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8 November 2006Homophobia is not Wright + PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveHomophobia is unacceptable in an office so should not be advocated on a football pitch, former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright said last night.Wright, now a football pundit and part time TV presenter, called on all discrimination to be outlawed as it makes it harder for players to perform. -
8 November 2006THT Supper Club raises over £60,000 + Celebrity guests including Tracey Emin, Isabella Blow, Julien MacDonald, Martine McCutcheon and June Sarpong took part in last night's Supper Club event in aid of sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust.40 individual dinner parties were held simultaneously in London's best restaurants and private homes. -
8 November 2006Gay campaigners welcome pro-equality candidates 3 Massachusetts voters turned out in large numbers and overwhelmingly elected pro-equality candidates for legislative and constitutional offices in last nights mid-terms.With Deval Patrick's victory, Massachusetts voters are sending to the corner office for the first time a governor who fully supports marriage equality for same-sex couples. -
8 November 2006Gay group offers compassion to Haggard 1 He has spent much of his career attacking homosexuality, but disgraced Evangelical Reverend Ted Haggard has received sympathy from the most unlikely of sources, a gay rights group.Soulforce has urged compassion towards the preacher after he was dismissed by the New Life Church and resigned as President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) amid allegations of gay sex with a rent boy. -
8 November 2006Gay icon divorcing again 4 Just one day after popping up on The Late Show with David Letterman to show off her trim new figure and short blonde bob, a reinvented Britney Spears dropped another bomb—she's divorcing hubby Kevin Federline.According to reports from CNN, the pop singer filed legal papers yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences" and is asking for legal and physical custody of their two children, 1-year-old Sean Preston and 2-month-old Jayden James. -
8 November 2006New York amends trans laws + New York trans people will have their birth certificated amended to represent their true sex regardless of whether they have completed gender reassignment, new proposals in the city have revealed.The initiative is being headed by New York City's Board of Health and would require support from a doctor and a mental health processional and a history of two years of living as the desired gender. -
8 November 2006The anti-gay Democrat who didn’t make it 3 While the gay community hails the increase of Democrat candidates elected to the US Congress as the possibility of a more gay friendly USA, they will be relieved that one party candidate didn't make it.Anti-gay Democrat Harold Ford Jr, who has spoken out against gay marriage failed to get elected in the mid-terms in the state of Tennessee. -
8 November 2006Mid-terms ‘tipping point’ for gay candidates 3 Gay campaigners have described the US mid-terms as a success after a record number of openly gay and lesbian candidates were elected.The Gay Lesbian Victory Fund endorsed 67 victory-endorsed candidates for the federal, state and local offices, with some winning historic races that make them the first openly gay or lesbian candidates ever elected in their states or legislative bodies. -
8 November 2006Gay Republicans blame conservatives for loss 3 A gay Republican lobby group has blamed conservatives for alienating voters and determining their mid-term losses, while the National Stonewall Democrats have described the results as a backlash against failed politics.The Democrats now dominate the House of Representatives after yesterday's mid-terms with a record number of gay and lesbian and gay-friendly candidates being elected, mainly from the Democrat Party. -
8 November 2006Gay group congratulates Governor Arnie 3 A gay group has congratulated California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on his re-election in the mid-terms.Since taking office in 2003, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed over 20 bills supportive of the gay and lesbian community including expansion of domestic partnership rights, hate crimes protection, housing and employment non-discrimination laws, improving HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies, and ending the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in the state militia. -
8 November 2006Gay Republicans welcome Pennsylvania defeat 3 Gay Republicans have welcomed the defeat of Republican Senator Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania.He was ousted by Democrat Bob Casey, seen as gay-friendly, in a result welcomed by the Log Cabin Republicans.The Log Cabin Republicans described the result as a sign that Pennsylvania voters were overwhelmingly rejected the politics of division, intolerance, and fear. -
8 November 2006Gay stars “lanced” + Celebrities who are outed by the media should be referred to as "lanced," according to former N'Sync band member Lance Bass.The star who recently came out coined the turn after seeing oterh celebrities being forced out of the closet.His terminology was revealed by his partner, gay model, Reichen Lehmkuhl. -
8 November 2006Cabinet urged out of closet over peerages 1 Gay and lesbian fans of equality minister Ruth Kelly will be interested to hear that she has been asked to give evidence of what she knew about loans made to the Labour Party.Ms Kelly, Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will oversee new equality regulations regarding the gay community, has been asked to provide in writing anything she knows in relation to the cash for peerages scandal rocking British politics. -
8 November 2006Rumsfeld quits after poor mid-term results 3 Donald Rumsfeld has resigned as US Defence Secretary after a disappointing mid term election for the Republican Party.Mr Rumsfeld has been blamed for strategic blunders in Iraq and not equipping the military adequately and has also been attacked by gay groups for upholding the Pentagon's ban on openly gay and lesbian recruits.His resignation comes after the Republican losses implied discontent with the US policy in Iraq. -
9 November 2006Gay friendly Democrats control Senate 3 The Democrats have taken control of the US Senate in the mid-terms as the final election results come through.The party already won the House of Representatives yesterday but winning the Senate would make it the first time since 1994 that the Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress and could mean a brighter future for gay rights legislation. -
9 November 2006Tourism minister shamed over Jerusalem Gay Pride 23 An Israeli gay rights campaigner has criticised the country's Tourism Minister for not opposing violence against tomorrow's gay pride march in Jerusalem, while tension builds before the event with vigils being held along with calls for calm.Speaking at a World Travel Market event this week, Israel's Minister for Tourism, Isaac Herzog, encouraged holidaymakers to visit the country, telling PinkNews.co.uk that there are no problems with gays and lesbians coming. -
9 November 2006Homophobia “perfectly legal” in Faroe Islands + LGBT activists in the Faroe Islands have generated around 20,000 signatures in an online petition demanding an end to sexual orientation discrimination and a registered partnership law to bring the islands into line with the rest of the Nordic region.The petition expresses discontent that homophobia is made "perfectly legal" because the government does nothing against it. -
9 November 2006Jerusalem gay pride cancelled amid Gaza violence 23 Jerusalem's gay pride march has been moved into a controlled area following escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, meaning police cannot guarantee adequate numbers to prevent riots between the ultra orthodox Jews and parade marchers at tomorrow's event.A compromise has reportedly been reached between the religious community, who had been protesting daily against the march, and the organisers, meaning the event will now comprise of a rally at a stadium. -
9 November 2006South Africa speeds up gay union debate 10 South Africa has sped up its law set to legalise same sex unions by removing talk of the rights of unmarried couples until a later date.The Parliament has been ordered to introduce a law by December 1 2006 but has found a plethora of views with religious groups seeking exemptions and gay groups desperate not to be left with an unequal system. -
9 November 2006Mexico may back gay unions 1 One of the world's biggest Catholic nation's looks set to introduce gay partnership laws, according to reports.Mexico's northern state of Coahuila along with the capital, Mexico City, is considering a civil unions law for same sex couples.Mexican gay campaigner, Rocio Sanchez, called it a step towards equality.
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Video: Book published to teach children to pray to Jesus for gay people to turn straight3
Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle defends voting against equal marriage11
Australia: Man who stalked footballer and talked of ‘gay orgy’ jailed+
Governor Rick Perry: ‘I am greatly disappointed’ that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members16
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was ‘repulsed’ by gays and lesbians32
Boy Scouts of America: We will not ‘not sacrifice our mission’ over gay members7
US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage2
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members12
Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay6
UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported12
- Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians32
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins58- Governor Rick Perry: 'I am greatly disappointed' that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members16
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship23- US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members12
- Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay6
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people63- US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage2
- Boy Scouts of America: We will not 'not sacrifice our mission' over gay members7
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be 'the right decision'2
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur65
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US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people63
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63
Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe homosexuals60
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