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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. -
3 August 2007Gay bishop backs Obama for President 4 Openly gay Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire endorsed Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama yesterday.Bishop Robinson says he was lured to Obama's campaign because of the Illinois Democrat's experience with racism and discrimination."Frankly, I don't think there's any major candidate that is where we in the gay community would hope they would be on our issues," the bishop told AP said. -
3 August 2007Dutch use aid to push for gay rights + The Netherlands is to step up pressure for gay rights in countrieswhere it has strong aid ties.Dutch embassy officials in the 36 countries where the Netherlandsdonates much of its aid will draw up an inventory of gay, lesbian and bisexual rights legislation, according to development cooperation minister Bert Koenders. -
3 August 2007Italy raises issue of executions with Iran 11 Italy has urged Iran to stop executions, today, citing Rome's 'deepuneasiness' with a spate of executions of gay people in the IslamicRepublic.More than 140 people have been executed in Iran so far this year, many of them convicted of 'hooliganism,' which some reports say includes consensual gay sex.Islamic law states that all sexual acts outside of a heterosexualmarriage - referred to as sodomy - are forbidden. -
3 August 2007Controversial footballer opens Stockholm Pride 1 Former Liverpool and Sweden footballer Glenn Hysén opened Stockholm Pride this week with a speech denouncing homophobia in sport."Sometimes, sport turns us into good team players, but sometimes sport turns us into anxious homophobic herd animals," he said, according to TheLocal.seHysén was widely decried as a bad choice for Stockholm Pride, after he infamously punched a man who allegedly propositioned him in a Frankfurt Airport toilet in 2001. -
3 August 2007Australian PM moves against gay adoptions 3 The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, is introducing legislation to ban same-sex couples from adopting children from other countries.The Family Law (Same Sex Adoption) Bill could be introduced as early as next week.If it becomes law, children adopted in other countries by same-sexcouples will not be granted visas to enter Australia. -
3 August 2007TURING: An awkward trip to the seaside + The young couple still looked devastated.Their faces somehow managed to capture the ephemeral nature of human facial expression, and transform it into a permanent imprint, a record, if you will, of human emotions.They existed outside the law then; they exist outside the law now. -
3 August 2007Brighton prepares for sunny Pride 4 The UK's biggest Pride parade, complete with musical-theatre themed parade, a festival and promises of sunshine, will grace Brighton this Saturday.Pride in Brighton Hove, which is free, attracted over 120,000 revellers last year.Torsten Højer, editor of Brighton's leading gay magazine 3Sixty, told PinkNews.co.uk: "We are so excited about this year's events and tomorrow's parade should be the best ever - plus the sun is going to shine!" -
3 August 2007Akinola to ordain dissident English bishop 15 The gay-hostile Archbishop of Nigeria is planning to ordain his own 'flying bishop' in England, in a direct challenge to the authority of Rowan Williams.Archbishop Peter Akinola has already appointed a bishop to minister to Anglicans in America who object to gay people in the church, despite a plea from the Archbishop of Canterbury not to split the worldwide Communion.A source describing himself as a 'worker in the Nigerian diocese' said Archbishop Akinola's plans were common knowledge. -
3 August 2007Conference to discuss fire and rescue LGBT issues + Gay rights organisation, trade unions, politicains and fire and rescue professionals from across the country are to meet later this year to discuss LGBT topics.Avon Fire Service, the Fire Brigades Union, Stonewall and Unison are holding a groundbreaking conference to discuss LGBT equality in the fire and rescue service.The two-day conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in the Fire Service - an Absolute Taboo? will feature speeches from Ben Summerskill and Brian Paddick. -
3 August 2007Mass gay kiss-in protest in Rome + Over a thousand same-sex couples took park in a mass 'kiss-in' last night, the second such protest after two men were arrested for 'public indecency' in front of the iconic Roman monument last week.The amorous demonstration was called by Italian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender association Arcigay.The two men, identified only as Roberto L, 27 and Michele M, 28, were arrested by seven armed Carabinieri and held for 45 minutes last week. -
4 August 2007Gay former police chief to run for London Mayor 2 As PinkNews.co.uk had previously speculated, Brian Paddick, who was until his retirement, Britain's most senior openly gay police officer, has been short-listed to run as the Liberal Democrats candidate for the Mayor of London.A Liberal Democrat source said: "We have been in talks with Brian Paddick and we hope and expect him to go forward for nomination as part of a full and open selection process." -
6 August 2007Hillary Clinton campaign getting most ‘gay’ donations + A survey of US presidential campaign contributions from 'gay' areashas revealed that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual voters aremaking most of their donations to Senator Hillary Clinton.The democratic frontrunners received the most support, Senator Clinton received 48% of contributions from postcodes with large LGBT populations.Senator Barack Obama received 39% and former Senator John Edwards received just 13%.
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6 August 2007Congress considers HIV treatment bill 3 Congressman Eliot Engel, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen have reintroduced the Early Treatment for HIV Act, a bipartisan bill that will save lives by allowing states to provide Medicaid coverage to low-income, HIV-positive Americans.The legislation addresses a cruel irony in healthcare coverage for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. -
6 August 2007Sun shines on Brighton’s ‘perfect’ Pride 4 The UK's most gay city welcomed visitors from across Britain to its Pride event on Saturday.A huge parade through the streets of Brighton was cheered on by thousands on onlookers as the sun shone down.An estimated 150,000 people took part in the festivities at Preston Park, where fairground rides, dance tents and food stalls did a roaring trade throughout the afternoon.
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6 August 2007Activists try to stop Nigeria’s bid for Commonwealth glory + Gay activists in Nigeria have questioned whether that country should be allowed to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of its "systematic persecution of lesbian and gay Nigerians."A delegation led by Davis Mac-Iyalla, founder and leader of the gay Christian group, Changing Attitude Nigeria, met with the chief executive of the Games Federation (CGF) in London last week to put their case.They presented the CGF with an 11-page report setting out why it should reject the bid by the Nigerian city of Abuja. -
6 August 2007Revealed: The 237 reasons for having sex + A recent study from psychology researchers David Buss and Cindy Meston from the University of Texas uncovered 237 motivations ranging from attraction to revenge as the motives for sexual encounters.Their study, which will appears in the August issue of Archives of Sexual Behaviour, is just the beginning of an ongoing mission to discover just why people are having sex. -
6 August 2007Equality and Inclusion Monitoring and Research Manager – Olympic Delivery Authority + Reporting to the Head of Equality Inclusion, you will ensure that the ODA's equality monitoring systems operate effectively.You will produce timely reports analysing data and ensuring that reports are disseminated to achieve the greatest effect in driving forward change by contractors, the Delivery Partner, ODA and external partners. -
6 August 2007Equality and Inclusion Manager (Audit Support) – Olympic Delivery Authority + As part of an integrated Equality Inclusion Team (see attached organagram) you will play a key role in the team focussed on ensuring that the ODA's equality and diversity strategy is implemented at all levels of the supply chain and through procurement.The team's ultimate goal is to ensure the ODA leaves a lasting legacy for equality in terms of a step-change in equality practice in the construction sector.
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Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’2
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill+
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities2
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships12
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault42
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion116
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’21
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault42
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion116
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final20
- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'21
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
- Georgia: LGBT and anti-'gay propaganda' activists face off in mob aftermath0
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion116
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
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
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55
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