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4 January 2008Obama and Huckabee win in Iowa 4 In an excting night in American politics, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have won the first votes in the race to choose the country's Presidential candidates.Obama, the first African-American to stand a serious chance of winning nomination by a major party, romped home in a rural state that is 95% white.His stunning victory over former First Lady Hillary Clinton and former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards has transformed the race for the White House. -
4 January 2008Why women and gay men could drive you round the bend 4 Gay men and women are most likely to get lost driving on unknown roads, according to a new study.Psychologists at Queen Mary, University of London, announced their findings after computer-based tests on 140 volunteers showed gay men and women performed worse than heterosexual men in tasks involving navigation and spatial awareness.Dr Qazi Rahman, who led the team of researchers, believed it showed women relied on local landmarks to navigate, and are slower to take in spatial information. -
4 January 2008New ‘divorce’ rights for Australian gay couples + Gay and de facto couples in Australia who break up are set to win the same property rights as married couples.Unmarried couples will be able to settle their differences in Family Court thanks to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls, who won Commonwealth and state backing for the federal law to be changed.Previously these couples were obliged to split their assets in state courts, which were more costly, more complicated and took longer than the Family Court. -
4 January 2008Elton’s concert could help gays says Tatchell 3 Sir Elton John has sparked controversy by setting a concert date in Abu Dhabi later this month.Homosexuality is punishable with imprisonment of up to 14 years in the country and there is general discrimination towards homosexuals in the United Arab Emirates.Peter Tatchell, gay human rights campaigner from OutRage!, said:"In early 2006, the United Arab Emirates imposed six years jail on 11 gay men arrested at a private party." -
4 January 2008As Iowa chooses, Bush snoozes + Don't expect to hear President George W. -
4 January 2008Analysis: Romney vows to fight on after losing Iowa caucus 1 Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus battle among Republicans with Mitt Romney running second. -
4 January 2008Magistrate to re-appeal over gay adoption row 9 A former magistrate who claimed unfair dismissal after he was told he could not pick and choose which adoption cases to rule on is to appeal for the second time.In March 64-year-old Andrew McClintock's 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."Gay couples have human rights too," the tribunal said. -
4 January 2008Tax victory for California’s same-sex couples + An attempt by tax officials in California to overturn property tax protections for domestic partners has been halted by the state's Supreme Court.The ruling has been hailed as a major victory by gay rights activists.California's Court of Appeal had previously affirmed the validity of a Board of Equalisation rule that protects domestic partners from increased property taxes when one of the partners dies and the other inherits the couple's home. -
4 January 2008Rosie O’Donnell is most annoying celebrity + Comedian, talk show mainstay and LGBT rights activist Rosie O'Donnell has hit back after being voted 2007's most annoying celebrity.The readers of Parade magazine in the US chose the 45-year-old, who took the title with 44% of the vote.She beat off still competition from other hated celebs Heather Mills-McCartney, rightwing polemicist Ann Coulter and gossip blogger Perez Hilton. -
4 January 2008Xena stars top lesbian lust list 3 Lucy Lawless, the actress who played Xena: Warrior Princess, has topped the LesbiaNation Top Ten Women We Love of 2007.The popular lesbian website lists "beautiful and talented women of all persuasions, artists, musicians, athletes, filmmakers, movie stars and television celebrities," but all of the top ten as voted for by their readers are TV stars.In second place was Renee O'Connor, last year's winner, who also starred in Xena as Gabrielle. -
4 January 2008Gay Tory to star in TV comedy + A former Big Brother contestant who was once a Conservative parliamentary candidate may star in a remake of a controversial 1970s television programme.Derek Laud, who also worked as a speechwriter for several leading Tories and as a lobbyist at Westminster, is an unusual figure in the party, a black, camp and openly gay man.He was a contestant in the sixth series of reality show Big Brother, which was eventually won by Anthony Hutton. -
4 January 2008Spanish PM slams Church over “family” rally comments 40 The Prime Minister of Spain has responded to Roman Catholic leaders after they criticised government policy supporting gay marriage and abortion.José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero spoke out during a speech in the Huelva town of Almonte yesterday following comments made last Sunday in Madrid at a Catholic Church rally led by Cardinals and Bishops.Clearly angry, Mr Zapatero defended his government's policies, saying they were supported by the "immense majority" of the Spanish population and that everyone had rights in Spain, whether they belonged to a religion or not.
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Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’+
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many1
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill23
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come8
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading12
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading46
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’49
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties18
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins40- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 23
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 68- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading46
- Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'49
- London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 18
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
UKIP Councillor: 'Most gays are heterophobic', and 'have no rights to marry in church'27- Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill61
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
Canada: 'Israeli apartheid' censorship row puts Toronto Pride funding in jeopardy52
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