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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 2008
Top stories
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store1
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’9
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague2
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes+
US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for ‘brutal’ childhood abuse+
US Supreme Court not to decide on DOMA or Prop 8 cases today+
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership+
US: California city officials sued for sting operation targeting gay men for cruising5
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It’s ‘absurd’ to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay7
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign10
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'14
Republican Mike Huckabee: 'Every fear' over same-sex marriage has come true41
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill35
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill58
Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a 'homophobic radio z-lister'8- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay7
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317- US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for 'brutal' childhood abuse0
UK: Jailed women in sexual 'fraud' case freed by Court of Appeal8
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
France: Gay rights campaigner, 18, left brain dead after far-right attack67
Ann Widdecombe: I wouldn't have enjoyed serving under David Cameron because of equal marriage65
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59-
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill58
Priest causes row by calling Justin Welby a 'wanker' on Facebook for equal marriage opposition55
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Tory Lord Jenkin: The Lords equal marriage vote was a victory for common decency51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
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