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20 April 2007US city creates gaybourhood + When gay and lesbian tourists next visit Philadelphia they'll find something even more welcoming in the gay-friendly city.In what represents a historic moment for the LGBT community and the City of Philadelphia, Mayor John F. -
20 April 2007Police advice group focus on gay club deaths + The group that advises the London police on LGBT issues is asking members of the community to speak to them about the increase in serious sexual and physical assaults, deaths and overdoses associated with gay venues.The Metropolitan Police Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Independent Advisory Group has set up an independent review into drugs and alcohol in London. -
20 April 2007Ketamine led to death of Gaydar founder 1 A London coroner's court has heard evidence about the death of Gary Frisch, who co-founded gay meeting site Gaydar.Mr Frisch died in February aged 38.It emerged in court yesterday that under the influence of the drug ketamine he leapt from the balcony of his eight-floor Battersea apartment. -
20 April 2007Welsh politicians stand up for diversity + Political leaders from across the political divide are to join together to promote tolerance and diversity across Wales.The leaders of Welsh Labour, Welsh Conservatives, Plaid and the Welsh Liberal Democrats, as well as other parties, will take part in Hope not Hate Sunday, an event organised by anti-facism group Wales Friends of Searchlight. -
20 April 2007China launches safe-sex programme for gay men + A new scheme to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst gay and bisexual men is to be launched in China next month.The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will this week begin collecting ideas from men who have sex with men (MSM) on the programmme.It aims to build a national network for the sale and distribution of condoms and lubricants and make them more available to MSM. -
20 April 2007New Hampshire will get civil unions + The Governor of the American state of New Hampshire indicated yesterday the he will sign into law a bill to legalise same-sex civil unions.The state will become the fourth in the USA to allow such unions. -
20 April 2007Women who forced children to fight escape jail 1 A grandmother and three of her daughters who encouraged a two-year-old boy and his three-year-old sister to fight, then filmed it, have been given suspended sentences.Carole Oliver, 48, and Zara, 29, Serenza, 29, and Danielle, 19, all pleaded guilty to inciting the ill treatment of children.One of the four can be heard on the tape calling the boy a "faggot" when he did not fight his sister. -
20 April 2007Moscow Pride loses slander case against mayor 1 A court in Russia has ruled that the homophobic Mayor of Moscow did not slander gay activists by calling their gay pride parade "satanic."The organiser of the event, Nicolas Alexeyev, had filed a lawsuit at Moscow's Tverskoi District Court.In addition to demanding a retraction, parade organisers were seeking 1,000 roubles (£19) each in compensation for moral damage. -
20 April 2007City schools take on homophobic bullies + The education authorities in Coventry are to send leaflets to secondary school students about how to deal with discrimination.The leaflets from the city council will instruct pupils to speak out about bullying over race, religion, disability or sexuality.There are also plans to implement a drama workshop to encourage pupils to speak out against bullying in schools. -
20 April 2007White House gay campaigner honoured by Democrats + An HIV+ man who worked as a White House aide to President Bill Clinton and spoke out against government indifference to AIDS has been honoured at a ceremony at the US Capitol.Bob Hattoy died last month aged 56 from complications brought on by AIDS.He made a memorable speech to the Democratic National Convention in 1992, in which he told America that he did not want to die. -
20 April 2007Bomb linked to Jerusalem Pride + An explosive device detonated near Jerusalem earlier today may have been the work of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting against a gay event to be held in the city.The small pipe bomb exploded near the West Bank separation fence.One person suffered a minor leg injury and was taken to a hospital in Jerusalem.
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Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion94
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’21
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final19- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state37
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur4
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- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final19
- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'21
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
- Georgia: LGBT and anti-'gay propaganda' activists face off in mob aftermath0
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion94
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55
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