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5 December 2008Graham Norton to replace Terry Wogan as host of Eurovision 2 Gay comic Graham Norton is to replace Sir Terry Wogan as the British host of Eurovision. -
5 December 2008Boy George convicted of false imprisonment 4 Pop star and DJ Boy George was found guilty of false imprisonment by a jury in London earlier today. -
5 December 2008Australia and US not signed up to UN decriminalisation declaration 7 Several nations with sizable gay communities have not signed up to a declaration on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality to be presented at the UN this month. -
5 December 2008Office for National Statistics will start to ask sexuality question in surveys 2 The Office for National Statistics has announced it will start to ask a question about sexual orientation on surveys from next year. -
5 December 2008Gay question on ONS surveys will help public bodies with equality duty + The decision of the Office for National Statistics to start asking survey respondents about their sexual orientation could help promote equality. -
5 December 2008Draft 2011 Census does not include sexuality question 4 The government's proposed White Paper on the 2011 Census does not include proposals for a question on sexual identity. -
5 December 2008Gay groups back lesbian candidate for US Secretary of Labour + A coalition of 12 leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans organisation in the United States have written to the country's President-elect urging him to nominate Mary Beth Maxwell. -
5 December 2008Two year study concludes seaweed extract ‘ineffective’ against HIV + A trial of a compound extracted from seaweed that was thought to prevent the spread of HIV has proved disappointing. -
5 December 2008Nepal’s gay MP to address international leadership conference + The 24th annual International Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference is underway in Washington DC. -
5 December 2008Coming out was the hardest thing I ever did says gay referee 4 The only openly gay man to be a rugby union referee at the highest level of the game has revealed he tried to kill himself because he did not want to be a homosexual. -
5 December 2008Relate admits wrongful dismissal of Christian sex counsellor who refused gays 20 Relationships counselling organisation Relate has admitted it it wrongfully dismissed a Christian employee who did not want to work with gay couples. -
5 December 2008LGBT Africans demand action on AIDS pandemic ahead of international conference 1 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from more than 25 African countries have demanded an urgent response to the HIV pandemic affecting their communities. -
5 December 2008MP praises statistics body’s decision to start counting gay population 8 A Lib Dem MP who had called on the Office for National Statistics to include a question on sexual orientation in the 2011 Census has welcomed their decision to start asking survey participants if they are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or other.
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Brazil: Lawmakers approve bill which would remove ban on ‘gay cure’ therapy1
Cher to perform at New York Pride’s Dance on the Pier party1
Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong14
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare4
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down10
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?16
Study: Most US gay people find the majority of religious organisations to be ‘unfriendly’3
Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage8
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of ‘institutional racism and homophobia’4
MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music6
Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican18- Poland: Prime Minister backs down and admits opposition to civil unions is too strong14
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television65- US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down10
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'59- Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage8
- Gay former police officer accuses the Met of 'institutional racism and homophobia'4
- UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare4
- Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?16
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords22
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86
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?83
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 marriage66-
Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television65
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment63
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
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