient.Armin Meiwes, 44, was initially only found guilty of manslaughter after killing Bernd Juergen Brandes, 43, in 2004, on the basis that his victim was a willing partner.
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US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally+
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill14
Anti-equal marriage activist names Tour de France as target for protest4
UK: Jailed women in sexual ‘fraud’ case freed by Court of Appeal3
Russia: LGBT activists call for jailing of ‘homosexual propaganda’ bill sponsor+
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for ‘immoral homosexual acts’9
Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a ‘homophobic radio z-lister’7
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables ‘traditional marriage’ amendment for equal marriage bill49
US: Major League Soccer teams up with anti-discrimination campaign1
US: Southern Baptist Convention officially ‘disapproves’ of Boy Scouts inclusivity but doesn’t cut ties12
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign10
Republican Mike Huckabee: 'Every fear' over same-sex marriage has come true41- Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'9
- Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill49
- Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a 'homophobic radio z-lister'7
- Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill14
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage' 57
US: Lesbian family drama produced by Jennifer Lopez sees viewership surge for second episode3
New Zealand: Female rugby fan abused by three men for asking homophobic chants to stop14
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
France: Gay rights campaigner, 18, left brain dead after far-right attack67
Ann Widdecombe: I wouldn't have enjoyed serving under David Cameron because of equal marriage65
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59-
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'57
Priest causes row by calling Justin Welby a 'wanker' on Facebook for equal marriage opposition55
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Tory Lord Jenkin: The Lords equal marriage vote was a victory for common decency51-
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill49
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
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