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28 April 2009Controversy at Yale University’s first LGBT reunion + Ivy League university Yale held its first LGBT student reunion last weekend, although the event saw controversy when a former student attacked the institution over its treatment of gay history. -
28 April 2009Gay monks told to stop wearing makeup 13 Gay and trans Buddhist monks in Thailand have been given a new set of guidelines aimed to curb "flamboyant" behaviour such as wearing makeup. -
28 April 2009Authorities ‘must protect’ nine Senegalese men from homophobic attacks + Amnesty International has warned that the nine Senegalese men released from prison last week after being jailed for "indecent conduct and unnatural acts" are at risk of homophobic attacks. -
28 April 2009Anti-gay marriage protesters in DC to launch ‘marriage Armageddon’ 8 An anti-gay marriage rally to be held today in front of Washington DC's Council offices will "launch the Armageddon of the marriage battle in this country", its organiser has claimed. -
28 April 2009Turkish LGBT activists await ruling on closure of legal group + Turkey's leading gay rights group Lambda Istanbul will soon hear whether a local court ruling will uphold a Supreme Court decision to safeguard its freedom. -
28 April 2009Faith schools to be allowed to tell pupils homosexuality is wrong 332 New plans to force all schools to teach sex education will allow faith schools to educate pupils in line with their religious beliefs. -
28 April 2009Interview: Arabic filmmaker Maher Sabry 3 In ‘All My Life’ (Toul Omri), Maher Sabry has ventured where no Arabic filmmaker has before. -
28 April 2009US Presbyterian church votes against openly gay clergy 4 The Presbyterian church has once again rejected allowing openly gay clergy to serve. -
28 April 2009Catholic charity withdraws case over gay adoption 4 One of the two Catholic adoption agencies which launched a legal challenge over gay adoption has withdrawn its case. -
28 April 2009Interview: Dan Choi on the extra burdens Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell places on soldiers 1 In the second part of a series of interviews, Dan Choi tells Adrian Tippetts of the mental and emotional burden the gay ban places on service members. -
28 April 2009Australian government rejects civil unions 13 Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has rejected a proposal that civil unions should be offered to gay couples. -
28 April 2009Teacher ‘suffered ten years of homophobic harassment’ + The case of an Irish teacher who was allegedly bullied by colleagues for ten years over his sexual orientation is being challenged in the High Court. -
28 April 2009Zimbabwean gays demand to be recognised in new Constitution 1 Gay rights activists in Zimbabwe have demanded to be recognised in the country's new Constitution which is currently being drafted, saying they need protection as a vulnerable minority. -
28 April 2009First gay couples tie the knot in Iowa 1 Yesterday saw the first batch of gay weddings in Iowa, just over three weeks after the state's Supreme Court made them legal.
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28 April 2009Prosecution closes at child sex abuse trial of former head of gay charity 4 The prosecution have summed up eight weeks of evidence in the trial of a former gay charity chief, accused of sexually assaulting a three month old child.
Articles from 28 April 2009
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Made in Chelsea’s Ollie Locke: ‘I’ve tried to push myself to be gay but I’m actually bisexual’+
London beaten gay couple urge politicians to beware of legitimising anti-gay attitudes2
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins17
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘I struggled with the issue of sexuality since I was a teenager’23
Boris Johnson calls on Tories to unite and for the government to ‘get on with legalising equal marriage’7
George Michael’s lucky escape after falling out of a car travelling at 70mph5
Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins honoured with courage award+
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has ‘f**** things up’ with his equal marriage bill55
New York: Thousands of protesters condemn murder of ‘gay angel Mark Carson’4
Boris Johnson, Martina Navratilova and Clare Balding to take part in Pride London festival2
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 90- Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill55
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet17- US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins17
Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track16
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault127
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
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-
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill55
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