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10 November 2008Theatre group put Iris Robinson’s ‘gay cure’ outburst to artistic use 3 A highly-acclaimed play at the National Theatre has incorporated a recording of a leading Northern Irish MP claiming gay people can be cured. -
10 November 2008Hungarian parliament approves homophobic hate crimes legislation 1 Two landmark measures extending protections to LGBT people have been adopted by the Hungarian parliament. -
10 November 2008Thousands of lives could be saved by new anal cancer test 8 A new test that will detect the early signs of a cancer that is prevalent among gay men has been devised. -
10 November 2008EastEnders Spoilers: Who knocked down Max Branning? + The tension is high in Walford this week as we're all desperate to find out whodunit. -
10 November 2008Emmerdale Spoilers: Jasmine gets in trouble with the MacFarlanes + Debbie is horrified when she learns that Jasmine has gone to the MacFarlane club for more information for her scoop. -
10 November 2008Coronation Street Spoilers: Will Peter agree to bring up Simon? 2 Weatherfield is still reeling from the after-effects of Jon's kidnapping shenanigans. -
10 November 2008Hollyoaks Spoilers: Cindy tells Mandy she knows about her affair + There's a glamorous start to the week in Hollyoaks as Hannah finds herself on the red carpet of the MTV awards. -
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. -
12 November 2008Liverpool council’s village plan “ignores” LGBT community 1 A leading councillor has attacked Liverpool's City Council over plans for a gay village.
Articles from November 2008
Top stories
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion15
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’14
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final11- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state36
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur3
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law9
- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final11
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion15
- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'14
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions20- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
- Georgia: LGBT and anti-'gay propaganda' activists face off in mob aftermath0
- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state36
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55-
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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