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15 August 2007Thai government considers new trans rights + Thailand, one of the world's most tolerant countries towards transvestites and transsexuals, may soon allow people who have had a sex change to officially alter their title.A proposal which would allow transgender men or women to choose how they are addressed is being considered by the country's National Legislative Assembly, to support an anti-discrimination provision in the draft constitution, according to AP.Thailand is widely tolerant but many trans people face family pressure, social prejudice and domestic violence. -
15 August 2007Soho’s council reaches out to gay community 1 The City of Westminster council has announced new measures to ensure members of the LGBT community in the London borough are properly catered for.The council will undertake a period of consultation over the remainder of the summer, before producing a new engagement strategy in December 2007. -
15 August 2007Swedish Christians attack gay Jesus exhibition 19 A fight involving as many as 30 people broke out at a photographic exhibition in the Swedish city of Jonkoping.The controversy surrounds the Ecco Homo exhibit, which portrays Jesus Christ as a gay man.Ecco Homo has long been a source of disagreement among Swedish Christians - the series of 12 images was exhibited at the nation's leading cathedral in Uppsala with the permission of the archbishop and toured the country. -
15 August 2007Gay Soprano’s new ad upsets gay activists + The character of Vito Spatafore was groundbreaking - a gay gangster in the world of the ultra-violent Sopranos television drama.Of course, his was not a Queer as Folk story arc of self-discovery and slow acceptance.After successfully hiding his sexuality for over 40 episodes, the mob finally clicked that Vito was gay. -
15 August 2007Circumcision “ineffective” as HIV prevention in gay men 1 With male circumcision showing effectiveness in reducing female-to-male HIV transmission among African heterosexual men, some are questioning whether the tool might also be effective in other populations affected by HIV, including gay men and other groups of men who have sex with men (MSM).Two contrasting studies examining this issue were presented at last month's International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Sydney. -
15 August 2007Comment: Despite the fanfare, freedom still eludes gay Indians 57 As India celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain, Balaji Ravichandran explains why he feels neither free nor independent. -
15 August 2007Gay.com founder launches gay advertising network + A leading gay entreprenuer has joined forces with many of America's leading internet and regional LGBT titles to create a new online ad network.Gay Ad Network was founded by Mark Elderkin, a 13-year industry veteran and pioneer in developing gay online advertising and subscription-based businesses.As president of PlanetOut, Inc. -
15 August 2007Stonewall Awards to be held at VA 52 Gay equality organisation Stonewall has announced that its second annual awards ceremony will be held on November 1st at the Victoria Albert Museum in London.They will be presented by Doctor Who and Any Dream Will Do star John Barrowman, who won Entertainer of the Year at last year's ceremony.The Stonewall Awards are sponsored by Barclays. -
15 August 2007PinkNews.co.uk re-launches daily newsletter + Readers of PinkNews.co.uk can now sign up for a new, improved newsletter service.Due to the large number of subscribers, the old system had become erratic and at times failed to deliver our lunchtime round-up of popular stories to everyone who wanted one.Now, thanks to investment in a new system, all readers who sign up to the newsletter should receive an email update every weekday lunchtime. -
15 August 2007BBC apologises for Blue Peter presenter + An openly gay member of the London Assembly has accepted an apology from the deputy director-general of the BBC over an incident involving a Blue Peter presenter.Brian Coleman, deputy chairman of the London Assembly and Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, complained after Konnie Huq appeared at the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone's weekly press conference.In the course of his remarks to journalists the Mayor made political comments about Mr Coleman. -
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MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music+
Russia: Ban on adoption by same-sex couples unanimously passed at second reading+
Barry Cryer brands ITV’s Vicious ‘homophobic’ television2
Gay dating website for ‘homosensible’ Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican1
Australian Senator Cory Bernardi: ‘I was right to warn that equal marriage could lead to polygamy’11
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords15
UK: Lesbian asylum seeker faces imminent deportation to Uganda5
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: ‘I’m against equal marriage but don’t call me homophobic’37
Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments18
US: Illinois equal marriage group pledges $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage+
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?74
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16- Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'37
- Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments 18
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment60
US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics9- Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords15
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84-
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?74
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage66
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60-
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment60
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