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1 September 2008England wins gay football World Cup 1 Stonewall Lions FC have triumphed at the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) World Championship on Saturday. -
1 September 2008Gay Tory attacks Britain’s Olympic athletes for going to China 8 One of the most senior Tories in London has attacked the British Olympic team for going to the Beijing Games and implied the Mayor was forced to go. -
1 September 2008Norway’s Muslim leaders urged to reach out to gays + The Islamic Council of Norway has asked imams to listen to the country's gays. -
1 September 2008Scottish minister backs fight against rural homophobia 1 The Minister for Communities and Sport in Scotland has said the country's SNP government is committed to fighting prejudice and discrimination against LGBT people. -
1 September 2008Bosnia’s first gay festival criticised as “provocative” to Muslims 6 A Muslim politician in Bosnia has criticised the country's gay community for holding an LGBT event that coincides with his religion's observance of Ramadan. -
1 September 2008Violence against gays preached in British mosques claims new documentary 18 Channel 4 will transmit controversial programme this evening that claims anti-Semitism and homophobia are being preached at a leading British mosque. -
1 September 2008Lesbian rapper nominated for community award + DJs, gay health promotion groups and performers are among the nominees for the Black LGBT Community Awards. -
1 September 2008Gay rights on the agenda at party conferences 1 Leading MPs from all three major parties will be speaking about gay issues at their conferences later this month. -
1 September 2008Jail for two women in Emirates’ first lesbian indecency case + A Bulgarian woman and her Lebanese partner have been sentenced to one month in jail after being found guilty by a Dubai court of indecent acts. -
1 September 2008Taiwanese gay “priest” accused of fraud and sexual assault 1 A man who claimed he could ward off ghosts that targeted gay men is to be investigated by police in Taiwan. -
1 September 2008Video: Local gays asked to be “Minnesota-nice” to visiting Republicans 5 A tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign created by a Minneapolis-St Paul agency is encouraging the city's LGBT community to embrace the Republican National Convention. -
1 September 2008Gay man may be selected as Anglican bishop 2 Sources close to the selection process for the next Anglican Bishop of Bangor in Wales have revealed that a prominent gay man is on the shortlist. -
1 September 2008Video: Teenage coming out movie wins short film award 4 A quirky short film by gay teenagers about coming out has won the Best Film category in the first Kino Kids Film Festival in Kent. -
2 September 2008New rules allow religious schools to discriminate 6 A coalition of organisations, clergy, academics and teachers has been formed to push for a change to new rules that allow faith schools to discriminate. -
2 September 2008MEPs debate anti-discrimination proposals + Members of the European Parliament have given their support to a new EU directive on discrimination in goods and services. -
2 September 2008Cambridge Pink Festival attracts 12,000 revellers 1 Organisers of a diversity festival in Cambridge said they were delighted at the record turnout on Saturday. -
2 September 2008Teenage pregnancy eclipses start of Republican convention + Storms, both literal and political, hung over the start of the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis yesterday. -
2 September 2008MSP confident that hate crimes bill will be law next year 1 New legislation that will allow Scotland's courts can impose tougher sentences for offences aggravated by the victim's disability, gender identity or sexual orientation should be law by 2009. -
2 September 2008Gay World Cup organisers hope more women will take up the game + The team behind last week's International Gay and Lesbian Football Association World Championship in London said they were "delighted" that it passed off so successfully. -
3 September 2008Scots bishops call gay adoption “gravely wrong” 10 The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland have attacked the government and told the faithful to get involved in politics.
Articles from September 2008
Top stories
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’2
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list+
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player1
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches5
Church of England to ask gay clergy about their sex life as part of bishop selection process18
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener2
Pro-equal marriage rally to take place on Monday ahead of House of Lords committee stage6
London: One week until UK’s second Dyke March4
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor3
US: Anti-gay congressman accidentally takes wrong door and attends pro-LGBT event5
- Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches5
- Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 3
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 11- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'2
- San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 2
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 69
Equal marriage bill amendment calls for decision to be made in 2015 referendum 44- Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player1
- US: Anti-gay congressman accidentally takes wrong door and attends pro-LGBT event5
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right60
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay49
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