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4 September 2008Conference blog: The Tories plan a lazy Sunday afternoon + The opening day at this year's Conservative party conference reads more like a mid morning magazine programme than a platform for government. -
4 September 2008McCain campaign threatens to sue National Enquirer over VP ‘affair’ story 3 An American tabloid newspaper has alleged that the Republican party's nominee for Vice President had an extra-marital affair. -
4 September 2008Sarah Palin becomes first Republican woman to accept VP nomination + In a confident speech to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska has accepted the party's nomination for Vice President of the United States. -
4 September 2008Sarah Palin: “We grow good people in our small towns” 8 Mr. -
5 September 2008British Army to host LGBT conference + The most senior solider in the British Army will show his support for gay troops next month when he attends the fourth Armed Forces LGBT Conference in London. -
5 September 2008US bishop attacks Rowan Williams over marginalisation of liberals + The symbolic head of the Anglican communion has been criticised by a leading American cleric for spending too much time and effort attempting to placate conservative bishops. -
5 September 20085% of Beijing gays are HIV+ say health authorities + The number of gay men in the Chinese capital who have HIV is much larger than previously thought. -
5 September 2008Asylum campaigners to protest in Cardiff 2 A campaign group who want to overturn the decision to deport a gay asylum seeker will protest in Cardiff tomorrow, the day of the city's Pride event. -
5 September 2008Video: McCain accepts nomination as oldest Presidential candidate ever + In the past two weeks we have seen the first African American accept the nomination of a major party for President and the first Republican woman come from nowhere to take a Vice Presidential endorsement. -
5 September 2008“My country saved me, and I cannot forget it.” 1 Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans - the privilege of accepting our party’s nomination for President of the United States. -
5 September 2008Video: Excitement mounts as trailer for new Harvey Milk movie released 1 The eagerly anticipated film Milk will premiere in the US on November 26th, and the producers have released a preview that indicates a strong performance from Sean Penn. -
5 September 2008NHS hit by loss of sexual health data + A memory stick containing information about the STI tests of 146 people has gone missing from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. -
5 September 2008Cardiff Pride park event cancelled after heavy rain + A celebration of gay Pride in a Cardiff park has been cancelled as the venue is waterlogged. -
5 September 2008City awaits murder trial as gay teen memorial fund established 2 Two men from the Huyton area of Merseyside will go on trial next year for the murder of a gay teenager. -
5 September 2008Posters call for execution of gays as tensions mount over Sarajevo queer festival 3 International observers have spoken out after tensions around the first ever gay festival in Bosnia intensified. -
7 September 2008Subway employee sacked over gay porn career 22 A 22-year-old has been fired from a branch of sandwich chain Subway after a customer recognised him from his gay porn work and complained. -
7 September 2008Tutu claims “God is weeping” over gay arguments in Anglican church 13 A leading Anglican has castigated his church for obsessing over gay issues while poverty, disease and hunger are ravaging the human race. -
7 September 2008Greens aim for Westminster as first party leader elected 2 The Green party in England and Wales has elected Caroline Lucas as their first leader with more than 90% of the vote. -
7 September 2008Caroline Lucas: People are looking to the Greens for leadership 2 Thank you all for this great honour and responsibility. -
7 September 2008Vice Presidential candidate’s church supports “ex-gay” movement 8 A church attended by Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has been advertising a conference that promises to "cure" gay people.
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Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 843
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members+
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years10
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’16
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title4
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage6
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage19
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate31
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote50
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins55
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 50- Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 91
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row8
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed20
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 40
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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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 marriage91
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 bill65
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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