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2 August 2007Deputy First Minister’s strong support for gay rights + One of the most senior members of the Northern Ireland government has expressed his strong support for equality in the province.Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, the former terrorist turned statesman, visited his home city of Derry yesterday to launch a week-long gay festival."In years gone by and when I was growing up in Derry, people often made derogatory remarks against gays," said Mr McGuinness, according to the Irish Times. -
2 August 2007Gay rights activist faces charges for outing politician 1 Nicolas Alexeyev, the gay rights activist and organiser of Moscow Pride, was charged with slander by Russian authorities yesterday and faces a criminal investigation.The charges arise from comments he made on live TV in June, when he outed Russian MP Alexander Cheuv as a homosexual.To prove that he is guilty of slander, Russian investigating authorities will have to demonstrate that calling Mr Chuev 'gay' spoilt his reputation or dignity. -
2 August 2007MPs worried about new equality commission + A committee of MPs has expressed concern that the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights will not be ready to take on its new role when it starts work in October.The Communities and Local Government Select Committee also said that equality issues, which includes gay rights, "have slipped down the Government's agenda."The MPs called on the government to bring forward a new Single Equality Act without delay. -
2 August 2007Trans protection in goods and services moves forward 2 The Northern Ireland government intends to make it illegal to discriminate against transsexual people trying to access goods and services, according to a consultation document.At present it is not against the law to refuse to serve a transsexual person in a pub or restaurant, or refuse to rent property based on the tenant's gender identity.While the 2006 Equality Act protects people from discrimination on the grounds of gender, including that of transsexual people, this is limited to jobs and training. -
2 August 2007Gays on probation allowed to stay together + A Philadelphia judge has ruled that a gay couple banned from contacting each other while on probation have the same rights as a married couple.Daniel Mangini and Stephen Roberts, who have been together for 20 years, owned property, shared bank accounts and helped raise Roberts' young niece.They later became addicted to methamphetamine, and in 2004 were convicted of dealing 100 grams of the drug. -
2 August 2007Senate quizzes Bush nominee about military gay ban + Admiral Michael Mullen, President Bush's nominee to succeed General Peter Pace as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was questioned about the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.He called for a national debate about the current law, which allows gay, bisexual and lesbian people to serve in the US military as long as they do not disclose their sexuality. -
2 August 2007Japanese political leader to join Pride parade + Japan's Social Democratic Party leader, Mizuho Fukushima, will march with LGBT people and their supporters on 11th August in the Tokyo Pride Parade calling for equality and rights.The event, "Let's go march with Mizuho Hukushima!" will allow gay Japanese people the chance to talk with the left-leaning politician over lunch and then march with her.The SDP were the main opposition party in Japan in the 1990s, but lost support to the Democratic Party of Japan in recent years. -
2 August 2007Stonewall goes to the Eisteddfod + Gay equality organisation Stonewall will be attending the annual celebration of Welsh traditional music, language and culture, the National Eisteddfod of Wales.Tackling homophobic hate crime in Wales is the key theme to Stonewall Cymru's fifth annual Eisteddfod meeting.Speakers from North Wales Police, Crown Prosecution Service and Victim Support will highlight positive work that is being undertaken to tackle homophobic hate crime. -
2 August 2007PlanetOut reveals second quarter figures + Leading gay media company PlanetOut has posted its second quarter results for 2007. -
2 August 2007Liverpool homophobia report suppressed says councillor 2 PinkNews.co.uk exclusiveA Liverpool city councillor claimed today that council authorities tried to bury a report which found that thousands of gay, lesbian and bisexual people were leaving the city because of the scale of homophobic violence.Openly gay Liberal councillor Steve Radford said he had to appeal to the data protection information commissioner before he was given a copy of the damning report. -
2 August 2007Time to speak up for gays, Presidential candidates told + An influential US campaigning group has spoken out against the silence Democratic presidential candidates have kept over gay rights issues.Matt Foreman, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Task Force, says that despite their laudable support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, no candidate has vocally completely supported the rights of LGBT Americans.Exit poll data estimates that the LGBT community in the United States makes up approximately four percent of the voting population.
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US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state13
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur+
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law3
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’16
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally4
Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’28
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights6
Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality18
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’7
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' toilets26
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss11
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill36
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters20
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the 'justification and display of homosexuality'28
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11
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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