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21 September 2006British students protest for LGBT rights in Uganda. 2 The National Union of Students (NUS) is organising an emergency demonstration outside the Ugandan embassy this week over continued persecution of the LGBT community within the country.The NUS LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) led campaign will be handing a letter of protest to the Ugandan embassy calling on the country to respect equality and freedom. -
21 September 2006LibDems urged to encourage gay MPs 19 The Liberal Democrats must include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) MPs in their commitment to equality and making the party more representative, campaigners have warned.Speaking at the party's annual conference in Brighton this week, Ben Summerskill, chief executive of gay charity Stonewall told a fringe meeting of DELGA, the LibDem's LGBT lobby group, that a motion passed by members to improve the representation of women, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities, should also cover the gay community. -
21 September 2006Conference to address “hidden” HIV poverty link + Links between extreme poverty and HIV will be addressed today at a conference aimed at combating what campaigners are calling a "hidden problem''.The conference will bring together social workers, welfare workers, and staff from the HIV sector. -
21 September 2006South Korea tips gay film for Oscar success + South Korea has only recently taken homosexuality off its list of "unacceptable social acts," but now the conservative country has picked a gay themed production as its Foreign Language Film submission for next year's Oscars.The film, King and Clown, has been a surprise hit in South Korea selling over 12 million tickets, and now it hopes to follow the success of gay themed cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain which proved a hit at the Academy Awards this year. -
21 September 2006Japan pushed to uphold gay rights + A move to eliminate "sexual orientation" from a Japanese city's groundbreaking antidiscrimination ordinance would be a damaging blow to the cause of full equality, gay activists at Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to the city's mayor this week.The city assembly of Miyakonojo has begun debating the proposed changes week but Scott Long, director of HRW's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights programme warned that equality should never be taken away. -
21 September 2006Scotland less equal for LGBT 1 The Scottish Executive has backtracked on gay hate crime legislation , according to Scottish LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) group Equality NetworkEquality Network highlights that in October 2004 the Scottish Executive's Working Group on Hate Crime recommended to the Executive that they should introduce a 'statutory aggravation' so that a crime motivated by hate on grounds of sexual orientation, would be treated as an aggravated crime, and sentenced accordingly. -
21 September 2006Russian transgender’s killer sentenced to life 4 A transgender woman was stabbed to death by a man whom had left a gay club with him, the St Petersburg Times reports.Lucas McCauley, 30, frequented a well known gay and transgender club dressed as a woman named Reshae.The murder was being considered as a possible hate crime.
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New straight civil partnerships amendment tabled for equal marriage bill in House of Lords3
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother1
Chris Brown starts equality campaign and vows to stand up for gay rights7
Son of US Senator under fire for posting racist and homophobic tweets5
Labour MEP Michael Cashman: Putin’s ‘hate speech’ has resulted in the ‘barbaric killing’ of gay Russian men3
Lord Carey tables amendment to undermine equal marriage bill by calling for ‘two tiered’ marriage17
Survey: LGBT acceptance at all time high in US, but discrimination remains+
X Factor star Marcus Collins takes part in anti-hate crime campaign video1
Committee says UK Government did not consult adequately with the Church in Wales on equal marriage bill8
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay40
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay28
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 60
Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down22- Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay40
Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'19- Lord Carey tables amendment to undermine equal marriage bill by calling for 'two tiered' marriage17
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally11
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination6
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317
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-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill55
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
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'49
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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