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1 June 2006Gay marriage goes to New York court + New York's highest court heard oral argument yesterday in Lambda Legal's lawsuit seeking marriage for same-sex couples."Today is an historic day for same-sex couples and their families in New York," said Susan Sommer, senior counsel at Lambda Legal and lead attorney on the case. -
1 June 2006Gay adoption row hits Scotland 10 The Scottish Parliament's Education Committee has hit a stumbling block over a new law allowing gay couple's to jointly adopt in the country.Conflicts emerged in a consultation meeting yesterday attended by adoption agencies, gay groups and Catholic organisations. -
1 June 2006Exxon rejects gay anti-discrimination policies + ExxonMobil shareholders have rejected a resolution seeking the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees in the company's anti-discrimination policies.It marks the seventh year that the proposal has been quashed, although a record number of people did voice support for the proposal with 34.6% voting in favour, compared to 29.4% in 2005. -
1 June 2006Gay island body ‘is missing Brit’ + The body of a man found on a popular gay Spanish resort is believed to be missing Briton, Kevin Hoare, police claim.Kevin Hoare, 39, disappeared in the early hours of May 11 2006 after friends left him at Organics Club, a gay bar in Sitges.The Bognor Regis based production worker, failed to meet his brother at Gatwick Airport two days later and there has been no movement on his mobile phone or bank account. -
1 June 2006Jerusalem gay group compensated for lost funds 23 A District Court judge ordered yesterday that the city of Jerusalem must pay compensation to a gay group for failing to allocate funds for the group.Jerusalem Open House (JOH), will receive 350,000 shekels (£40,000), after the court ruled it was unfairly left out of municipal funds over the last three years. -
1 June 2006Animal rights go gay + A gay animal rights campaigner bared his human flesh yesterday to stop people eating animals.Mike Brazell, a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), stood kissing his partner, Christopher McDonough, dressed in a Navy cap and boxer shorts in Washington under a banner declaring "Vegetarians Make Better Lovers." -
1 June 2006Christians oppose Romanian gay pride + A Romanian Christian group filed a complaint today seeking to stop a gay pride march schedule for this weekend.The New Right told a Bucharest court the parade would be a "manifestation designed to provoke the obscene and anti-social."The march will end a week of events under the GayFest celebrations currently taking place in the Eastern European country. -
1 June 2006Transsexual jailed for stealing baby’s identity + A transgender woman has been jailed in a man's prison in New Zealand after pleading guilty to stealing a dead baby's identity to forge passport documents and gain false benefits.A Christchurch District Court sentenced Lelilani Sialapae to 12 months despite calls from her lawyers to defer the sentence until she had completed a sex change process. -
1 June 2006Desmond Tutu awaits lesbian kiss 2 A lesbian couple aims to deliver a kiss to Archbishop Desmond Tutu next month as part of a campaign to spread peace, love and goodwill.Heather and Chloe Wolsey-Ottaway are promoting a new venture called, Kisses That Count, around the world, and will attend a charity event in New York where the Nobel Peace Prize winner will be a keynote speaker. -
1 June 2006Support drops for Canadian gay marriage backtrack + Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is losing support for a new vote on whether to keep gay marriage laws.Mr Harper's Conservative government campaigned on the promise that it would allow Parliament to vote on whether to reopen the issue, but now cabinet members and MPs appear to have lost enthusiasm. -
1 June 2006Medical group fund research into lesbian health + A gay medical organisation has announced three grants to support research into lesbian health.The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a programme of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), today announced three $10,000 grants to support groundbreaking research in the field of lesbian health.
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Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’11
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities2
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault81
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
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 assault81
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final25
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'25
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play9- Georgia: LGBT and anti-'gay propaganda' activists face off in mob aftermath0
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
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 assault81
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
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