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12 January 2007Jason Donovan to play G-A-Y 1 80s heart throb Jason Donovan is to follow in the footsteps of his Neighbours wife and play at legendary London nightclub G-A-Y tomorrow night.The performance marks a new high in the 38-year-old Australian's love-hate relationship with the gay community.Donovan caused a tabloid storm in 1992, suing The Face magazine for alleging he was gay. -
12 January 2007Attitude’s January edition missing 11 Readers of gay magazine Attitude have expressed concern that the January edition is yet to appear.The gay glossy should have hit the streets before the New Year and is now two weeks overdue.Mr Bob Flood, from Exeter, contacted PinkNews.co.uk wanting to know if we had any news. -
12 January 2007Pressure on Ruth Kelly over gay rights law 4 The defeat of a motion in the House of Lords to rescind the Sexual Orientation Regulations in Northern Ireland has been welcomed by gay activists.The debate has also added to the pressure on Ruth Kelly to ensure that the same regulations are introduced to England and Wales.The SOR were meant to come into force in England and Wales on January 1st, but Communities Secretary Kelly delayed them. -
14 January 2007New Jersey legislates against gay bullying + A bill that would strengthen current laws against hate crimes and bullying has been passed to the New Jersey General Assembly.The bill was sponsored by Puerto Rican Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo."Acts of hatred or violence against a person - especially a child - cannot be tolerated in our state in this day and age," said Caraballo told the New Jersey Politicker . -
14 January 2007Spanish voters will go to the polls in March 5 Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has called a general election for March 9th.King Juan Carlos has given his approval. -
15 January 2007Brokeback star does drag + Jake Gyllenhall has showcased his versatility as a performer by donning a floor-length gown and singing a camp classic on American TV.The 26-year-old, who impressed gay movie fans with his sensitive portrayal of gay love in 1960s cowboy country in Brokeback Mountain, was a guest host on Saturday Night Live at the weekend. -
15 January 2007Queer as Folk actor wins Soapstar Superstar 57 Antony Cotton has won the singing competition Soapstar Superstar. -
15 January 2007Italian gays protest at the Vatican 2 A group of around 150 protesters attended a rally in St Peters Square on Saturday to protest against the anti-gay stance of Pope Benedict XVI.The protest, organised by gay rights group Arcigay, was held on the ninth anniversary of the suicide of writer Alfredo Ormando.The protesters carried banners calling on the Italian government to legalise gay unions. -
15 January 2007Transsexual postal worker convicted of hiding mail 2 A postman who is on the NHS waiting list for gender reassignment surgery has been convicted of hiding and dumping post.43-year-old Michael Pearson, from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, told Dewsbury Magistrates Court that gangs of youths were victimising him during his postal round in Birstall, throwing stones at him and taunting him about his effeminate appearance. -
15 January 2007Scottish government backs hate crimes bill 74 Ministers, MSPs, police chiefs, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and gay rights activists have welcomed the announcement that the government in Scotland will support an extension of the country's hate crimes legislation to protect LGBT people and the disabled.The Sentencing of Offences Aggravated by Prejudice (Scotland) Bill was proposed by Patrick Harvie, a Scottish Green MSP.It will bring Scotland into line with England and Wales. -
15 January 2007Lesbian partner ordered to pay child support 57 A custody battle between two lesbians is highlighting the differing attitudes to same-sex relationships in America.Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller got married in 2002 in Vermont, the only state that currently has legal gay civil unions.Shortly afterwards the couple decided to have a child and Miller became pregnant through articifial insemination. -
15 January 2007Model’s tell-all book reveals Madonna and Jolie lesbian affairs 2 Lesbian pin up Jenny Shimizu has revealed that she was having sexual relationships with popstar Madonna and actress Angelina Jolie at the same time.Shimizu is best known as one of the faces of CK One. -
15 January 2007Comment: Romney must win Michigan to stay in race 1 Money, the pundits have long said, is the 'mother's milk' of politics. -
15 January 2007Mexican bishop slams same-sex unions + A northern Mexican bishop has criticised the approval of a bill to recognize gay unions in the Mexican state of Coahuila.It is the second such measure in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.According to the Associated Press, Roman Catholic Bishop Alonso Gerardo Garza said the law was an attack on the institution of marriage. -
15 January 2007Bashkortostan is latest country to debate gay marriage + A politician in a remote Russian republic is to introduce a bill recognising same-sex partnerships.Edward Murzin, a member of the Bashkir State Assembly, has introduced the bill.He told the Interfax news agency that he wanted to uphold the Russian constitution, which bars discrimination of any kind. -
15 January 2007Gay Democrats unhappy with Leadership choice 1 The National Stonewall Democrats today spoke of their deep concern that former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr has been named as Chair of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).NSD said the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community should closely scrutinise the record of Congressman Ford in light of the development.In 2004, with his eye on his failed bit for the Senate, Harold Ford reversed his past opposition to an amendment to the United States Constitution. -
15 January 2007Gay unions in South Africa delayed by bureaucracy 57 Lesbian and gay couples in South Africa hoping to get married in church are facing delays because of a backlog of people waiting to take a qualification exam.Government "registrars," called marriage officers, were all trained about the Civil Unions Act last year, before the Act became law. -
15 January 2007ENDA on the agenda as Congress returns to work + As US legislators return to work in Washington today, gay rights activists are hopeful that hate crimes and workplace protection legislation will move forward in the coming session.The Democrats are in control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.While politics watchers are immersed in the Presidential campaigns, all of the House and a third of the Senate are also up for re-election in November. -
15 January 2007Copenhagen looks to Outgames in 2009 + Despite the financially disappointing Montreal Outgames, plans for the 2009 event in Copenhagen are looking positive.Outgames is a sports, cultural and human rights event primarily for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals.The second event will be the largest international sports and cultural event ever held on Danish soil. -
16 January 2007Sir Ian to launch LGBT History Month 3 Actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen will be the featured speaker at the launch of LGBT History Month next month.The launch will form part of the annual Schools Out conference, on Saturday 3rd February at the Drill Hall theatre in London.Schools Out is one of the oldest gay campaigning groups in the UK.
Articles from January 2007
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The state of play on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords committee stage1
US: Florida LGBT groups launch effort to repeal state ban on equal marriage+
Travel: Is Las Vegas a ‘Fabulous’ gay holiday destination?+- Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill13
Russia: LGBT rights group fined 500,000 rubles under ‘foreign agent’ law6
Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage3
South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam9
South Australia officially congratulates New Zealand on equal marriage, ahead of introduction of its own bill2
- Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill 13
- The state of play on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords committee stage1
- South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam 9
- Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
- Travel: Is Las Vegas a 'Fabulous' gay holiday destination?0
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican20
Liberace's ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson18- Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
- US: Florida LGBT groups launch effort to repeal state ban on equal marriage0
- US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage3
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage88
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?84
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment71
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage67
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'65
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill62
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