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23 March 2009Christopher Biggins: ‘Anti-gay hate laws will create a new climate of fear’ 20 Gay actor Christopher Biggins has criticised legislation which will criminalise language which could offend gays and lesbians, saying that gays and lesbians cannot be treated as normal if "special treatment" protects them from everyday humour. -
23 March 2009Spanish trans man pregnant with twins 10 A Spanish man who was born female has said he is pregnant with twins after a course of fertility treatment. -
23 March 2009Chris Moyles breached broadcasting rules in “homophobic” imitation of gay singer Will Young 31 The media regulator Ofcom has found the BBC in breach of the Broadcasting Code following allegations by members of the public of homophobia towards the gay singer Will Young by BBC Radio 1 Breakfast host Chris Moyles. -
23 March 2009Gay couple sue Christian hotel for banning them 22 A gay couple are suing after a Christian-run hotel in Cornwall barred them from staying in a room together. -
23 March 2009Muslim preacher calls for gays to be stoned to death 54 Hate preacher Anjem Choudary launched a vitrolic attack on gays last week in which he said that they should be stoned to death. -
23 March 2009Video: Portia de Rossi says sorry for ‘selfish’ gay marriage 8 Lesbian actress Portia de Rossi has appeared in a short clip to send up opponents of gay marriage. -
23 March 2009Call to action over homophobic hate crimes 1 Research on homophobic and transphobic violence in London has called for a more coordinated police approach to tackling hate crimes. -
23 March 2009BBC: We dealt with Chris Moyles “swiftly and firmly” over ‘homophobic’ comments 18 The BBC has said it dealt with Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles "swiftly and firmly" over offensive comments he made about gay singer Will Young but would not confirm how it would prevent such incidents from occuring again or what action it will take.
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23 March 2009Police appeal to trace family of Manchester entertainer + Greater Manchester Police are appealing for help to trace the relatives of a 60-year-old Manchester man who worked as a entertainer in the city's gay clubs. -
23 March 2009New Hampshire introduces bill to protect trans people 1 The US state of New Hampshire is introducing a bill to protect trans people from discrimination.
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Top stories
UK: Injunction halts deportation order of lesbian asylum seeker with just hours to spare+
US: Attorney representing lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl to step down2
Comment: What does Pride stand for in 2013?3
Study: Most US gay people find the majority of religious organisations to be ‘unfriendly’+
Cindy McCain: By next presidential election, both US parties will support equal marriage6
Gay former police officer accuses the Met of ‘institutional racism and homophobia’3
MBE awarded to gay and lesbian choir leader for services to music4
Russia: Ban on adoption by same-sex couples unanimously passed at second reading6
Barry Cryer brands ITV’s Vicious ‘homophobic’ television27
Gay dating website for ‘homosensible’ Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican15
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?77
Labour MSP Elaine Smith: 'I'm against equal marriage but don't call me homophobic'52
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
Equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments 18- Gay dating website for 'homosensible' Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican15
- Barry Cryer brands ITV's Vicious 'homophobic' television27
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86
Amendments allowing registrars to opt out of equal marriage withdrawn in House of Lords19
US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics9
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment61
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage86
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84-
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?77
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage66
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61-
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
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