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6 January 2009111th United States Congress convenes with new gay member 4 The first openly gay man to be elected to the United States House of Representatives as a non-incumbent will be sworn in today in Washington DC. -
6 January 2009Greek Orthodox bishop sues AIDS charity for one million euros 15 Gay rights advocates in Greece have appealed for help in fighting a lawsuit against activist Leo Kalovyrnas and non-governmental organisation Synthesis HIV/AIDS Awareness. -
6 January 2009California gay marriage ban “invalid” because it targets a minority 2 Proposition 8, a ballot measure approved by California voters that seeks to deny marriage to same-sex couples, is invalid, a coalition of legal and human rights groups has said. -
6 January 2009Judge warns Australian teen of danger from “ugly, hairy men” in prison 6 A magistrate in Australia has tried to warn a teenager off a life of crime by giving him a stark assessment of life in prison. -
6 January 2009Interview: Waiting for Godot with Captain Picard 4 Last month gay star and acting legend Sir Ian McKellen spent an evening raising funds for vulnerable lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans teenagers. -
6 January 2009British tourists arrested in Bermuda after in-flight homophobic abuse 2 A flight from Manchester to the Dominican Republic had to make an emergency landing in Bermuda when three passengers traded homophobic abuse with cabin crew. -
6 January 2009Stonewall calls on BBC Trust to take homophobia seriously after lesbian slurs 10 A leading gay rights group has called on the BBC to pay attention to the millions of lesbian, gay and bisexual people who pay for the corporation through the licence fee. -
6 January 2009BBC under renewed pressure following homophobic slurs against Lindsay Lohan 15 A BBC TV programme that contained slurs against lesbians has received just 13 complaints, the corporation said today. -
6 January 2009Jersey may become first Crown dependency to introduce civil partnerships 1 The government of Jersey is to consider the implications of granting same-sex couples the right to enter into civil partnerships. -
6 January 2009Comment: Trans discrimination must no longer be tolerated 1 During missions to member states of the Council of Europe, I have been reminded of the on-going discrimination many face on account of their gender identity. -
6 January 2009Dutchman fined for gay “indecency” in Gambia 3 A 79-year-old man from the Netherlands has been found guilty of indecency with several Gambian men.
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6 January 2009Comment: We deserve more than an apology from the BBC for their homophobia 13 After the the expose by PinkNews.co.uk that the BBC had broadcast a series of anti-lesbian slurs against Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, My.PinkNews.co.uk reader Nick Henderson believes the BBC must start respecting LGBT rights and stop broadcasting homophobic content.
Articles from 06 January 2009
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US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime+
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final7- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur3
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law8
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’23
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally5
- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final7
- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime0
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions19
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final15
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55-
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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