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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. -
17 December 2008Cypriot MEP “offended” by pictures of gay families 29 An exhibition designed to highlight the legal and social discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-led families has upset an MEP from Cyprus, who claims he is being harassed by the "gay lobby." -
17 December 2008Berlin’s memorial to gay Holocaust victims targeted by vandals 1 A memorial to gay men who died in the Holocaust has been attacked by vandals for the second time in four months. -
17 December 2008US Army chief looks to practicalities of out gays in the military 4 The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff has "begun to think about" the changes to the US military if openly gay and lesbian people are allowed to serve. -
17 December 2008Sarah Palin’s “ex-gay” church targeted in arson attack 10 The home church of Governor of Alaska and former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin suffered an arson attack on Friday night. -
17 December 2008Connecticut voters back court’s gay marriage decision 1 A majority of people in Connecticut support the state Supreme Court's ruling that on gay marriage, according to a poll released today. -
17 December 2008No Will and Grace spinoff says star Eric McCormack 3 One of the stars of hit comedy show Will and Grace has said that talk of a new spinoff is just a "fun rumour." -
18 December 2008Foreign Secretary backs UN statement on LGBT human rights 5 The British government has said that a statement to be read at the United Nations shows that the fight for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people is far from over. -
18 December 2008Obama’s choice of inauguration preacher is “spiritual violence” against gays 24 Lesbian and gay rights advocates in America have reacted with fury to the announcement that Rick Warren has been asked to deliver the Invocation at the Presidential Inauguration next month. -
19 December 2008PinkNews.co.uk expands reader participation with new website + Today PinkNews.co.uk is proud to announce our new social networking and social news making website, my.pinknews.co.uk. -
19 December 2008Christian registrar loses employment tribunal appeal over civil partnerships 32 An employment tribunal appeal has ruled that Islington council is not guilty of either religious discrimination in the case of a Christian registrar -
19 December 2008Analysis: the Ladele employment appeal tribunal ruling in full 4 The EAT held that the Tribunal had erred in law and that on the evidence adduced before the Tribunal there was no proper basis for a tribunal. -
19 December 2008Stonewall – our prayers have been answered over Ladele case 12 Britain's leading gay equality organisation has expressed delight at the employment appeals tribunal's ruling in the case of a Christian public servant who refused to deal with gay couples. -
19 December 2008Christian Institute may appeal to High Court over Ladele ruling 11 A fundamentalist Christian group that financially backed a tribunal against Islington Council has said the case may go to the Court of Appeal.
Articles from 2008
Top stories
US: Illinois equal marriage group pledges $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage+
South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality3
US: Advocates hope to get equal marriage question on 2014 Arizona ballot+
US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics5
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless ‘sheep and trees’ than gay couples?47
European Parliament express concerns on lack of gay rights provision in trade treaty3
US: Baltimore Pride features mass same-sex wedding+
Lord Hylton anti-equal marriage ‘union’ amendment withdrawn16
Ian McKellen, Elton John and David Furnish become new faces of Pride London2
Lord Dear tells PinkNews reader: ‘I want to improve the equal marriage bill and I’m not homophobic’25
- Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?47
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85- US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics5
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment56
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317- Lord Dear tells PinkNews reader: 'I want to improve the equal marriage bill and I'm not homophobic' 25
- South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality3
Live blog: Highlights from the House of Lords committee on same-sex marriage14
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84
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 marriage65
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
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list56-
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment56
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