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17 January 2008Gay airport guard claims sexual harassment + A gay security guard at Heathrow airport was harassed by a female colleague for sex, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.Allwyn Rondeau, 46, who lives in Feltham, Middlesex with his partner of 15 years, told the tribunal how he had rejected 42-year-old Lucy Chilton's persistent advances time and time again because he was gay, but she would not give up.The tribunal heard that on one occasion Miss Chilton "stuck her bum in the air saying 'come on give it to me'", according to The Daily Express. -
17 January 2008US gets first black lesbian mayor 5 The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has made history after the city council chose Denise Simmons to serve as the first black lesbian mayor in America.The city's more famous namesake in England made history last year when its councillors chose a woman who had transitioned sex as mayor.Gay political activists in the US praised Ms Simmons' selection by her fellow city councillors. -
17 January 2008Robbers who posed as gay jailed for five years + Two men who pretended they were gay so that they could rob a man they met in a nightclub have been sentenced to five years at Bristol Crown Court.Benjamin Butler, 29, and Matthew Wyatt, 33, duped John Gibbs at the Vibe club in Bristol before going back to his flat where they threatened him with a knife, stole his money and tied him up.The pair then fled, leaving Mr Gibbs imprisoned in his flat. -
17 January 200821% not aware of HIV risk from unprotected sex 1 New figures from the National AIDS Trust's Public Attitudes Towards HIV Survey released today show that the UK population is becoming more ignorant about HIV.6% of those surveyed were able to correctly identify all of the ways HIV is transmitted, without any false responses.21% did not identify unprotected sex between a man and a woman as a way of contracting HIV. -
17 January 2008Bisexuality “not a phase” conclude researchers 3 Bisexuality in women is a distinct orientation and not just a "phase", according to a study carried out at the University of Utah.Lisa Diamond, an associate professor of psychology and gender studies, led the research which followed 79 women who identified themselves as lesbian, bisexual or unlabelled for a decade.She concluded that bisexual women continued to be attracted to both sexes over time. -
17 January 2008Gay delegates to hold key positions at Democratic convention + The executive committee of the US Democratic party's National Committee has approved seven LGBT delegates to three important standing committees.The convention in Denver in August will formally choose the party's candidate for President of the United States.The Advocate reports that prominent LGBT party members have been appointed to the platform, rules, and credentials committees.In all 25 delegates have been selected to serve on the standing committees. -
17 January 2008Orthodox bishop links homosexuals to paedophiles 6 A senior Russian church leader has condemned social acceptance of homosexuality, declaring that it is the church's "duty" to correct public opinion.In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegal, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, who is head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, said that not viewing homosexuality as a sin will lead to a variety of other sexual perversions."If you excuse homosexuality, why not excuse paedophilia?" he said. -
17 January 2008Feature: Searching for the true meaning of gay love 2 A new play about modern gay love and relationships opens in London next week. -
17 January 2008Australian government plans to censor net content 7 Internet freedom may be to be under threat in Australia when the new Labour government introduces censorship guidelines to combat child pornography and violent websites.The government has announced plans to restrict and block inappropriate content and provide a censored version of the internet.Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy said: "The government policy applies to computers in homes, schools and libraries and targets pornography and ultra-violent sites." -
18 January 2008Teletubbies makers pay compensation to “faggot” actor + Ragdoll Limited, who make the Teletubbies have been ordered by an employment tribunal to pay 2000 pounds to an actor who was called a "faggot" by a fellow cast member.However, Issac Blake, 28, from Cardiff lost the majority of his case after being sacked as an actor for the BBC children's programme In the Night Garden. -
18 January 2008Lust, Caution + Taiwanese director Ang Lee is nothing if not eclectic in his output. -
18 January 2008P.S. I Love You + The sheer unpleasantness of the thought that, one day, we are all bound to die has naturally led to human beings creating various methods to avoid worrying about the inevitable. -
18 January 2008Charlie Wilson’s War + Every now and then, a film comes along that has Oscar written all over it. -
18 January 2008Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead + Veteran director Sidney Lumet, best known for the Al Pacino-starring 1970s classics Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, has had a rather hit-and-miss time of it in his six decades-long career. -
18 January 2008Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem + A sequel to a dire action/horror movie - especially one based on a computer game - is normally cause to flee for the hills. -
18 January 2008No Country For Old Men + Everyone loves the Coen Brothers, surely? Over the last two decades, the oddball pair have produced some of the weirdest and most wonderful movies ever to have come out of America - quirky yet accessible, and always with a streak of deliciously black humour running throughout.The Coens have given us that modern icon, Jeff Bridges' White Russian-supping bowling layabout The Dude in their biggest hit, The Big Lebowski. -
18 January 2008In the Valley of Elah + Films about the psychological aftermath of war have a long and generally speaking highly distinguished history. -
18 January 2008Sweeney Todd 1 Love him for his quirky visual style or hate him for his apparently deliberate appeal to that subsection of the teenage market that dresses in black all the time, mostly while writing dire poetry about death and unrequited love, Tim Burton is undoubtedly one of the more interesting and individual of mainstream Hollywood directors. -
18 January 2008Kuwaitis arrested for “impersonating opposite sex” 3 A leading human rights charity has drawn attention to the plight of more than a dozen people arrested and jailed under new "dress code" laws in Kuwait.Human Rights Watch has called for them to be released.The law was approved by the National Assembly on December 10th 2007. -
18 January 2008Funding secured for homeless LGBT services 1 An advice service for homeless LGBT people in London will continue until at least 2012 thanks to new funding from the city's borough councils.Stonewall Housing offers expert advice to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who are homeless or experiencing housing crisis.The group estimates that 1,000 LGBT people will contact their helpline or visit one of their drop-in surgeries over the next twelve months.
Articles from January 2008
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Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed3
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row5
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’19
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe12
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill11
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many8
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill47
- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins48- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 47
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 87
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row5
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 32
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister16
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
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 marriage87
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 bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59-
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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