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14 February 2008Ugandan bishops will boycott Lambeth conference + The Archbishop of Uganda said today that bishops from the country will not be attending the Lambeth conference later this year.The conference of Anglican church leaders from across the world is held once a decade.The 2008 gathering has been dominated by fights about the place of gay and lesbian people in the Anglican church. -
14 February 2008England vs Scotland in gay football match + The first LGBT football team north of the border are to take on London's Leftfooters FC this Sunday, the first time gay teams from England and Scotland have clashed.HotScots FC was founded last year with the aim of organising socials and regular kick-abouts and to provide a social outlet for LGBT people who wish to watch and participate in football with other like-minded people.The club now boasts more than 75 members and hold kickabouts every Thursday and Sunday. -
14 February 2008Crackdown on gays proposed in Bahrain 8 MPs in the Gulf state of Bahrain are calling for a range of measures to be taken against gay people in the country, including deporting foreigners suspected of being gay.The foreign affairs, defence and national security committee has backed proposals to tighten immigration checks to stop foreign gay people entering the country."The Interior Ministry has told us that it already bans suspected homosexuals as they try entering the country from Bahrain International Airport," committee secretary Jalal Fairooz told Gulf Daily News. -
14 February 2008Jamaican activist seeks asylum in Canada 3 A prominent member of gay rights group J-FLAG, Jamaica's Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, is claiming refugee status in Canada.Gareth Henry, who spoke at Pride London last year about the plight of lesbian and gay people in his country, told CBC News that 13 of his friends have been killed in the last four years.On this day last year Mr Henry was one of three gay men stoned by a huge mob in a homophobic attack. -
14 February 2008Comment: Peter Tatchell on sexing the future 1 February is LGBT History Month, with hundreds of events taking place across the country to promote awareness of the contribution to society of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.In a culture that has, until recently, persecuted queers and suppressed us from public life, this reclamation of hidden LGBT history is a welcome and much needed historical correction.But history is about the past. -
14 February 2008Australian government objects to same-sex ceremonies + Gay rights advocates in Australia have asked the country's Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, explain why same-sex couples in the ACT (Australia Capital Territory) should not be allowed to officially solemnise their unions.Responding to the ACT government's renewed commitment to its civil partnership law, Mr McClelland yesterday said the ceremonial aspects of the ACT model are "inappropriate."ACT Liberal party Senator Gary Humphries attacked the Labour government's position on the issue. -
14 February 2008London mayor candidate backs Page 3 girls 1 The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has told The Sun that the pictures of topless women on published on page three of the paper "shows that you don't need to be stick-thin to be attractive."Brian Paddick also said that if elected he may withdraw millions of pounds worth of funding from London Fashion Week in protest at the use of "size zero" models.He told the paper: "Sun girls are proof you can be curvy and gorgeous, unlike the stick-insects you see on the catwalk." -
14 February 2008Government funds gay sauna training scheme + The Department of Health is funding a new "code of good practice" scheme for gay saunas and other venues where sex between men occurs.Play Zone: Code of Conduct has been developed by HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust as part of the national HIV prevention programme."The Department of Health gave £20,000 of funding," a THT spokesperson told PinkNews.co.uk. -
14 February 2008ONS explains thinking on gay census question 5 The Office for National Statistics has spoken to PinkNews.co.uk about why it does not propose to ask a question about sexual orientation in the 2011 Census.Earlier this week gay equality organisation Stonewall joined forces with the Trades Union Congress to press for the inclusion of such a question.A spokesman for the ONS told PinkNews.co.uk that they do not propose to ask a question in 2011 as they consider that there are better ways to collect "timely and reliable" sexual identity information. -
15 February 2008Obama leads Clinton and McCain in national polls + Illinois Senator Barack Obama's impressive sweep of victories over the past week has put him ahead of rival New York Senator Hillary Clinton in delegates, making him the frontrunner for the first time in the Democratic Presidential race.Obama also now leads Clinton in several national voter polls.Among the 21 LGBT super delegates, over half of them still support Clinton, according to the Washington Blade. -
15 February 2008Irish judge sets resolution deadline in landmark trans case + The High Court in Dublin declared yesterday that birth registration laws in Ireland are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.Mr Justice Liam McKechnie has given the Irish government two months to decide how to resolve the issue.His ruling follows the case of Dr Lydia Foy, a dentist who underwent gender reassignment surgery. -
15 February 2008Lib Dems win Grell council seat + The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on the London Borough of Waltham Forest council vacated by a Labour politician convicted of smearing one of her gay opponents.Winnie Smith took back the seat for the Lib Dems yesterday in a by-election in Leyton.She won 1360 votes. -
15 February 2008No hope for HIV vaccine claims expert + A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has said that the HIV virus cannot be controlled by vaccines and immunisation and efforts should be focused on stem cell and gene research.Professor David Baltimore, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), was speaking at the assocation's annual meeting yesterday.His work has made a major contribution to the discovery of HIV. -
15 February 2008Police warning on crystal meth use 6 A report from the Association of Chief Police Officers predicts a rise in the number of people taking methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth.An ACPO spokesman told the BBC that at present it is still a "relatively minor" problem in the UK but there has been a "gradual rise in the reporting of the use and manufacturing of the drug."Research published in July 2006 claimed that up to 20% of gay men questioned at sexual health clinics and gyms in London had taken the drug. -
15 February 2008California gay teen murdered at school 25 A fifteen-year-old boy shot in the head by a fellow pupil at school on Tuesday has been declared brain dead.Lawrence King, who was reportedly openly gay and sometimes wore 'feminine' clothing to school, was shot twice while in class at a junior high school in Oxnard, California.A fourteen-year-old boy, Brandon McInerney has been arrested and charged with murder. -
15 February 2008Romney endorses McCain for Republican nomination + Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts who abandoned his run for the White House earlier this month, has endorsed Senator John McCain.On Super Tuesday, when almost half of the states chose a Republican candidate, he was roundly defeated by Senator McCain and lost a string of Southern states to Mike Huckabee, the former Governor of Arkansas.Romney had accumulated an estimated 285 delegates by the time he suspended his campaign. -
15 February 2008Who gets your vote for Mayor of London? 57 PinkNews.co.uk is inviting readers to take part in an exclusive poll to find out which candidates for Mayor of London are most popular with the gay community.The campaign so far has been exciting, with the three main party candidates scoring acres of press coverage and considerable TV exposure.Only readers who live in London are eligible to 'vote' in the PinkNews.co.uk poll. -
15 February 2008Human rights groups protest at HIV arrests in Egypt 5 Cairo police have arrested four more men suspected of having HIV, signaling a wider crackdown that endangers public health and violates basic human rights in Egypt, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today in a joint statement.The recent arrests bring to 12 the number of men held in a campaign against people police suspect of being HIV-positive.Four have already been sentenced to a year in jail and eight are still in custody. -
17 February 2008Tourist denied entry to gay club because “he was black” + The owner of a gay club in South Africa has offered to apologise to a Belgian tourist who said he was refused entry because he was black.Bruno Bronn, who wasn't on duty when the alleged incident occurred defended the club saying that staff were "far from racist."Tourist, Aridi Amipi was denied entry while his English, white friend was. -
17 February 2008New Jersey gay unions are “second-class” marriages 46 Civil unions in New Jersey have are a "second-class" form of marriage for gays and lesbians, an official report has found.The Associated Press, have obtained a copy of the report (due to be published on Tuesday) that finds that couples in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage is legal does not experience the legal complications associated with New Jersey.
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Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’18
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights3
Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality12
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’2
US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’3
Sunderland Football Club flies rainbow flag in support of IDAHOT2
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets13
National AIDS Trust: ‘Passing equal marriage will help in the fight against the UK’s HIV epidemic’3
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill25
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss7
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions8
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'67- Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets13
- France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill25
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters16
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss7
- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the 'justification and display of homosexuality'18
ILGA-Europe releases 2013 European LGBT rights map 50- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final14
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73-
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'67
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples64
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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