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12 January 2009Human rights group claims Senegal’s sodomy law criminalises HIV work 1 Laws against homosexual conduct damage HIV- and AIDS-prevention efforts as well as the work of human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. -
12 January 2009Obama press secretary pledges end to ban on gays in the military + The current bar on openly gay people serving in the United States Armed Forces will be abolished by the Obama administration. -
12 January 2009Tales from antiquity to mark LGBT history month 3 A museum in London will be hosting free seminars and a free exhibition as part of LGBT history month in February. -
12 January 2009Belarusian activist saved from army conscription 1 Alexander Paluyan, the 23-year-old gay activist and editor of Belarusian LGBT website Gay.by, will no longer be called up to join the country’s military. -
12 January 2009Day of football fun in Brighton for Justin Fashanu campaign 1 Brighton’s Jubilee Square will be transformed into a five-a-side football pitch on 14th March as part of the Justin Campaign’s Football Festival. -
12 January 2009Maltese gay politician excommunicates himself from Catholic Church 20 The first openly gay candidate for parliament in Malta has protested against the Pope's hostility to homosexuality by leaving the Roman Catholic Church. -
12 January 2009I’m A Celebrity star Brian Paddick gets married in Norway 4 Former senior police officer, candidate for Mayor of London and reality TV contestant Brian Paddick has married his boyfriend in a civil ceremony in Oslo. -
12 January 2009Ex-Senator Larry Craig ends legal challenges to gay cruising conviction + Former United States Senator Larry Craig has finally decided to accept his conviction for lewd conduct in an airport toilet. -
12 January 2009Stonewall: Prince Harry must apologise for homophobic remarks 52 Stonewall, the gay equality organisation, has said that a video that shows Prince Harry calling fellow soldiers "queer" is an insult to lesbians and gay men serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. -
12 January 2009‘Ex-gay’ church loses funding from Dutch government 2 An Orthodox Christian Group in the Netherlands has lost government financial backing over claims its members try to "cure" homosexuality. -
12 January 2009Tintin ‘outing’ enrages fans who insist he is so macho 20 Eighty years after Tintin first appeared on 10th January 1929, there appears to be little sign of his popularity subsiding, with millions of books still sold every year. -
12 January 2009Obama asks gay bishop Gene Robinson to deliver inauguration prayer 11 US President-elect Barack Obama has appointed international gay rights champion Rt Rev Gene Robinson to deliver the invocation at the opening of his inaugural ceremony in Washington DC next week. -
12 January 2009Swiss ordered to reimburse cost of gender reassignment surgery 1 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a 72-year old transsexual will be reimbursed after her country’s health insurance refused to pay the cost of her gender reassignment treatment. -
12 January 2009Gay appointment at Aberdeen church may face opposition 6 An openly gay minister has been appointed to a Church of Scotland congregation, but sources suggest an appeal to block the move is imminent.
Articles from 12 January 2009
Top stories
US: Lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl, rejects plea deal+
Neil Patrick Harris to introduce special TV screening of Harvey Milk biopic2
Tory MP Richard Drax: The equal marriage bill is ‘intolerant legislation’10
Comment: How God Hates Fags and its friends like Linda Harvey further gay rights14
Lesbian drama tipped for top prize at Cannes film festival1
Blackburn Rovers footballer charged with making a homophobic gesture at Brighton fans+
French anti-equal marriage leader pulls out of rally for fear of violence10
UK: Police criticised after gay killer escapes from prison and ends up in gay bar+
Brighton: Footballers cleared of sexual assault as woman lied about being drugged at gay pride+
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive ‘fag’ birthday card67
- UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card67
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians45
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins58
Governor Rick Perry: 'I am greatly disappointed' that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members21
Video: Book published to teach children to pray to Jesus for gay people to turn straight33- Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship23
Australia: Man who stalked footballer and talked of 'gay orgy' jailed 1
Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle defends voting against equal marriage 37
Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay7
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members13
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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'95
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73-
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card67
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur65
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people63
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63
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