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10 January 2007Gay groups welcome Lords decision 15 Gay and lesbian groups have welcomed the vote in the House of Lords last night which confirmed the introduction of the Sexual Orientation Regulations in Northern Ireland.The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association expressed their pleasure that a campaign of campaign of "distortion and exaggeration" had been defeated. -
10 January 2007George Michael pleads not guilty + Pop icon George Michael's lawyer has entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of being unfit to drive at Brent Magistrates Court in north west London.The singer, who recently completed a sell-out European tour, was not in court. -
10 January 2007COMMENT: A gay old time in their Lordships’ House + Call him a freak if you want, but PinkNews.co.uk's Tony Grew actually enjoys Parliamentary debates. -
11 January 2007Colin and Justin set a date for civil ceremony 11 Interior designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to become civil partners. -
11 January 2007Orkney composer cancels ceremony plans 5 Composer Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies has decided to shelve plans to marry his partner on the Orkney Islands.Sir Peter, the Master of the Queen's Music, was at the centre of a media storm earlier in the week when he accused council officials on the islands of homophobia.Orkney Island Council had told Sir Peter, 72, that the registrar on the island of Sanday, where the composer lives, is not legally able to carry out civil partnerships ceremonies. -
11 January 2007Lesbian loses rape charity tribunal + A 40-year-old Glasgow woman has lost an employment tribunal against Scottish Rape Crisis Network.Claire Phillips had claimed that she was fired after complaining that she had been outed as a lesbian by a fellow employee.She did not want her colleagues to know she is gay, she told the tribunal. -
11 January 2007Suspect arrested in trans murder case 1 A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder after police in Washington DC found the body of a transsexual woman in an apartment in the city.The victim has been identified as Grafton Lee Person, 42.Police arrested the suspect, Preston Logan, after he was caught shoplifting at a 7-Eleven at 8:30am last Saturday. -
11 January 2007Cruz laughs off rumours of love affair with Hayek 1 Penelope Cruz has reacted to speculation that her close relationship with fellow actress Salma Hayek is more than just platonic.During an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, the Spanish film star, who used to be romantically involved with Tom Cruise, spoke about reports of a gay relationship with Hayek.Rumours had been fuelled by a raunchy photoshoot the two actresses did for US magazine Interview. -
11 January 2007Leicester bar attacked in hate crime + Police in Leicester are treating a series of attacks on a bar popular with gay people as hate crimes.The Leicester Mercury reports that a gang of young men armed with hammers and baseball bats smashed windows and verbally abused customers at the Amber bar in Northampton Street last Friday night.The bar is popular with gay and lesbian people. -
11 January 2007“Gay JFK” to be honoured with bust 3 Harvey Milk, the first out gay male politician in American history, is to be honoured with a bust in San Francisco City Hall.Milk, known during his lifetime as "The Mayor of Castro Street," is regarded as a political icon amongst gay activists for his ability to build the LGBT community into a grassroots political force. -
11 January 2007EuroGay regatta comes to Brighton + The Gay UK Sailing Team has announced that Barclays will be sponsoring the seventh annual EuroGay Cup Regatta, to be held in Brighton on the 9th and 10th of June.This is the second time GUST will be hosting the event in the UK. -
11 January 2007Gay penguins to stay on library shelves 3 A children's book featuring a young penguin and his two male parents has been returned to school libraries in North Carolina.The saga of And Tango Makes Three made headlines across the world.After queries from a handful of parents, fearful that the book was promoting homosexuality, staff members took copies off the shelves. -
11 January 2007£9,000 gay chatline bill run up by thief 1 An unlucky Liverpool businesswomen has been told by a judge that she is still liable for £9,000 worth of calls to gay chatlines made on her mobile phone.The Liverpool Echo reports the unusual case of Mrs Anne Jeffrey, who runs a successful ironing business.The business had several mobile phones on contract from Genesis Communications, one of which Mrs Jeffrey lent to her son. -
11 January 2007Lesbian Avengers studio could close 6 BBC Television Centre, the iconic West London building that for 50 years has been the embodiment of the Corporation in the eyes of viewers, may close as part of a cost-cutting exercise.The BBC's desire to move production of children's programming, sport and other departments to Manchester could sound the death knell for the Wood Green studios.Corporation bosses are considering closing Television Centre and selling the 13-acre site. -
12 January 2007Survey finds 5% of gay men face discrimination + In the last year 5% of gay men and 4% of lesbians have been refused goods or services because of their sexuality.The findings come in the week the House of Lords rejected an attempt by Christian activists to rescind the Sexual Orientation Regulations that came into force in Northern Ireland on January 1st. -
12 January 2007Mexicans OK gay weddings 3 The northern Mexican state of Coahuila became the first in the country to approve gay unions yesterday. -
12 January 2007Gay-friendly Brighton Council “not complacent” 3 The leader of the council in Brighton and Hove has welcomed the council's status as one of the most gay-friendly employers in the UK - but has revealed that the organisation is far from complacent.Council leader Simon Burgess's comments come after gay rights group Stonewall named Brighton Hove City Council the seventh most friendly employer to the gay community. -
12 January 2007COMMENT:Tatchell on the rise of US-style Christian activists 2 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell argues that Tuesday's victory for gay rights was also a setback for the zealous, authoritarian tactics of US-style Christian fundamentalism. -
12 January 2007Original Stonewall Inn saved by gay developers 1 PinkNews.co.uk exclusive A community effort spearheaded by three gay businessmen in Manhattan's West Village has saved the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement.In June 1969, the denizens of Manhattan's run-down Stonewall Inn finally stood up for their rights and rioted, tired of years of police harassment.The events of those sultry summer nights ignited a power-keg, and the explosion was heard around the world. -
12 January 2007Gay sex scandal minister’s political comeback + The politician who provided the first sex scandal of Tony Blair's government has told ITV that he intends to stand for the Welsh Assembly.Ron Davies was Secretary of State for Wales in 1998, when an incident on Clapham Common forced him to resign from the government.
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Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow ‘fashionable’ ideas21
UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities13
Bermuda: Anti-discrimination law adopted amid equal marriage controversy1
Gibraltar LGBT activist awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
German Cabinet adopts bill to give gay couples equal tax benefits8
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours list32
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual64
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’7
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list5
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
- Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual64
- Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow 'fashionable' ideas21
- UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities13
Chris Brown starts equality campaign and vows to stand up for gay rights16- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list32
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'7
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches44
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 14
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
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Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual64
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right61
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
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