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22 November 2007EastEnders actress wins damages over lesbian story + Actress Samantha Janus has won substantial damages from a claim that she had engaged in a "three hour drug fueled lesbian orgy."She sued the Sunday Sport after story entitled "Sam's sex and drugs shame" hit newsstands on 22 July this year.Two topless photos of Janus, taken by her ex boyfriend Doug Harwood, accompanied the article. -
22 November 2007Champion athlete may have gender reassignment surgery 1 A former European pole vault medallist has decided to quit the sport, possibly to pursue a sex change operation.Yvonne Buschbaum said that a persistent achilles tendon injury and a feeling that she was "emotionally in the wrong body" have contributed to her decision to end her career.The 27-year-old said on her website: "For many years, I have had the feeling I am in the wrong body." -
22 November 2007Echoes of Diana as Queen shakes hands with HIV+ man 10 Her Majesty the Queen visited a clinic for people with AIDS for the first time today.During a state visit to Uganda the monarch shook hands with Steven Wakodo, who is HIV+, echoing the famous handshake between Diana, Princess of Wales and an HIV+ person in April 1987.The Princess's gesture helped overcome the fear of AIDS, demonstrating that the HIV virus cannot be transmitted by touch. -
22 November 2007Police warn child about homophobic abuse 1 An 11 year old boy in Gloucestershire has been given a final warning from police for using homophobic language.The child shouted three times towards his 49-year-old victim as he walked down the street in Dursley.PC Helen Seymour, Hate Crime Officer for Stroud, Stonehouse and Dursley, said her force take incidence of hate crime "very seriously." -
22 November 2007Army sergeant denies sending texts to lesbian soldier 3 An employment tribunal has heard an Army sergeant deny sending texts to a lesbian soldier claiming he could "convert" her.Lance Corporal Kerry Fletcher, 31, claims she was picked on because of her sexuality and that the staff sergeant sent her text messages indicating he wanted to have sex with her when she was working at an army stables in North Yorkshire.The sergeant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has maintained his innocence. -
22 November 2007Labour peer defends lesbian sister’s parental rights 20 The House of Lords continued its debate on the second reading of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill yesterday.During the debate a leading Labour peer revealed that his sister is a lesbian who had a child with her partner.Conservative elected hereditary peer Lord Elton said it was "extraordinary" to remove the need for a father. -
23 November 2007Tatchell to celebrate 40 years of activism 2 One of the best-known gay rights advocates in Britain will soon be celebrating his 40th year of human rights campaigning.Peter Tatchell began his first campaign in 1967 in his native Australia against the death penalty and opposition to conscription and the Australian and US war against the people of Vietnam."It is a great honour and privilege to have been part of the international human rights movement," said Mr Tatchell. -
23 November 2007New gay HIV infections at highest rate ever 20 The latest figures released today from the Health Protection Agency reveal that the number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV in the UK is at its highest rate since the start of the epidemic.2,700 gay and bisexual men were newly diagnosed last year, the highest number ever.Across the UK 1 in 20 gay and bisexual men are now living with HIV and estimates suggest this figure is as high as 1 in 10 in London. -
23 November 2007Zoo hosts anti-bullying event + The Young Anti-Bullying Alliance (Young ABA) is hosting a special event at London Zoo today to mark Blue Friday, the day when all children and young people are encouraged to dress in blue for the day in support of the anti-bullying message.Young ABA (YABA) is a recently established advisory board of nine Diana Anti-Bullying Award holders - one from each government region.This week is Anti-Bullying Week 2007, run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA). -
23 November 2007Mark World AIDS day with cycling and champagne at St Pancras + A cycling campaign group is planning to hold a ride to coincide with World Aids Day on December 1st.Southwark Cyclists' bike trek will start at the newly refurbished St Pancras International rail station. -
23 November 2007Undercover mission for gay millionaire 1 Gay entrepreneur and mutli-millionaire Terry George will feature on an upcoming episode of Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire.The owner of Bent magazine and the 118 G-A-Y directory enquiries service admitted that when he was first approached to do the show he was sceptical but "cried his eyes out" when he watched the first series on DVD.In the show, participants agree to give £30,000 to people who they deem worthy of needing the money. -
23 November 2007Police investigate suspicious death of trans woman 15 A forty-year-old trans woman has been found dead at her home in south-east London, according to reports.Kayiode Dexter Telesford, who had been living for several years under the name of Kellie Telesford, died of strangulation at her home on Leander Road in Thornton Heath.The police are treating the death as suspicious, and have asked anyone who saw Telesford between the 15th and 21st of November to contact them immediately. -
23 November 2007Greens launch campaign for Mayor of London + Sian Berry today launched her campaign to become Green Mayor of London.Earlier this year the 33-year-old won 45% of the party member's votes to become her party's candidate.Among the Green pledges unveiled at the launch of her campaign at City Hall was a "living wage" of £7.20 an hour for all Londoners working for public employers, cuts to off-peak travel fares and an increase in affordable housing across the capital. -
23 November 2007Protests ask Commonwealth to “fight” gays 10 A group of anti-gay activists has protested in Uganda against gay rights and accused Europeans of trying to change the law to decriminalise homosexuality.The demonstration by the Rainbow Coalition against Homosexuality took place at Kololo airport yesterday, and was led by Pastor Martin Sempa, who has generated large amounts of publicity through his attacks on gay people in Uganda.Her Majesty the Queen is in the African nation to open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. -
23 November 2007Norwegian church lifts ban on partnered gay clergy + The Lutheran church of Norway has lifted an outright ban on clergy in same-sex relationships.However, it will allow each bishop to decide whether or not to employ them.The decision comes after a week of debate at the churches annual meeting, with the 86 member governing synod voting 50 to 34 to change the rules. -
23 November 2007Howard upbeat as Australians go to the polls 1 Just hours before Australians go to the polls in a federal election, it looks like the predicted landslide win by Labour could turn out to be a close-run thing.The opposition party, out of power since 1996, has seen a consistent lead over the incumbent Liberals halve in one recent poll to 4%.Prime Minister John Howard, seeking a fifth term in office and widely expected to suffer a catastrophic defeat, was upbeat today. -
23 November 2007“Gay for pay” woman convicted 1 A woman was convicted of benefits fraud against the Department for Work and Pensions and Swansea Council after she claimed she was a lesbian and had split from her husband.Yvonne Lesley Butler from Swansea claimed almost £20,000 in income support, housing benefit and council tax benefits between 2003 and 2006.
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24 November 2007Howard loses his seat as Australia votes for change 1 John Howard has admitted that he's lost the Australian general election to the the Labour leader Kevin Rudd. -
26 November 2007Interview: Maria Eagle defends homophobic incitement law + The government's proposal to create a new offence of incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation has not been met with approval by some leading gay commentators.Well-respected opinion-formers such as Times columnist Matthew Parris and Independent journalist Johann Hari have questioned the need for new laws.Parris said that the gay community does not need protection from ridicule. -
26 November 2007Fallout from failed HIV vaccine trial continues + Just a few short months ago, a spirit of cautious optimism surrounded the prospects for a viable HIV vaccine.As pharmaceutical company Merck began testing its highly anticipated V520 vaccine, which it had reportedly been developing over a ten year period, there was an undercurrent of excitement among researchers in the HIV community about the radical new approach, which was expected to attack, seek out, and destroy infected cells.
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Cher to perform at New York Pride’s Dance on the Pier party1
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong11
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare4
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down10
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?16
Study: Most US gay people find the majority of religious organisations to be ‘unfriendly’3
Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage8
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of ‘institutional racism and homophobia’4
MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music6
Russia: Ban on adoption by same-sex couples unanimously passed at second reading7
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?83
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'58
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television64
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican18
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments 19
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords22
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86- US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down10
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
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 marriage86
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?83
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-
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television64
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Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61
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