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13 June 2007Presidential candidates give support to equal rights + The Human Rights Campaign have released their 2008 Democratic candidate questionnaire outlining where the announced candidates for President stand on issues important to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.The Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay civil rights organisation in the US, released the questionnaires along with a report card based upon the candidates' responses in order to assist pro-equality voters in determining the public policy positions of the candidates. -
13 June 2007Gay gun enthusiast ejected from Pride 1 Pro-gun activist David Nelson was ejected from last week's Utah Pride festival by its organisers, security and law-enforcement officers for possessing an unconcealed firearm.Nelson, who owns the gay group Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah, has filed a complaint with city Police Chief Chris Burbank against Lt. -
13 June 2007Teenage lesbians upset after bus ejection + Two 14-year-old girls were kicked of a bus in Oregon for kissing have gone public about the humiliating incident.Maika Rich and Jocelyn O'Neal told KATU-TV that they were on a bus headed to the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Centre last Friday.A passenger complained to the driver that they had been kissing. -
13 June 2007China uses gay bars to spread safe sex message + Free condoms, AIDS awareness posters and even safe-sex themed dance performances are some of the tools being used by venue owners in Beijing to educate their patrons about the dangers of HIV.Staff will be offered bonuses for educating gay men about safe sex in a joint campaign in nineteen of the city's gay bars.According to the Chinese CDC, the number of HIV-positive MSM has doubled since 2004, with only 10-20% of China's estimated 20 million MSM using condoms. -
13 June 2007Gay bashing reggae performers promise to stop the hate 2 Three of the world's top reggae and dancehall singers have renounced homophobia and condemned violence against lesbians and gay men.Beenie Man, Sizzla and Capleton had previously released anti-gay hate songs, including incitements to murder lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.They have now signed up to the Reggae Compassionate Act in a deal brokered with top reggae promoters and Stop Murder Music activists. -
13 June 2007Anglican dissidents plan ‘parallel’ church + Powerful conservative primates in the worldwide Anglican church plan to consecrate their own bishop to oversee American churches who oppose gay ordination.The move is in direct defiance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who wants to try to reconcile the differences in the feuding Anglican communion.Last month Archbishop Williams took the symbolic step of excluding Gene Robinson, the openly gay Bishop of New Hampshire, from the Lambeth conference. -
13 June 2007New equality proposals “oblivious” to needs of trans people 2 PinkNews.co.uk exclusive The government has published its long-awaited Discrimination Law Review, and is asking the public for their views on a proposed new Equality Act.The purpose of the new legislation is to simplify the current piecemeal discrimination laws and to strengthen the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights, which comes into being this autumn. -
13 June 2007Lesbian woman shot dead by police + A 37-year-old woman who was killed by a police marksman in the early hours of yesterday morning was a lesbian, it has emerged.Friends and work colleagues have described Ann Sanderson as a gentle, loyal and helpful person who suffered from mental illness.Police in the suburban town of Sevenoaks are investigating her death. -
13 June 2007Congress celebrates Americans’ right to marriage + The only openly lesbian member of the US Congress has highlighted the change in American attitudes towards marriage and asked that gay couples be given the same rights as straight citizens.A resolution authored by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin passed the House of Representatives yesterday by unanimous consent commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Loving v. -
13 June 2007Russian activists target “gay” park + Religious and nationalist groups in Moscow have said they will patrol a small park in the city that they claim is used by gay men as a meeting place.Intelfax news agency reports that around 50 people gathered yesterday to "reclaim" the park and launch their campaign.The activists said they will ask people they suspect are gay to leave the park during their nightly patrols.
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MPs reject amendment to introduce straight civil partnerships+
MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships+
Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review4
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’29
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships4
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron2
Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill+
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’4
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 29
- Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'4
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill17- MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'21
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
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
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Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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