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7 July 2006Roll over Colleen and Victoria, the real Footballer’s wives are back! + Sharpen your perfectly manicured nails and pour yourself a glass of Moet. -
7 July 2006Murder toilets popular for gay cruising + Toilets where an eight-year-old girl was killed last week have emerged as a popular cruising ground for gay men.Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu was murdered last week in the toilets of the Livingston Marketplace shopping centre in the outskirts of Perth, Australia.The toilets had previously been featured on a popular cruising website, Squirt, promoted as "the dating site that caters to the sex pig". -
7 July 2006Chinese dogs have a gay old time + Lonely Chinese dogs looking for love will need look no further if a new dating event runs to plan.The company Gougou520 has been match making the pouches based on a personality test and a compatibility rating, the Shanghai Daily reported. -
7 July 2006“Mattress munching”, is Superman gay? + For columnist, Joe Hildebrand of the Daily Telegraph in Australia, the old "Superman is gay" chestnut has been an inspiration for journalistic hilarity.Could it possibly be the case that the "Man of Steel was perhaps more the Man of Teal"? Mr Hildebrand wonders, with a nice ear for the rhyme there. -
8 July 2006Clinton disappoints gay community over marriage 3 Presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton has disappointed the New York gay community by specifically leaving out any pledges on gay marriage in her call for equality for gay people.Mrs Clinton, who is a New York Senator, was reacting to the judgement of the New York State Court of Appeals who ruled on Thursday that only a change in law would allow gay marriage and that banning gay marriage was therefore constitutional. -
8 July 2006UK’s first gay prom to be held in London + Gay Prom UK will hit London next weekend for an evening of dressing up and getting down on the dance floor for gay 16 - 19 year olds.Based on successful events run in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles, the organisers hope to send a positive message to gay teens struggling to come to terms with their sexuality that it's perfectly normal to be gay. -
8 July 2006Anti WorldPride petition gathers momentum 23 Another day, another addition to the sea of protest surrounding WorldPride's decision to hold this year's event in the city of Jerusalem.Currently an online petition opposing the event is hovering around the 100,000 signature mark. -
8 July 2006Gay animal celebration at London Zoo 2 London Zoo in Regents Park is throwing a party to encourage debate on homosexuality in the animal kingdom.
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8 July 2006Pope says “no” to gay marriage, Spanish PM says no to Mass 4 As Pope Benedict XVI starts his official visit to Spain, his views against gay marriage bring him into conflict with the secular Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. -
8 July 2006Gay only Guest houses in Cape Town + The Commission for Gender Equality has ruled in favour of allowing gay guest houses on the Western Cape to exclude heterosexual couples if they would prefer to do so.Previously excluding straight guests had been seen as a form of discrimination, and was not allowed by law.Cape Town has become a popular gay holiday destination, with the attractions of beautiful beaches, lively nightlife and a thriving music scene. -
8 July 2006Anti death penalty vigils planned in protest to gay executions 1 The 19th of July will see anti-death penalty vigils being held all over the world to commemorate the public hanging in Iran of two gay men.Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were accused of raping a 13 year old boy, though several human right's groups believed that this charge was invented in order to enable the authorities in Mashhad to serve a death penalty on the men who admitted to having gay sex, and denied the rape charge. -
8 July 2006New Mexico Police raid “like the gay Abu Ghraib” + As police force gay gym members to lie naked on the floor at gun point, questions are asked as to whether this was "overkill" for an alcohol inspection.Suspecting gym owner Ron Cordova of selling liquor without a license, the New Mexico State Police, supported by the Albuquerque fire marshal's office stormed the gym and ran checks on all of its customers. -
8 July 2006Getting Married anyway – Pope’s words fall on deaf ears 1 As the Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Family Conference in Valencia continues, marriages between gay couples are continuing with joy and enthusiasm.Both Jose Francisco Lamo and Luisa Notario married their long term partners in civil ceremonies in the city, as the Pope's visit and anti-gay marriage statements continue. -
8 July 2006Lesbian tennis star lifts Wimbledon trophy 2 Following a semi-final against Maria Sharapova, where it looked as though Amilie Mauresmo's semi-final jinx might return to haunt her once more, she beat Justine Henin-Hardenne in the tense final of Wimbledon.This is not the first time Ms Mauresmo has beaten Ms Henin-Hardenne in the finals of a major grand slam; She won the Australian Open when her opponent retired with the score at 6-1 2-0 to Mauresmo. -
8 July 2006Gay Pride dog show announced + Pampered puppies and polished pooches get preened to perfection in preparation for Pride dog show.The annual Brighton and Hove Pride Dog show is scheduled for Sunday 9th of July, and is giving competitive canines a lot of bark about.The competition runs the whole gamut of events, from the highly competitive and hotly contested, to the happened to be passing with my dog and just wondered ... -
10 July 2006Human rights groups to investigate gay immigration to USA 2 Amid widespread national coverage of protests over United States immigration policy, two human rights organizations are turning a spotlight on the plight of bi-national gay and lesbian couples who are treated as "legal strangers" by US immigration.Last May, Human Rights Watch and Immigration Equality released the report "Family, Unvalued: Discrimination, Denial, and the Fate of Bi-national Same-Sex Couples Under United States Law," based on research conducted between 2003 and 2006. -
10 July 2006Martina Navratilova, lesbian icon, quits professional tennis 2 The powerful left-handed tennis star, Martina Navratilova has retired from the professional circuit at the age of 49.The Czechoslovakian player, who was born in 1956, had never been on a grass court before arriving at the pre-Wimbledon tournament at queens. -
10 July 2006Should I sell photos of my boyfriend to a gay sex mag? + A Sunday Mirror reader gets into a bit of an intellectual quandary, as she splits up from her boyfriend and seeks an appropriate method of revenge to take her mind off her heart ache.Writing to the paper's agony aunt, Dr Catherine Hood, the reader reveals, "he's been having an affair. -
10 July 2006“Gay Gene” debate opened again by Latter Day Saints 3 The Salt Lake City Tribune has published evidence that it says shows that people are not genetically born gay."When you assert that individuals are born gay and cannot change, people naturally jump to the conclusion that same-sex marriage is the only rational choice for same-sex attracted individuals," the paper admits. -
10 July 2006“Don’t ask, don’t tell” for gay women in the city + Gay women working in the city are three times less likely then gay man to come out, a new survey claims.The recruitment firm The Blomfield Group conducted the survey, which suggests that although the City of London had improved, it was still a challenging place for gay people to work in, especially gay women.
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Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down+
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination2
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay11
Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business4
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’10
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store3
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’48
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague3
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes3
- US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay11
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally10- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 48
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12- Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'10
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2- Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down0
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay16- US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination2
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'18
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill50
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'48
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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