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18 February 2009Labour’s gay group asks for ban on God Hates Fags church members 7 LGBT Labour has written to the Home Office asking that members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church be refused entry into the UK. -
18 February 2009Holocaust was God’s punishment for Jews claims Muslim leader 16 An Islamic preacher who called for gay people to be put to death has caused further outrage with his comments about the Holocaust. -
18 February 2009Teen pop star reveals he was victim of male rape 10 The lead singer of 1970s supergroup the Bay City Rollers has spoken for the first time about his years of torment after being raped by another man. -
18 February 2009San Diego firefighers win damages in Pride case 6 Four firefighters from California have been awarded damages of $34,000 (£23,000) after a jury agreed they were sexually harassed at a Pride parade they were compelled to take part in. -
18 February 2009Leading novelist pulls out of Dubai book festival in protest at gay censorship 15 Novelist Margaret Atwood has announced she will not attend the Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature in Dubai after organisers decided to ban the launch of a book with a gay character. -
18 February 2009Lesbian entertainer to perform at prestigious White House event + A comedian who publicly came out last year has been asked to appear at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. -
18 February 2009Georgia court tells gay dad he cannnot “expose” kids to homosexuals 12 A gay man in the US state of Georgia is disputing a child custody agreement restriction which prohibits him from "exposing his children to his homosexual partners and friends."
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Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’+
Brittney Griner: University basketball coach told me not to come out1
Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill3
Czech President Milos Zeman criticised for homophobic snub of gay academic3
Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd reverses anti-marriage equality stance3
Human Rights Watch urges Zambia to drop charges in sodomy case+
Exclusive: Government ‘relaxed’ on immediate review on the future of civil partnerships3
Stonewall shocked by violent homophobic south London attack1
Speaker John Bercow announces MP’s office searched investigating a ‘serious arrestable offence’+
UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault115
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill15
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'19
Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years25- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'14
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault115
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72-
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
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-
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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