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12 June 2007Ireland’s population is 6% gay, survey finds 1 An estimated 6% of Irish adults are believed to be lesbian or gay, and results from the first ever market research measurement of the lifestyles and spending power of Ireland's 200,000 lesbians and gay men are about to be released.The new research will shed new light on gay community lifestyle and marketing issues. -
12 June 2007Openly gay sailor could serve a third time 1 The United States Navy has again assigned an openly gay sailor to duty in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR).Former Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Knight, a Hebrew linguist recently deployed to Kuwait, has been placed on IRR duty until April 2009, despite publicly "coming out" in national media outlets and being told he would receive a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" dismissal.Knight's dismissal form, also called a DD-214, again lists his reason for dismissal as 'Completion of Service,' and places him in the IRR. -
12 June 2007Review: Two Men Talking + In a tiny, intimate venue in the heart of Whitehall, two men perform a play that records their lives as gay, Jewish South Africans.Two Men Talking starts in sweltering South Africa where Paul Browde and Murray Nossel are schoolchildren during Apartheid.Their tale takes us takes us to New York and London, through their experiences of career struggles, coming out as gay and dealing with HIV and AIDS, and finally recalling their reunion in America. -
12 June 2007Swedish government falls out over gay marriage 1 The Swedish Prime Minister is facing a revolt from his own party because he will not commit to new legislation to allow gay couples to marry.The country's coalition government is split on the issue.Fredrik Reinfeldt's conservative Moderate party have so far not decided to support further rights for gay people, but eight MPs, including one Cabinet minister, are threatening to resign over the issue. -
12 June 2007US military proposed weapon to turn enemy troops gay 15 Documents obtained under freedom of information laws in the United States have confirmed that the country's military considered developing a "gay bomb."In 1994 the US Air Force research department requested $7.5m to create a weapon that would release a chemical causing enemy soldiers to become sexually attracted to each other.The proposal described the weapons as "distasteful but completely non-lethal." Pentagon officials blocked the project.
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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 crime+
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final1- 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 state21
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur2
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law8
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’22
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally5
- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions16
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill37
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters20- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final15
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73
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
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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