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11 November 2008Moscow assures gays they will be safe at Eurovision 3 A leading Russian gay rights activist has accused the Moscow authorities of "pure hypocrisy" after an official gave assurances about the safety of gay people attending next year's Eurovision Song Contest. -
11 November 2008Schools play about homophobia attacked by rightwing press 13 In an echo of the 1980s, broadsheet and tabloid newspapers have carried lurid stories this morning about a play aimed at secondary school kids that urges them to confront homophobia. -
11 November 2008FIT playwright on why we must fight homophobia in schools 1 "I'd put entertainer," Rikki Beadle-Blair says with a grin, when I ask him what he puts down as his occupation when he fills in official forms. -
11 November 2008Stonewall defends FIT and plans a DVD copy for every school 4 A play that tackles homophobic bullying is appropriate for its 11 to 14 year old target audience and a vital tool in tackling the problem, according to Britain's leading gay equality organisation. -
11 November 2008Bulgarian leader’s anti-gay comment targets Prime Minister + A 'war of words' between the leader of Bulgaria's popular GERB political party and the country's Prime Minister has escalated. -
11 November 2008California state politicians oppose ban on same-sex marriage 3 More than a third of the members of the California State Legislature have filed a "friend of the court" brief in the state Supreme Court backing legal challenges to Proposition 8. -
11 November 2008Lindsay Lohan defies lesbian classification 2 Actress Lindsay Lohan has spoken about her relationship with DJ Sam Ronson and revealed she does not want her sexuality to be classified as lesbian, bisexual or straight. -
11 November 2008Comment: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight 4 You can’t take this away from me: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight. -
11 November 2008Jamaican star Capleton’s Basel concert cancelled after Swiss gay groups protest 25 A reggae star who has gone back on a promise not to perform songs encouraging violence against lesbian and gay people has had a concert in Switzerland cancelled. -
11 November 2008Pensioner jailed for knife attack in Manchester gay village 9 A pensioner who stabbed a man in the neck in a Manchester city centre attack has been jailed for seven years. -
11 November 2008Interview: Blowing the whistle on being gay, in love and on Gaydar 2 Matthew Todd, playwright, journalist, Attitude editor and environmentalist, spoke to PinkNews.co.uk last week about the latest London production of his play Blowing Whistles. -
11 November 2008Brian Paddick to appear in ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity 3 Former senior police officer Brian Paddick is to appear on ITV1 show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
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Top stories
The state of play on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords committee stage+
US: Florida LGBT groups launch effort to repeal state ban on equal marriage+
Travel: Is Las Vegas a ‘Fabulous’ gay holiday destination?+- Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill13
Russia: LGBT rights group fined 500,000 rubles under ‘foreign agent’ law6
Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage3
South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam9
South Australia officially congratulates New Zealand on equal marriage, ahead of introduction of its own bill2
- Humanist weddings amendment withdrawn from equal marriage bill 13
- South Africa: Gay imam spreads message of empowerment when it comes to homosexuality and Islam 9
- Travel: Is Las Vegas a 'Fabulous' gay holiday destination?0
- Gay fashioner designer Stefano Gabbana sentenced for tax evasion16
- Amendments urging for civil registrars to opt out of equal marriage ceremonies withdrawn from bill9
Liberace's ex-lover claims he had six year relationship with Michael Jackson18- US: Florida LGBT groups launch effort to repeal state ban on equal marriage0
- US: Third Republican Senator comes out in favour of equal marriage3
- Russia: LGBT rights group fined 500,000 rubles under 'foreign agent' law6
Tory MP John Glen criticises Bishop of Salisbury for voicing support for equal marriage32
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage88
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?84
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment71
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage67
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'65
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill62
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