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12 October 2006Belarus drops diplomat gay porn charge + Belarus has dropped a gay pornography charge against a Latvian diplomat.A feud emerged last August between officials in Belarus and neighbouring Latvia after Belarusian national television screened footage describing "a dirty homosexual orgy" claiming to involve a Latvian diplomat. -
12 October 2006Gay rights politician in drug swab prank + A gay rights spokesman thought he was giving an impromptu political interview to eager reporters but ended up becoming one of the victims of a drug test prank for prime-time television this week, which has caused outcry in the Italian Parliament.Franco Grillini was one of 50 Italian politicians fooled by the prank which the programme Le Iene claims found 12 positive tests for cannabis and four for cocaine after secretly tested them for drugs when being asked to give an interview on the 2007 budget. -
12 October 2006Equality group welcomes gay carer compensation + The Equality Authority has welcomed a decision by the Irish government today to compensate a gay man for taking unpaid leave from his job to care for his partner.The equal rights group called it an "important recognition" for same sex couples in the Republic of Ireland, after the unnamed claimant won his case under the Equal Status Act. -
12 October 2006Killer nearly sawed off lesbian’s head + A killer who nearly sawed his former lover's head off after she told him she was leaving him for a woman has been found guilty of murder.James Seaton, 46, is expected to be handed a life sentence for the murder of Jacqueline Queen last November.Seaton, from East Finchley, North London, attacked her with a hammer and a 12-inch knife after hearing he was being dumped for a woman, the court heard. -
12 October 2006Boy George confronts homophobic “chavs” 8 Homophobia is unacceptable and should be stopped whenever and wherever, advice that gay singer Boy George took quite literally last night when he confronted a gang of homophobes at the Vodafone Live Music Awards.The artist was being interviewed by journalists when a group of teenagers began shouting homophobic abuse at him. -
13 October 2006Liverpool plans gay quarter 1 Liverpool councillors are proposing a pedestrianised gay street in the city centre.The proposal is being put forward by Labour councillors at a meeting next week and if approved would see Stanley Street becoming Liverpool's answer to Manchester's gay village in Canal Street. -
13 October 2006Scotland supports gay campaigns against bullying + A gay youth group is helping lead a new anti bullying service in Scotland.LGBT Youth Scotland along with the Scottish Association for Mental Health have today launched a new awareness programme called Better Futures, aimed at tackling bullying wherever it occurs. -
13 October 2006Three men charged with hate crimes after gay attack + Three young men were charged with vicious hate crimes yesterday after they confessed to luring a gay man to a parking lot to rob him —and then chasing him into traffic on the Belt Parkway.John Fox, 19; Ilya Shurov, 20, and Gary Timmins, 16, were charged with assault and robbery—all as hate crimes—in Sunday's attack on Michael Sandy, a gay man from Brooklyn who was clinging to life last night, police said.
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13 October 2006Radio host angers gay community with family views + A prominent San Francisco radio host and television news anchor is under fire this week from city officials and LGBT community leaders or comments he made on the air about non-traditional families.According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Pete Wilson, the anchor of ABC's local evening news and host of a radio show on KGO 810 AM, criticised Supervisor Bevan Dufty and his friend Rebecca Goldfader, who are sharing a home and co-parenting a newborn, during a radio broadcast. -
13 October 2006Gay clubbing drug reclassified 5 The Government has moved to reclassify the highly-addictive popular gay clubbing drug crystal meth.An order was tabled in both Houses of Parliament yesterday to reclassify crystal methylamphetamine from Class B to Class A, following advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) earlier this year. -
13 October 2006Northern Cyprus decriminalises homosexuality 1 Northern Cyprus is set to decriminalise homosexuality, bringing it in line with European Union (EU) laws and human rights in the rest of the country.Current laws in the Turkish Cypriot controlled part of the country regard homosexuality as "a crime against nature," but all is about to change after analysts said it is vital to make the change to bring the country into modern society. -
13 October 2006Activists push for conscience clause in gay equality law 12 Religious leaders, academics and legal advisors have joined together to urge the government to protect freedom of conscience in the upcoming Sexual Orientation Regulations in the new Equality Act.The law, due next April, protects gays and lesbians from discrimination in the provision of goods and services, but critics have warned that the proposals infringe on religious beliefs. -
13 October 2006Gay rights for Mozambique + Mozambique has held its first ever seminar on gay rights.Yesterday, Mozambican Human Rights League (LDH) chairperson Alice Mabota urged Mozambique's gay and lesbian citizens to organise and fight for their rights.She said that, while the LDH will support gay rights, it is not campaigning specific issues such as the legalisation of gay marriage, and that it would be up to the gay community to raise such a demand. -
13 October 2006Midwest gets gay + The number of same-sex couples in Iowa has risen 58% in the past 5 years, a new report found today.The University of California's Williams Institute used the figures of the 2000 Census to estimate that the numbers of same-sex households in Iowa jumped from 3,700 in 2000, to 5,800 in 2005. -
13 October 2006Judge considering lesbian marriage rights + The High Court in Dublin has reserved judgement today on a decision regarding whether a lesbian couple who married in Canada should have their rights recognised in Ireland.Over the last fortnight the court has heard arguments from Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan claiming discriminating against homosexuality can lead to clinical depression and that the current concept of marriage is outdated. -
13 October 2006Lesbian use of IVF increasing 2 The last five years have seen a 2.5 fold increase in numbers of single women having IVF and a 4 fold increase in lesbian couples having IVF, the UK's fertility regulator has revealed.Single women and lesbian couples across the UK are being urged to make their voice heard on the fertility services they receive by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - the UK's Fertility regulator - as new figures showing that a growing number of these women are coming forward for fertility treatment. -
13 October 2006Students outrage over ‘curing’ course 4 Students nationwide have expressed their outrage after a Christian course aiming to 'cure' homosexuality piloted at Edinburgh University.Students at the university began protesting the PURE course after it was discovered to recommend homophobic literature, such as What Some of You Were by Christopher Keane, which details the stories of "ex-gays" who have been "cured" of their homosexuality by the power of Christianity, and how "gay relationships are characterized more by promiscuity than by fidelity." -
13 October 2006Gay benefits excitement drops + Government ministers are warning gay campaigners not to get too excited after to a landmark decision yesterday saw the Irish government agree to compensate a gay man for taking unpaid leave from his job to care for his partner.Equality campaigners hailed it as "important recognition" for same sex couples but the Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan insisted that the case would not set a precedent.
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16 October 2006Gay campaigners attack Ruth Kelly over equality delay 19 Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has once again come under criticism regarding her view on gay rights after it has emerged that exemptions may be allowed for Catholic groups in the upcoming Equality Act.The new law, which has now been delayed until April, aims to outlaw discrimination in the provision of goods and services for the LGBT community, but protests from Christian groups appear to have led to a delay. -
16 October 2006Conservatives join gay diversity scheme + The Conservative Party has over the last year aimed to change its image amongst the gay community, this has included inviting more gay and lesbian politicians to join the party and backing laws such as civil partnerships and the new Equality Act, now the party has become the latest major British employer to join Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme.The programme promotes good practice around sexual orientation issues and assists employers in recruiting and retaining lesbian and gay staff.
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Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down5
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination3
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay15
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’12
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’49
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 risk7
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 gay15
- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 49
- Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down5
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally10
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'12
- US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination3
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US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'19
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
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'49
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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