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7 December 2006Gay university staff face coming out fear 1 There are still some elements of fear surrounding coming out in the workplace for lesbian and gay university staff, Stonewall claims.The gay charity has expressed fears that universities do not do enough to tackle equality as it is assumed that the institutions are automatically liberal.Stephen Frost, the manager of Stonewall's workplace programmes, said many lesbian, gay and bisexual staff fear coming out would limit their career opportunities or cause bullying. -
7 December 2006Socialists urge MSP to resign over gay adoption view + Scotland's socialist Party has condemned moves by Nationalist MSP Roseanna Cunningham to table amendments today which could effectively block gay couples from adopting children.Ms Cunningham argued ahead of a Holyrood debate today, that moves to allow the Bill to proceed would be "against nature's design."Solidarity party members have called on Ms Cunningham to accept SNP commitments to equality or resign. -
7 December 2006Civil partners not rushing to divorce 8 A group of gay lawyers specialising in same sex relationships, predicts few couples will apply to end a civil partnership when the first opportunity arrives on 21 December.Instead lawyers at QueerPod have seen an increase in gay clients in heterosexual marriages seeking a divorce to form a civil partnership. -
7 December 2006Police promise more raids against gay hate + Last week's police raids in London targeting suspected perpetrators of domestic, race hate and homophobic violence will not be the last, a member of the Metropolitan Police's Violent Crime Directorate has warned.DCI Gerry Campbell said last week's operation signals the Metropolitan Police Service's commitment to taking on hate crime offenders, but added that it is not a one off job. -
7 December 2006Scotland rejects adoption prejudice + The Scottish Parliament this afternoon rejected a motion to block gay and lesbian couples from adopting by 98 votes to 11.The motion was proposed by Scottish Nationalist MSP Roseanna Cunningham. -
7 December 2006Paris Hilton says she wants children 7 Gay icon Paris Hilton says that she wants to be a mum after spending time playing aunty to fellow icon Britney Spear's children.Hilton says that she's prepared to sacrifice her party animal lifestyle if it means finding a husband and having children.That's according to a "source" who told US gossip magazine, In Touch magazine. -
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.
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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. -
11 December 2006Ex-Tory leader undermines party’s ‘pro-gay’ image 3 Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has come close to embarrassing the party's attempts at modernisation after appearing to suggest that gay couples cannot bring up children.Launching a report on the importance of marriage and family to society, Mr Duncan Smith said gay couples were "irrelevant" to the work. -
11 December 2006University deadlocked over ‘ex-gay’ course 4 Edinburgh University has reached deadlock in an argument with its Christian Union over a course which appears to promote homophobia.The University this week repealed a ban of its Christian Union after being threatened with legal action, but now the society is refusing to abide by the new terms.
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Labour MP Diana Johnson: It’s now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy21
UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway2
Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march8
Birmingham Pride kicks off with Peter Tatchell leading Equal Love carnival+
Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor’s office3
Obama praises Boy Scouts’ progress but wants gay leaders too5
Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer10
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts35
Friend of George Michael slams car accident suicide rumours as ‘absurd’8
US: Anonymous hackers target Florida State Attorney over charges against lesbian teenager4
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card142- Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer10
- Labour MP Diana Johnson: It's now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy 21
- Bryan Fischer says forced drowning 'would be better' than inclusion in the Boy Scouts35
- Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march8
Comment: How God Hates Fags and its friends like Linda Harvey further gay rights55- Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor's office3
- Obama praises Boy Scouts' progress but wants gay leaders too5
- UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway2
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians48
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UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card142
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'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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