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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. -
13 January 2009US gay rights group “encouraged” by Obama’s offer to Gene Robinson 5 America's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights group has welcomed an invitation from President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural committee to a gay bishop. -
13 January 2009Chilean teacher sacked for being a lesbian begins legal action 2 A lawsuit has been filed against the Chilean State and Justice System by a religion teacher who lost her job because she is a lesbian. -
13 January 2009Same-sex marriage supporters to petition Scottish Parliament 9 A group of gay rights advocates has launched a petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for a change in the law to allow two people of the same sex to get married. -
13 January 2009New York Senate leader supports marriage equality + An advocate for gay marriage equality has been chosen to lead the Democrats in New York's State Senate. -
13 January 2009Islington council announces new gay equality charter 3 A London council that was taken to an employment tribunal by a Christian registrar who refused to officiate at civil partnerships has announced a charter for lesbian, gay and bisexual residents. -
13 January 2009Murders highlight increasing violence against trans people in Honduras 3 A leading human rights group has claimed that the murder of a trans activist in Honduras is part of a series of violent attacks on the community. -
13 January 2009Formula 1 boss receives apology over homophobia allegations at tribunal 4 An employment tribunal in Southampton has come to an end with an apology from the man who brought the case. -
13 January 200913-year-old boy among eleven charged with homophobic abuse at football match 10 A thirteen-year-old boy and two fifteen-year-olds have been charged with indecent chanting at a football match.
Articles from January 2009
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Russia: 30 arrests made at Moscow Pride8
Labour MP Diana Johnson: It’s now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy30
UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway4
Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march9
Birmingham Pride kicks off with Peter Tatchell leading Equal Love carnival1
Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor’s office5
Obama praises Boy Scouts’ progress but wants gay leaders too7
Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer11
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts36
Friend of George Michael slams car accident suicide rumours as ‘absurd’10
- Russia: 30 arrests made at Moscow Pride8
- Bryan Fischer says forced drowning 'would be better' than inclusion in the Boy Scouts36
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card142- Labour MP Diana Johnson: It's now time for Parliament to tackle the issue of gay conversion therapy 30
- Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march9
- Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer11
- UK: Man jailed for attack on lesbian couple in Hartlepool takeaway4
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians49
Comment: How God Hates Fags and its friends like Linda Harvey further gay rights56- Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor's office5
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault142-
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card142
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
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur66
Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe homosexuals66
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63
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