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8 June 2007Actor dropped from hit TV show after using gay slur 5 Actor Isaiah Washington has been dropped from hit US show Grey's Anatomy after he called his co-star a faggot.According to ABC Television studios, his contract has not been renewed.In statement Washington, who plays Dr Preston Burke, said: "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." -
8 June 2007Fired trans manager changes name 1 A Florida city manager who was fired just days after her gender reassignment surgery has officially changed her name, from Steve Stanton to Susan Stanton, after a two-minute court hearing yesterday.Susan Ashley Stanton told reporters: "I didn't anticipate this being the emotional experience it was. -
8 June 2007Thousands attend Pride in Tel Aviv + Several thousand people are participating in the gay pride parade in Tel Aviv today.Participants are walking from central Rabin Square to a downtown beach, with entertainment from DJs, bands and performance artists.Police have reported no serious incidents, despite threatened opposition from rightwing and religious campaigners. -
8 June 2007Singer raises £1,000 for charity + Singer Will Young has turned designer by creating his own deckchair, which sold for £1,000 in a charity auction this week.The deckchair was a multi-coloured design with the words "The leaves are brown and the sky is gay" emblazoned across.The chair was designed for the Deckchair Dreams campaign, in order to raise money for London's Royal Parks. -
8 June 2007Paris Hilton: I bought the law and the law won? Back in prison 5 A judge has ordered a tearful Paris Hilton back to prison on today to complete sentence for repeated probation violation, effectively overturning a decision made by the local sheriff to allow the star to spend part of her sentence under home arrest.Paris Hilton is apparently a "gay icon" following her television series The Simple Life. -
8 June 2007Big Brother welcomes gay house mates 3 Two gay men have entered the Big Brother House to join an all female cast apart from a lone heterosexual male, Ziggy31-year-old Gerry is a gay Paris Hilton loving gallery researcher who describes himself as a hedonistic hypocrite and a total control freak.Once a month he goes to fetish clubs and loves leather, kilts and boots. -
9 June 2007Lewis loses out in Any Dream Will Do, so won’t star in Joseph 3 Lewis has been voted off Any Dream Will Do, the hit BBC talent contest to find the next star of Joseph.The programme, hosted by Graham Norton and judged by judged by Joseph composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber and his esteemed panel of experts - Broadway and West End leading lady Denise Van Outen, celebrated theatre producer Bill Kenwright, Torchwood star John Barrowman and outspoken vocal coach Zoe Tyler. -
9 June 2007Lee wins Any Dream Will Do, will become Joseph 4 Lee has won Any Dream Will Do, the BBC talent show to find the star of Joseph was hosted by gay comic and television presenter, Graham Norton.The series was judged by Joseph composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber and his esteemed panel of experts - Broadway and West End leading lady Denise Van Outen, celebrated theatre producer Bill Kenwright, Torchwood star John Barrowman and outspoken vocal coach Zoe Tyler. -
9 June 2007George Michael performs first concert at new Wembley Stadium + Just a day after being sentenced to 100 hours of community service and receiving a two year driving ban, George Michael has played the first ever concert at the new Wembley, seven years since Bon Jovi played the last concert at the old stadium in August 2000.District Judge Katherine Marshall at Brent Magistrates Court ruled out a custodial sentence, instead giving the gay singer 100 hours community service and a two year driving ban. -
11 June 2007Violence casts a shadow over gay Pride + Romania's gay pride celebration on Saturday was marred as police used tear gas against protesters who hurled stones at marchers in the capital city Bucharest, officials said.According to the Associated Press, about 100 people were detained for throwing stones and fireworks at police and about 400 participants in the gay rights march, said Christian Ciocan, a police spokesman.Police responded with tear gas. -
11 June 2007General who opposed gays in the military leaves top job + CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has reported that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Peter Pace's departure from that post may be linked to his recent comments regarding lesbian and gay military personnel.According to Starr's report, Pace's comments, along with his role in planning the war in Iraq and his support for convicted Vice Presidential advisor I. -
11 June 2007Energy drink blamed for painful priapism + A New York man has filed a law suit against the makers of the health drink Boost Plus, claiming the vitamin-enriched beverage gave him an erection that would not go away.Christopher Woods said he bought the protein supplement beverage at a drugstore on June 5, 2004.He drank it, and the next day woke up with what he described in court papers as "an erection that would not subside." -
11 June 2007New York counts the cost of gay nuptials + New York City Comptroller William C. -
11 June 2007Moscow Pride organiser convicted of disobeying police 1 Nicolas Alexeyev, the main organiser of last month's banned Moscow Pride event, has been found guilty by a Russian court of breaching traffic rules by not obeying orders from police.He was fined £20, but said he would not pay the fine, claiming the court had not accepted video evidence proving that he and other gay rights activists had not broken the law.Gay rights advocates had attempted to deliver a letter of protest to the office of the Mayor of Moscow on the day of the banned march, May 27th. -
11 June 2007Gays to feature at free West End musical event + The London Gay Men's Chorus will sing to thousands of fans at the UK's biggest free theatre festival in the heart of the capital next week.The chorus - the best known gay choir in Europe, with 200 singing members - will perform at West End Live in Leicester Square.They will join a host of top West End shows at the festival such as Dirty Dancing, Avenue Q, Fame, Mamma Mia, Little Shop of Horrors, Menopause the Musical, Drowsy Chaperone and the Sound of Music. -
11 June 2007Three million party for gay rights in Brazil + The world's largest Pride event has taken place in Sao Paulo.Three million revellers packed the streets of the Brazilian city in what officials have called the largest parade in the world.Police have confirmed the crowd figures, outstripping last year's turnout of 2.5 million.Parade organiser Nelson Matias Pereira told AP this year's participants are appealing for a "world where racism, sexism and homophobia, in all their forms, no longer exist." -
11 June 2007Americans more tolerant of gays + A recent survey conducted by Gallup has found that US public "tolerance" toward gay rights has made a bit of a comeback.When Americans were first asked in 1977 whether gay relations should be legal, just 43 percent of respondents answered in the affirmative.By the middle of 2003, the number had jumped to 60 percent, only to plummet (to 50 percent) after the Supreme Court struck down a Texas sodomy law in June of that same year. -
11 June 2007Gay media attracting record advertising dollars + Advertising spending in the American gay and lesbian press has grown at almost three times the rate of consumer magazines over the past ten years.According to the Gay Press Report, ad spending in gay and lesbian publications the US last year reached a record $223.3 million (£113m), an increase of 5.2 percent over 2005 and an increase of 205 percent since 1996.During the same 10-year period, ad revenues for all consumer magazines increased by only 47 percent. -
11 June 2007More death threats for anti-gay bishop + An Italian bishop who compared moves to give gay couples some rights to incest and child abuse has received three bullets and a threat against his life in the post.Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco's cathedral was attacked by vandals in April.He was placed under police guard after he was sent a bullet in the post later that month, accompanied by a picture of the Archbishop defaced with a swastika. -
11 June 2007Jewish holy men curse Jerusalem Pride 1 A group of orthodox rabbis have placed a curse on an upcoming gay parade in the Israeli capital, and vowed to hold a massive rally in protest next week.The rabbis, from the Eda Haredit sect, made a statement about the event yesterday.
Articles from June 2007
Top stories
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons+
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’1
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties3
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage27
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’15
Humanist wedding amendment withdrawn over concerns of human rights convention breach10
David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: ‘I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!’22
Made in Chelsea’s Ollie Locke: ‘I’ve tried to push myself to be gay but I’m actually bisexual’7
London beaten gay couple urge politicians to beware of legitimising anti-gay attitudes3
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins26
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
- US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins26
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 93
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill61
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet17- France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 27
George Michael's lucky escape after falling out of a car travelling at 70mph6
Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track16- David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: 'I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!'22
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62-
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill61
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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