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19 May 2008Amnesty International highlights Pride problems across Europe + A leading human rights group is calling on governments in Europe to secure the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. -
19 May 2008Cuban TV shows Brokeback Mountain as part of anti-homophobia drive + Governments local and national marked the International Day Against Homophobia on Saturday. -
19 May 2008Reform Jews claim equality high ground over other faith groups 1 New research commissioned by The Movement for Reform Judaism, which represents around a quarter of Britain's affiliated Jews, has revealed most British people think religions discriminate against gay people. -
19 May 2008Gay star signs two-year deal with ITV + Actor Antony Cotton will stay with hit soap opera Coronation Street for at least two years, it has been revealed. -
19 May 2008France will argue for universal decriminalisation at UN + The French minister of human rights and foreign affairs has announced that it will appeal at the United Nations for a universal decriminalisation of homosexuality. -
19 May 2008Local people star in homophobic crime campaign 1 Lesbian, gay and trans people being punched, called names, and their houses daubed in grafitti - a new campaign highlights just some of the forms hate crimes can take. -
19 May 2008Tatchell attacks Labour over gay asylum seekers 1 The UK's asylum system is riddled with the "homophobic and transphobic bias," a Green party candidate for Parliament has claimed. -
19 May 2008To Russia with love: world’s biggest Pride to twin with Moscow + They could not be more different events. -
19 May 2008Gay protest in Turkey makes the news in Iran 1 The state broadcaster of the Islamic Republic of Iran has reported on an International Day Against Homophobia event in Turkey. -
19 May 2008Gambia’s President declares war on gay community 6 Gay men and lesbians must leave the country within 24 hours or face "serious consequences," the President of Gambia said on Thursday. -
19 May 2008Italy’s equality minister claims gay Pride is “pointless” 5 A former model turned politician, who was appointed by Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's minister for equal opportunities, has attacked gay Pride events. -
19 May 2008Human-animal embryos approved by Commons 1 The first of three clauses to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill that Labour MPs have a free vote on has passed in the House of Commons. -
20 May 2008California honours murdered gay politician + Just days after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex marriage, another LGBT related provision passed the State Assembly in California. -
20 May 2008Marriage is the final frontier for Mr Sulu 1 In the wake of last week’s ruling by the California Supreme Court declaring the ban on gay marriage in the state to be unconstitutional, several celebrity gay couples have announced plans to head to the altar shortly. -
20 May 2008MEPs discuss discrimination directive 1 A leading British member of the European parliament has attacked the Conservative party for refusing to support a new "horizontal" EU directive on discrimination. -
20 May 2008Gibraltar court to hear lesbian discrimination case + A lesbian couple are taking the Gibraltar Housing Department to court after it refused to place them as joint tenants. -
20 May 2008Senator and former KKK member backs Obama for President + The longest-serving member of the US Senate has backed Barack Obama's bid for the White House. -
20 May 2008Charity welcomes government action on older gay couples + The government has said it will issue guidance to local authorities restricting them from splitting older couples who are married or in a civil partnership when placing them in care. -
20 May 2008Pope’s ban on gay priests is “without exception” 3 A senior Vatican official has written to every bishop of the Roman Catholic Church reiterating that the ban on gay men entering seminaries to train for the priesthood applies to all such institutions. -
20 May 2008Praise for Home Secretary as Mehdi Kazemi granted asylum in UK 5 An Iranian who claimed he would be killed if returned to his homeland because of his sexual orientation has been granted asylum in the UK.
Articles from May 2008
Top stories
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’11
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities3
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’25
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play9- Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'11
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
50 Cent says men who don't sleep with women 'should just kill themselves'123
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church's opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
- Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
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-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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