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30 December 2008Australian equality act inquiry could be delayed until 2011 1 An Australian Senate committee has recommended an inquiry into the need for an equality act banning homophobic or transphobic discrimination, following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The AHRC is currently unable to protect the LGBT community fully as federal protections do not cover homophobia in the media or commercial services as other forms of discrimination are. -
30 December 2008Top legal website predicts gay marriage to be hot topic for 2009 + FindLaw, the most-visited legal site on the web, today released its Top Ten Legal Predictions for 2009. -
30 December 2008Mother fights against ban on sleeping with lesbian partner 8 Divorcee and mother of two Angel Chandler has approached the Tennessee Court of Appeals to allow her to have her female partner stay overnight. Ms Chandler, who has been with her partner for almost a decade, is appealing against a child custody restriction known as a paramour clause, in which she is not permitted to have her lover stay overnight if her children are present. -
30 December 2008Lawrence King murder suspect denied access to files 4 14 year old murder suspect Brandon McInerney's lawyers requested that a judge allow them access to files demonstrating how prosecutors decide to try under-18s as adults in court. McInerney stands accused of shooting classmate Lawrence King in February, who was reportedly openly gay and sometimes wore 'feminine' clothing to school, at a junior high school in Oxnard, California. -
31 December 2008Gay charity boss Ben Summerskill to receive OBE in New Years Honours List 36 Gay equality group Stonewall's chief executive has been included in 2009's New Years Honours List. -
31 December 2008HIV charity boss recieves knighthood 7 Chief executive of leading HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust Nick Partridge has been knighted. THT was set up in 1982, the first charity to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic of the 1980s. -
31 December 2008Gay and bisexual black men have lowest rate of prostate testing, research finds 1 A new study published in the December issue of Medical Care claims that African-American gay and bisexual men are the least likely to be tested for prostate cancer than any other men. -
31 December 2008Transgendered woman shot in Memphis as violence is blamed on lack of jobs 1 Another transgender woman has been shot in Memphis, becoming the third transgender shooting victim in the city in just six months. -
31 December 2008Vatican breaks with Italian law after refusing to sign UN sexuality declaration 11 A new statute coming into effect on January 1st will allow the Vatican to bypass Italian law. This comes in the wake of a row at the UN, where the Vatican refused to sign up to a universal declaration of human rights regardless of gender or sexuality. -
31 December 2008Bookies predict George Michael, Amy Winehouse or Pete Doherty will be first arrested celeb of 2009 3 Bookies William Hill have named George Michael as third in the running for first celebrity arrest of the new year. -
31 December 2008Competition: Win an Amy Winehouse Bad Taste Bear 7 PinkNews.co.uk has teamed up with The BT Bears Company, producer of the cheeky, risqué and suggestively saucy Bad Taste Bears range, to offer five lucky readers the chance to go back to black and win their very own Amy bear. -
31 December 2008Three black gay men gunned down in New Orleans 3 New Orleans police are searching for the killers of three black gay men after they were found dead at their home on December 18th. -
31 December 2008Gay youth radio station hit by credit crunch 1 Several businesses have been hit by the global recession; the demise of Woolworths and other high street stores has been well-publicised. -
31 December 2008Top gay venue Astoria to hold ‘last ever party’ + The London Astoria is one of the capitals most iconic venues and following the decision earlier this year to close demolish the Astoria to make way for the new Crossrail project, the venue's staff have announced its closing night event.
Articles from December 2008
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UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities3
Bermuda: Anti-discrimination law adopted amid equal marriage controversy1
Gibraltar LGBT activist awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
German Cabinet adopts bill to give gay couples equal tax benefits8
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours list24
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual45
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’6
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list5
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches39
- Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual45
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'6
- Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches39
- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list24
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 5
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 13
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 2- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list5
- Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right61
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay50
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