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9 November 2007Rosie reveals talk show will not go ahead + "We were close to a deal/almost done/well what can u do/2day there is no deal/poof/my career as a pundit is over/b4 it began."For those who frequent Rosie.com, you know that's Rosie O'Donnell blog speak for it ain't gonna happen.Just two days after NBC confirmed to the press that it was in talks with the former View host to headline her own political gabfest, O'Donnell posted a message on her blog saying such talks had ceased. -
9 November 2007Same-sex couples fight for equal health benefits + The Michigan Supreme Court currently is weighing whether a constitutional amendment barring gay marriages also prohibits public agencies and schools from offering health care benefits to the same-sex partners of employees.According to the Detroit Free Press, the state's high court heard arguments from both sides on Tuesday, with lawyers representing Attorney General Mike Cox saying such benefits are unconstitutional because they mirror benefits available only to married couples. -
9 November 2007Discrimination against gay athletes on sports agenda + At a recent sports conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, hundreds of leading media professionals, academics, and officials met to discuss controversial issues in the sports world.Among those topics, which included changes to the current doping policy, was addressing the discrimination against the growing number of gay athletes."Play the Game" is an independent institution which aims to strengthen the basic ethical values of sport. -
9 November 2007Canadians mark 40 years of gay rights activism + On November 7, 1967, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the appeal of George Everett Klippert, who had been condemned to indefinite imprisonment for consensual sexual relations with other men.The next day, Tommy Douglas, the first leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, rose in the House of Commons and called for homosexuality to be decriminalised.Since then, the NDP has led the pack in defense of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. -
9 November 2007Bi and gay Africans with HIV face double stigma says report + The first study into the lives of gay and bisexual African men living with HIV in London describes the challenges they face in dealing with the complex and sometimes contradictory realities of life.The report, entitled I count myself as being in a different world: African gay and bisexual men living with HIV in London, has just been released by the Centre of Sexual Health and HIV at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.It highlights that the additional stigma of being gay or bisexual and HIV positive is difficult for African men. -
9 November 2007US grants asylum to gay Jamaican 4 A gay man who feared persecution because of his sexual orientation if forced to return to Jamaica has been given asylum in the United States.The grant of asylum to Ven Messam was issued by the U.S. -
9 November 2007Maltese press question MEP over gay club visits + A leading newspaper in Malta has questioned the gay-hostile voting record of one of the country's Member of the European Parliament in light of revelations that he is a regular at Brussels gay bars.LGBT activists are angry that David Casa, 38, voted against motions in the parliament that condemned homophobic violence and discrimination.Newspaper Il Torca reported: "Many homosexuals commented with this newspaper that David Casa was seen a number of times in gay clubs in Brussels." -
9 November 2007Gay candidates victorious in elections across the US + An organisation dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBT elected officials at all levels in the United States has announced that dozens of openly gay and lesbian candidates running in municipal and state legislative races across the country won their elections this week.According to the Gay Lesbian Victory Fund, of the record 71 candidates endorsed by the group in 2007, at least 31 won their races on Tuesday, while 10 were elected earlier this year. -
9 November 2007Nigeria loses out on Commonwealth Games + Glasgow will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, it was announced today.Scotland's largest city beat a bid from the Nigerian city of Abuja by 47 votes to 24 at a meeting of the Games voting nations in Sri Lanka.Gay activists in Nigeria had questioned whether that country should be allowed to host the Games because of its "systematic persecution of lesbian and gay Nigerians." -
9 November 2007Welcome for evangelical voice on equality commission 39 A group that examines religion in public life has welcomed the appointment of the head of the Evangelical Alliance UK to the new Commission on Equality and Human Rights (ECHR).The think-tank Ekklesia says that the controversial evangelical taking his place on the commission is "an historic opportunity for evangelicals to shift toward full acceptance of the equalities agenda."Joel Edwards was a controversial choice for many LGBT activists. -
9 November 2007BBC soap to get new gay character + EastEnders, the most-watched programme on the BBC, is to get a new gay character in the New Year.The gay brother of character Jane Beale will arrive in Albert Square in early 2008.The soap's executives were inspired to include a gay character after a similar move by ITV's Coronation St proved to be a big hit with viwers.The Mirror reported: "The bosses at EastEnders have seen how well Antony Cotton does as Sean in Corrie." -
9 November 2007Poll results questioned as ENDA fallout continues + America's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality organisation, Human Rights Campaign, has been challenged by gay journalists over an opinion poll it published in relation to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).The proposed new law was originally framed to protect LGBT people from workplace discrimination, but was amended to remove trans people when it became clear that an unamended ENDA would not pass the House of Representatives. -
9 November 2007Brighton teenagers trading sex for a place to stay + Vulnerable young people are trading sex just for a place to sleep, a year-long research study by charity Barnardos has revealed.The work focused on Sussex, and the vast majority of young people described in the case studies as 'known' or 'suspected' examples of sexual exploitation were aged between 16 and 18 years and were of White British origin.One quarter was male and the majority of these young men identified as gay. -
9 November 2007Political party’s anti-gay posters evade prosecution 1 A Swiss right-wing political party will not face charges over advertising posters which called gay couples infertile.The Swiss People's Party (UDC) was campaigning earlier this year against a proposal to extend tax benefits to same-sex partners in Geneva.The party's general secretary added to the controversy by saying that gay people contribute nothing to society because they do not have children.
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Travel: Is Las Vegas a ‘Fabulous’ gay holiday destination?+
Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill11
Russia: LGBT rights group fined 500,000 rubles under ‘foreign agent’ law5
Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage3
South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam8
South Australia officially congratulates New Zealand on equal marriage, ahead of introduction of its own bill2
Watch LIVE: House of Lords debates same-sex marriage amendments+
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans: ‘I continue to refute all allegations’+
Liberace's ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson18- Live blog: Highlights from the House of Lords committee on same-sex marriage22
Brazil: Lawmakers approve bill which would remove ban on 'gay cure' therapy 25
Tory MP John Glen criticises Bishop of Salisbury for voicing support for equal marriage31
Michelle Shocked to return to San Francisco during Pride Week, to clarify her feelings following anti-gay rant23
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican20- Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
- Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong26
Gay 'cure' therapy NHS ban motion gains cross-party support4
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage88
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television85
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?84
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment71
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 marriage67
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'64
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill62
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