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16 December 2008Obama’s environment team includes lesbian appointment + The President-elect of the United States has named Nancy Sutley as Chair of his Council on Environmental Quality in the White House. -
16 December 2008Sweden’s highest court rejects same-sex marriage case 3 A gay couple who got married in Canada should not be regarded as a married couple under Swedish law, a court has ruled. -
16 December 2008Police ask gays to help find escaped child murderer 2 Lincolnshire police have asked gay people to be on the lookout for a 48-year-old man who escaped from North Sea Camp last month. -
16 December 2008Catholic and Orthodox bishops enthuse about the joys of (heterosexual) marriage 17 Roman Catholic and Orthodox bishops have issued a statement about the importance of marriage - for heterosexuals. -
16 December 2008Sir Elton lashes out at X Factor 9 Singer Sir Elton John has expressed his disdain for reality TV show X Factor. -
16 December 2008New Jersey commission backs gay marriage over “unequal” civil unions 2 A commission set up to study the effect on same-sex couples, their children and other family members of being provided civil unions rather than marriage has issued its final report. -
16 December 2008First Baltic Pride will be celebrated in Riga next year 2 LGBT organisations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced their plans to hold a joint Pride event next year. -
16 December 2008UN envoy calls on Caribbean nations to decriminalise homosexual acts 2 The United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean has said that countries in the region should move to decriminalise gay sex. -
16 December 2008Olympic champion diver named as influential gay Australian 1 Matthew Mitcham has been included on a list of 25 influential gay and lesbian Australians.
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Boris Johnson, Martina Navratilova and Clare Balding to take part in Pride London festival+
MPs to debate humanist marriage ceremonies2
Live blog: MPs debate and vote on same-sex marriage in England and Wales+
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter ‘doesn’t feel remorse’ for homophobic tweet15
Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track16- MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review10
MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships8
Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review7
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs13
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’78
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
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' 78
- Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track16
- Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet15
- MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs13
- MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review10
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs27
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships8
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'78
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
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'67
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
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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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