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21 January 2008Paddick advertises crime message on PinkNews.co.uk + The Liberal Democrat contender for Mayor of London is targeting LGBT voters with adverts on PinkNews.co.uk.Brian Paddick, who as Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was the most senior out gay officer in the UK, was chosen as the party's candidate in November.Londoners will go to the polls on May 1st. -
21 January 2008Gay Christians warn of evangelical commissioner’s anti-gay crusade 3 The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement has claimed that one of the Equality and Human Rights commissioners should never have been appointed.In a ten-page dossier the LGCM states that Joel Edwards, who is director of The Evangelical Alliance, "has tried to stall or frustrate the passage of almost every single legislative reform or repeal promoting justice and fairness for the UK's lesbian and gay citizens."The EHRC is designed to promote a fair, equal and diverse society and tackling illegal discrimination. -
21 January 2008Obama references gays in Martin Luther King speech 1 The only United States federal holiday honouring an African-American is celebrated today, and Democratic candidates in the Presidential races have evoked the memory of Martin Luther King in their bid for the White House.Celebrated on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Day will be marked with a debate between the Democratic candidates sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and broadcast on CNN.Martin Luther King Day was signed into law by a Republican President, Ronald Reagan, in 1983. -
21 January 2008Teen sports pictures found on gay porn sites 1 Parents and politicians in southern California have condemned sexually explicit gay websites which feature photos of teenage boys playing water polo.An investigation by the Orange County Register discovered photographs of players from eleven high schools in the area, some as young as 14, posted next to naked images of young men on a website registered in London.Players from other California high schools were also found. -
21 January 2008Gay Jesus play condemned by church 2 A controversial play that depicts Jesus being seduced by Judas and conducting a gay marriage for two apostles has been condemned by church leaders ahead of its opening in Sydney.The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Robert Forsyth, expressed his outrage at the plot of Corpus Christi on Sunday, calling the play "historical nonsense.""It is deliberately, not innocently, offensive and they're obviously having a laugh about it," he told the Sun-Herald newspaper. -
21 January 2008Cuban law may recognise same-sex partners, say officials 2 The Cuban Communist Party is considering granting legal recognition to same-sex unions, as health officials prepare to authorise sex-change operations, the director of the Cenesex sex education centre in Cuba has said.The proposed change to Cuban family law would put members of same-sex unions on a par with heterosexual couples, psychologist Mariela Castro, who is the daughter of acting President Raul Castro and niece of Fidel, told EFE. -
21 January 2008Lords ready for fight over gay parents 20 Conservative peers and senior churchmen will this week attempt to block new legislation that will give more rights to lesbian and gay parents.Leading gay rights opponent Lord Tebbit, a former Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, wants to defeat proposals that would allow two parents of the same sex to be listed on a child's birth certificate.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill includes new recognition of same-sex couples as legal parents of children conceived through the use of donated sperm, eggs or embryos. -
21 January 2008GLAAD announces nominees for 19th Media Awards + The Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has announced the nominees and honourees for its 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.Nominees this year include the films Across the Universe, The Jane Austen Book Club and Stardust, dramas Brothers Sisters and The L Word and comedies Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty and The War at Home.My Name is Earl and Law Order are nominated in the category for an individual episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character), while Project Runway is listed in the reality programme category. -
21 January 2008Irish authority calls for trans equality review + Ireland's Equality Authority is seeking tenders for a report on extending equal status legislation to cover discrimination against trans people.The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is reviewing the grounds covered by the Equal Status Acts, which outlaw discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion and membership of the Traveller community. -
21 January 2008Gay nursing home opens in Germany 2 Europe's first gay nursing home has opened in Berlin.Berlin's gay mayor Klaus Wowereit is publicly supporting the ground-breaking project, which culminates years of planning and fund-raising.The newly built, four-storey nursing facility in the Pankow district of the German capital can accommodate 28 patients in state-of-the-art rooms with private bathrooms and enough space for some of their own furnishings.
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Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship+
US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill+
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but in Judaism we don’t do them’11
US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members1
US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder11
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’1
Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’9
Ukraine: Gay pride rally cancelled by court for fear that it will spark violence+
Cornwall: Tory deputy chair Sarah Newton defends abstaining in equal marriage Commons vote13
Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’40
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people46
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 59
David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords47
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth 'dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?' 10- Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'40
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained17
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'46
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
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
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote62-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur59
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
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