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29 December 2008Film Review: Che + Argentinean revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has long been a student hero – his beret-wearing, long-haired image adorning countless walls in university buildings world-wide even before his death, aged 39, by a Bolivian military firing-squad in 1967. -
29 December 2008Film Review: Bedtime Stories 3 After the release of the fun family adventure Inkheart two weeks ago, you may think that there's not much call for another movie about children's stories coming to life. -
29 December 2008Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire 1 As unlikely award contenders go, a film about the Indian version of popular TV quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? made by the guy who brought us that classic piece of mid-90s drug-addled madness Trainspotting has to be up there with the weirdest of them. -
29 December 2008Transgender Bangladeshis to vote today + Today's general elections in Bangladesh will be the first ever to allow transgender people to cast ballots. A Bangladeshi court ruled that transgender people are fully-fledged citizens and must have the right to vote. -
29 December 2008Film Review: Defiance + Actors who get cast as James Bond all too often find it hard to shake off that iconic character. -
29 December 2008Film Review: The Spirit 1 Liked the over-the-top, heavily stylised Sin City, with its quirkily graphical black-and-white, comic-book feel? Can't wait until 2010 for the sequel? Well, this might just keep you going until then. -
29 December 2008Film Review: Frost Nixon + Back in 1977, British satirist turned talk show host David Frost managed to secure unprecedented access to former American president Richard Nixon, still a global pariah and national disgrace following his 1974 fall from office after the notorious Watergate scandal. -
29 December 2008Homophobic families harm gay teenagers, study claims 7 For the first time ever, researchers have claimed that there is a direct link between homophobic rejection of LGB adolescents by their families and mental health problems. -
29 December 2008Funding cut at Brighton care home over gay questionnaire row 18 A Brighton care home for the elderly has been accused of homophobic exclusion by the local authorities. Pilgrim Homes, a Christian care home which runs 10 projects for elderly people in the UK, is suing the council for religious discrimination. -
29 December 2008Facebook slams homophobic groups 4 Social networking site Facebook has responded to calls for two Serbian homophobic groups to be removed from the web. -
29 December 2008Senator sex scandal toilet no longer a tourist hot-spot + The public toilet where Rebulican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sex became something of a tourist favourite in 2007. -
29 December 2008Campbell Soup’s gay ads attacked by American Family Association 19 An ad for Campbell's Soup Company appearing in gay magazine The Advocate has been condemned by the American Family Association (AFA). The double-page ad features two female restaurateurs and a young boy. -
29 December 2008Travel: Say salut to Bordeaux + Set in the southwest region of France, the port city of Bordeaux is famed for its vineyards and wineries. -
29 December 2008Obama advisor supports choice of anti-gay preacher for inauguration 5 President-elect Barack Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod has spoken in support of the decision invite evangelical preacher Rick Warren to his inauguration. Mr Axelrod is a chief advisor to President-elect Obama. -
30 December 2008Sean Penn to win award for gay politician role + Holllywood actor Sean Penn will be honoured at January's Palm Springs International Film Festival for his role in new film Milk. -
30 December 2008Church group discrimination against New Jersey lesbians ruled unlawful 4 A church group yesterday lost its case to a lesbian couple who it barred from holding a civil ceremony on their property. Civil unions were introduced in New Jersey after the state Supreme Court's 2006 ruling that gay and lesbian couples are entitled to equal civil rights. -
30 December 2008Spanish judge suspended for discrimination against lesbian parents 1 A Spanish judge has suspended from work after attempting to stop a lesbian adopting her wife's child. Same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children in Spain, and gay marriage was legalised there in 2005. -
30 December 2008Playstation game restricts gay words + Playstation's latest venture, PS Home, is described by Home Service Manager Daniel Hill as "unique compared to anything else in the gaming world." -
30 December 2008Top players to speak out against homophobia in FA video 7 The Football Association has agreed to organise and fund a video / DVD featuring premier league players speaking out against homophobia. The idea was put to the FA several months ago by Peter Tatchell of the gay human rights group OutRage!, as way of challenging the anti-gay abuse hurled by fans at players like Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell. -
30 December 2008Catholic leader claims Pope’s homophobic outburst “misrepresented” 53 Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and Archbishop of Westminster, has defended Pope Benedict XVI's controversial comments about gay people.
Articles from December 2008
Top stories
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate16
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed12
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’34
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe12
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote45
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill14
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many8
- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote45
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins50
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 49
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 88- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140- UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 34
- Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his 'aggressive homosexuality community' jibe 12
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 32
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage88
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
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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