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8 December 2006Arsenal urged to curb homophobic chants 1 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is calling on Arsenal football club manager Arsene Wenger and captain Thierry Henry to speak out against plans by their fans to subject Ashley Cole to gay-baiting ahead of the Gunner's London derby with Chelsea this weekend.Cole left Arsenal for the Blues earlier this season and this Sunday's match at Stamford Bridge will be their first meeting since his departure. -
8 December 2006Scotland passes gay adoption law + A law allowing gay couples in Scotland to adopt passed yesterday, overcoming religious opposition and a last minute attempt to amend it.Despite calls from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland to oppose the bill, MSPs backed the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill by 101 votes to six.The bill aims to counter a significant reduction in families available for vulnerable children by allowing gay and unmarried couples to adopt. -
8 December 2006Media hails first gay divorce 2 Since the clock stuck midnight on Tuesday 5 December 2006 the mainstream press has been desperately scraping the barrel searching for the first gay couple in a civil partnership to divorce.The PinkNews.co.uk phones were jammed with researchers, and some more high profile broadsheets coyly asking, "Do you know any civil partners getting a divorce now that it's been a year since the legislation?" -
8 December 2006No going back on gay marriage – Canadian PM + The Conservative Prime Minister of Canada has conceded defeat over his plans to re-open the debate over gay marriage.In July 2005, under the previous Liberal administration, Canada became the fourth country to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married.During the 2006 election campaign, the Conservatives had pledged to re-open the debate about the issue. -
8 December 2006Ad watchdog investigating ‘anti-gay equality’ ad 18 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched an investigation into an advert from Christian groups in The Times newspaper last month which described new gay equality laws as an attack on "conscience."It called on the government to include an opt out in the new Sexual Orientation Regulations. -
8 December 2006Cabinet row over goods and services discrimination 3 Ruth Kelly and Peter Hain are at loggerheads over the introduction of new rules barring discrimination against LGBT people.Regulations making it illegal to refuse goods or services on the grounds of sexual orientation are being introduced in Northern Ireland before England and come into force on January 1st.As the Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended, decisions about the province are taken by the Secretary of State, Peter Hain. -
8 December 2006Northern Ireland Assembly to debate gay laws 3 Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly will hold a debate on a motion from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to repeal Sexual Orientation Laws until later next year rather than the scheduled date of January 2007.DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has called for a debate asking for the law to be delayed by the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, as in the rest of the UK, for further consultation, claiming the regulations will inhibit religious rights. -
8 December 2006Police to search fans for homophobic materials 1 Football fans attending the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea this Sunday will be searched for homophobic materials amid reports that sections of the Gunners' crowd had planned to carry inflatable mobile phones in reference to tabloid allegations about former Arsenal defender Ashley Cole's sexuality.Sections of the travelling Arsenal fans are reportedly being encouraged by supporter's website Arsenal World to take their revenge by printing fake banknotes with the defender superimposed as the Queen, and by carrying blow-up mobile phones in reference to tabloid rumours about a gay orgy involving the player. -
8 December 2006Celebs split while gay marriage thrives + "Everybody sins. -
8 December 2006New York health board rejects trans document changes + The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously this week against a measure to allow transgender people to amend their birth certificates without requiring that they undergo sex reassignment surgery.Transgender advocates who worked with the Board of Health to propose these policy changes have voiced their surprise and disappointment about the vote -
8 December 2006“I will never abandon Total Eclipse of the Heart” + PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveWelsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler is planning a return to the UK charts next month with a new version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, but as she explains to PinkNews.co.uk, she has never been away from the music scene.Love is love, Bonnie Tyler declares when asked on her view on gay equality. -
8 December 2006UK Youth denounce Polish homophobia + The UK's national youth council has called on politicians of all parties to denounce publicly the attitude of the Polish government towards LGBT people.The British Youth Council, a coalition of over 150 youth organisations, including GirlGuiding UK and the NUS, issued a statement today highlighting the multiple incidents of discrimination and homophobia involving high-ranking Polish government officials and politicians.
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David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote28
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’+
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill8
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many4
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill35
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come11
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading12
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister14
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins45- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 35
- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote28
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 80
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault138
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 25
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault138
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 marriage80
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
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
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'55
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