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31 October 2007HIV may have come to US in 1960s + The HIV virus arrived the United States in 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for a world epidemic, scientists said on Monday.According to Reuters, Michael Worobey, a University of Arizona evolutionary biologist, said the 1969 U.S. -
31 October 2007Gay hate church trial nears end 3 Shirley Phelps-Roper took the witness stand last week as the lawsuit brought against her father's Westboro Baptist Church drew to a close.Phelps-Roper told jurors at the courtroom in Baltimore that she was an angel sent to speak the truth to "earth dwellers" about the hate God has for their evil.She explained last week that's why she picketed the funeral of Matthew Snyder, a 20-year-old Marine who was killed in Iraq in March of 2006. -
31 October 2007New community forum for LGB Leicestershire + Leicester's Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Centre has set up a new forum to tackle homophobia and increase the involvement of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in their local community.The Community Forum will enable LGBT people who live or work in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland to give their opinions on topics which affect them.The next Forum meeting will be held on Thursday 22nd November. -
31 October 2007Third of US high school footballers have gay sex claims sociologist 1 A new study to be published in the Journal of Sex Roles suggests that one third of former American high school football players have had sexual relations with other men.Sociologist Dr. -
31 October 2007Hillary pledges AIDS funds if elected + Senator Hillary Clinton pleased HIV and AIDS groups late last week by pledging that, if elected President, she will provide at least $50 billion for the fight against AIDS by 2013 and will "make significant progress toward providing an additional one percent of the U.S. -
31 October 2007London gay men three times more likely to use drugs + New figures indicating that gay men are more than three times more likely to use drugs than other Londoners has prompted a gay health charity to launch a new campaign.37% of gay and bisexual men in London took drugs in the last year, compared to 11% of the general population.The new campaign by Gay Men Fighting AIDS (GMFA) highlights the increased risks that gay men may take when using alcohol or drugs and provides tips on planning for safer sex. -
31 October 2007Political parties reach out to gay graduates + The Labour and Conservative parties are among the organisations and businesses featured in the latest Stonewall guide for gay and lesbian job seekers.The third Starting Out guide was launched last night at the University of London Students Union.Representatives of many of the companies listed in the guide attended, as did LGB students from across the country.At 322 pages, this year's Starting Out is the biggest so far. -
31 October 2007Comment: It’s STILL Elementary + Academy award-winning director Debra Chasnoff on teaching American schoolchildren about LGBT people. -
31 October 2007Magistrate who refused to rule on gay adoption loses appeal 9 A former magistrate who claimed unfair dismissal after he was told he could not pick and choose which adoption cases to rule on has lost his appeal.In March 62-year-old Andrew McClintock learned that his legal action against the Lord Chancellor, claiming that his Bible-influenced opinions should allow him to be excused from approving gay adoptions, was rejected by an employment tribunal.He said he was disappointed by today's decision by an employment appeal tribunal and vowed to take his case to the Court of Appeal. -
31 October 2007Irish gays drum up support for civil unions 13 The leading gay organisation in the Republic of Ireland has called on all political parties in the country to support a bill legalising same-sex civil unions.The opposition Labour party are to re-introduce the legislation in the Dáil, the Irish parliament, this evening.Eoin Collins, director of policy change at the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) said the proposed new legislation was a significant step. -
31 October 2007Pride petrol bomber charged with hate crime + Prosecutors in Croatia yesterday charged a 25-year-old with a hate crime for attempting to throw petrol bombs at a Pride parade.Identified only as Josip S, he is the first person accused of a hate crime in the country since they became an offence under the country's Penal Code in 2006.Police spotted him at the Pride event on 7th July with petrol bombs but he fled the scene. -
31 October 2007Gay workplace protection law stalls in Congress + The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was due to come before lawmakers this week, but a slew of other business has delayed its passage, as arguments about trans protections continue.Attempts by a lesbian lawmaker in the US Congress to include trans people in new workplace legislation may fail to gain support from Democrats.Many of the Democrats elected for the first time last November do not want ENDA to include protections for trans people, fearful of a backlash from conservatives. -
31 October 2007Gay philanthropist leaves masterpieces to the nation + The late Simon Sainsbury, a reclusive member of the supermarket dynasty, has bequeathed 18 works of art worth an estimated £100m to the National and Tate galleries.His bequest is the most generous gift to the nation in recent times.The National Gallery, where Sir Simon funded the much-admired Sainsbury Wing with his brothers, is to receive five works by Monet, Degas, Gauguin and Rousseau. -
31 October 2007Gay themes at the Jewish Film Festival + The UK Jewish Film Festival in its 11th year is presenting an eclectic range of films this season, including several that are concerned with Jewish-gay issues and perspectives.Screenings of 43 films, 25 of which are UK premieres, will open in cinemas all over London this November, and a new "on tour" initiative will be bringing the films to cinemas across the UK from January to March.
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US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’3
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Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters16
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