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5 December 2006US eases travel restrictions on HIV+ people + The White House used World Aids Day last week to announce a change in the rules relating to people with HIV travelling into the USA.President Bush made no mention of travel restrictions during his remarks to the press on Friday, focusing instead on the problems AIDS poses in Africa.He pledged $15bn to continue programmes to make retroviral drugs available to people in developing nations. -
6 December 2006Comment: Gay partners in poverty 8 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell calls on the Chancellor to provide "transitional relief" in today's Pre-Budget Report to gay couples who are not in a civil partnership.Thousands of low income same-sex couples have been plunged into poverty as a result of benefit rule changes introduced when the Civil Partnership Act became law on 5 December last year.On the first anniversary of civil partnerships, the gay human rights group OutRage! is urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to provide "transitional relief" for the many gay partners who have suffered severe financial hardship as a result of the sudden, overnight changes in social security regulations. -
6 December 2006Gay Republicans welcome HIV law change + A gay Republican lobby group has applauded the US President after he eased travel restrictions for HIV travellers entering America.The Log Cabin Republicans welcomed an announcement from the White House on World AIDS Day that President George W Bush would issue an executive order allowing HIV-positive people to enter the US on short-term tourist or business visas without having to seek special permission. -
6 December 2006Cheney’s lesbian daughter is pregnant + Dick Cheney's daughter is having a baby, according to reports.While states across America argue over same sex marriage and gay parenting, the Vice President's daughter, Mary Cheney, is likely to create a shining example of same sex families.A source told the Washington Post that Ms Cheney and Heather Poe are "ecstatic." -
6 December 2006Gay marriage bans losing support 2 Bans on same-sex marriage performed more poorly in the November 2006 elections than in the past, in part due to their declining appeal in states with smaller "born-again" Christian populations, according to a study released this week.The research by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute claims that if current trends hold, such bans would fail at the ballot box in many of the states that have not yet considered same-sex marriage initiatives. -
6 December 2006Estonian gay activist to stand for parliament 1 One of Estonia's most prominent gay men has announced that he is to run for a seat in the country's parliament in next year's general election.Andi Ravalepik told Eesti Paevaleht newspaper that he will be contesting a seat in the 101-member Riigikogu in the March 2007 general election. -
6 December 2006Indian tribe accept lesbian couple 57 A lesbian couple have undergone a formal tribal 'wedding' ceremony in a village in eastern India. -
6 December 2006Gay groups welcome stand against violence + Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from around the world have welcomed a landmark statement on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, delivered last Friday at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Norway on behalf of 54 States.The statement condemns human rights violations directed against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. -
6 December 2006Celebrities go shopping for THT 1 Celebrity supporters helped raise money for AIDS charity the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) last week at a unique shopping event for World AIDS Day.Jayne Middlemiss, Gail Porter, Jade Parfitt, Penny Smith, Kate Garraway, Adele Silva and Sara Cawood were among the celebrities who attended a Kiehl's World AIDS Day Shopping Event on December 1st. -
6 December 2006Brown’s green Budget plans? More tax 3 In what is widely expected to be his last pre-Budget report, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced increases in transport taxes and investment in skills training.Mr Brown, clear favourite to succeed Tony Blair next year, set out his green credentials by raising tax on fuel duty by 1.25p and doubling air passenger duty from 5 to 10, effective from midnight tonight. -
6 December 2006Grandfather Cheney urged to help gay families + A gay family group are calling on Vice President Dick Cheney to consider the US administration's attitude towards gay rights now that his daughter is set to have a baby with her lesbian partner.The front page of the Washington Post's website announced today that Mary Cheney, Vice-President Cheney's gay daughter, is pregnant. -
6 December 2006Northern Ireland politicians call for gay rights repeal 13 Northern Ireland politicians are calling on the UK government to repeal the Sexual Orientation Regulations to be introduced in the province in the New Year, until the Assembly is fully restored.DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has tabled an Early Day motion to Parliament asking for the law to be delayed by the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, as in the rest of the UK, for further consultation. -
6 December 2006Italian city grants gay couples limited rights 4 Padua city council has outraged the Vatican by allowing gay and lesbian couples to register their 'family.' The decision, taken late on Monday, also applies to unmarried heterosexual couples.In Italy, a "certification of family" is required for various minor legal procedures, such as officially taking time off work to care for a sick relative or being placed on waiting lists for council houses. -
6 December 2006Gay rabbis now kosher + The ruling body of American Conservative Judaism has come to a compromise over the ordination of gay rabbis.The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards held a two-day closed meeting in New York and yesterday presented three differing positions that may be adopted by Jewish seminaries across North America's 750 synagogues. -
6 December 2006Canada to vote today on keeping gay marriage + The great 'debate' in the Canadian parliament yesterday about the legality of gay marriage turned out to be more like a cry in the dark.The minority Conservative government had made headlines across the world with its pledge to repeal the decision last year to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.In the event Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not even turn up for the debate. -
6 December 2006South Australia gays get new rights + South Australia is to grant a series of rights to gay and lesbian couples. -
6 December 2006SNP maverick attempts to derail gay adoptions + A major shake-up of adoption law in Scotland, which would see gay and lesbian couples able to adopt children for the first time, is under attack from a Scottish Nationalist.Roseanna Cunningham, an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament, has tabled a motion which would prevent gay couples from adopting. -
7 December 2006US Jews welcome gays and lesbians 6 Conservative Jews in America have welcomed a decision by the movement regarding gay rabbis and same sex marriage.A two day meeting of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which gives recommendations on religious doctrine, presented three differing positions that may be adopted by Jewish seminaries, leaving it up to individual seminaries and synagogues, ranging from upholding a ban on lesbian and gay ordination to only allowing non-sexually active gay rabbis. -
7 December 2006Electrifying performance kills drag artist + Joan Montegracia was the third on stage at a competition for drag artists in the Philippine city of Caloocan. -
7 December 2006Archbishop aims to quell university gay feuds 2 The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised universities for reprimanding Christian Unions over their stance on homosexuality.Writing in the Times Higher Education Supplement, Dr Rowan Williams accused Student Unions of fearing an "open argument."His comments come after Christian Unions in Exeter, Birmingham and Edinburgh have been prohibited from using university faculties and in some cases from being recognised as a club because of alleged discrimination towards non-Christians and gay people.
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Russia: 30 arrests made at Moscow Pride8
Labour MP Diana Johnson: It’s now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy31
UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway4
Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march11
Birmingham Pride kicks off with Peter Tatchell leading Equal Love carnival1
Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor’s office5
Obama praises Boy Scouts’ progress but wants gay leaders too8
Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer11
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts36
Friend of George Michael slams car accident suicide rumours as ‘absurd’10
- Russia: 30 arrests made at Moscow Pride8
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card143- Bryan Fischer says forced drowning 'would be better' than inclusion in the Boy Scouts36
- Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march11
- Labour MP Diana Johnson: It's now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy 31
- Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer11
- UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway4
Comment: How God Hates Fags and its friends like Linda Harvey further gay rights56- Obama praises Boy Scouts' progress but wants gay leaders too8
US: Anonymous hackers target Florida State Attorney over charges against lesbian teenager4
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UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card143
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault142
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'95
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur66
Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe homosexuals66
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63
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