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12 November 2008National AIDS Trust questions gay blood donor ban + A leading HIV charity has accused the National Blood Service of not doing enough to challenge a lifetime ban on donations from men who have had sex with men. -
12 November 2008Interview: Greg Barker on the challenge of climate change + Last month's government reshuffle focused mainly on the return of Lord Mandelson to the fold, but there was another highly significant appointment. -
12 November 2008“I don’t want your faggot money,” claims US rapper Trick Trick 49 A rapper who is best-known for his work with Eminem has warned gay and lesbian people that his new album contains extreme homophobic lyrics. -
12 November 200840% oppose gay men as adoptive parents 17 A new survey conducted for National Adoption Week has found that a significant minority of British people oppose adoptions by gay people and single people. -
12 November 2008New GLAAD programme will monitor advertising worldwide + The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a leading US media monitoring organisation, is to integrate operations with the Commercial Closet Association (CCA). -
12 November 2008Today is gay wedding day in Connecticut as same-sex marriages begin 3 A judge in Connecticut will today enter the final judgment in a case that allows same-sex marriages. -
12 November 2008London university establishes free law surgery for LGBT community + Queen Mary, University of London, is launching a specialist legal advice centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people later this week. -
12 November 2008European Court of Human Rights rejects Russian “gay” marriage case + A straight human rights activist who tried to register a same-sex union with the owner of a gay website has been denied a hearing before the European Court of Human Rights. -
12 November 2008City and Guilds launch new Level 2 Award in HIV and AIDS 1 The UK's leading body for vocational and managerial skills has announced a new qualification in understanding HIV and AIDS. -
12 November 2008Video: Star Trek’s Mr Sulu defends his California gay marriage 10 Actor George Takei has said that a vote to ban gay marriage in California is taking away a "fundamental right." -
12 November 2008Disgraced Congressman Mark Foley breaks his silence over sex chats with teenage pages 1 It was one of the biggest sex scandals in 21st century American politics. -
13 November 2008Two men jailed for assault in Dutch HIV blood case 5 A court in Holland has found two men guilty of assault after a trial in which witnesses testified they were drugged, sexually assaulted and injected with HIV positive blood. -
13 November 2008Give gay couples legal partnerships, MEPs ask Bulgaria + Euro MPs have called on the Bulgarian goverment to extend civil partnerships to gay and lesbian couples. -
13 November 2008Waterstone’s give in to hate preacher Stephen Green as he threatens more artists 53 A national chain of booksellers is under fire for bowing to threats from a notorious homophobic preacher. -
13 November 2008Unusual case of man “cured” of HIV via marrow transplant not “big breakthrough” + Scientists and sexual health charities have warned that the case of a man who appears to have been cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus does not represent a major breakthrough. -
13 November 2008Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard claims he was abused as a child 15 Ted Haggard, the former pastor of an evangelical super church who was forced to resign after revelations of a three-year affair with a male prostitute, has said he sexually abused as a seven-year-old. -
13 November 2008President-elect Obama to target abstinence-only programmes 3 After a meeting with President Bush in the White House earlier this week, Barack Obama has turned his attention to the changes he wants to make to US policy. -
13 November 2008Waterstone’s defend decision to cancel gay author event 16 A leading bookseller has said that it was "unwise" to go ahead with the launch of a gay poet's new book at a Cardiff store because of the threat of disruption from fundamentalist Christians. -
13 November 2008London’s new free gay newspaper arrives on Wednesday + The popular Brighton gay newspaper one80news is coming to London. -
13 November 2008Connecticut politician’s joy at her lesbian wedding, the first in the state 1 A member of the Connecticut state legislature and her partner became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in the US state this morning.
Articles from November 2008
Top stories
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come3
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading4
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading35
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister12
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’35
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties12
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage59
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’17
Humanist wedding amendment withdrawn over concerns of human rights convention breach12
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins37- France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 59
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading35
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 93
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet19
David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: 'I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!'31
George Michael's lucky escape after falling out of a car travelling at 70mph7
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
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-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage59
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