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23 April 2009Rightwing Polish politician angry at elephant’s gay tendencies 30 A member of Poland's Law and Justice party has criticised a zoo for acquiring an elephant that might be gay. -
23 April 2009New rules will widen access to gender reassignment in Wales 3 The Health Commission Wales (HCW) will allow transgender patients in Wales to access funding for gender reassignment therapy, it has been announced. -
23 April 2009Same-sex couples urged to hold hands in public 18 A new campaign aims to encourage same-sex couples to publicly and unashamedly hold hands. -
24 April 2009Activists to protest at ‘gay cure’ conference 253 Around 150 demonstrators are expected to protest at a 'gay cure' conference in London tomorrow. -
24 April 2009Maine hears arguments on gay marriage 2 Maine is the latest New England state to take up the issue of same-sex marriage. -
24 April 2009Interview: Dan Choi on the US military gay ban 6 In the first part of series of interviews with Dan Choi, the infantry platoon leader leading the fight against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', Adrian Tippetts highlights the serious national security issues surrounding expelling vital service members for being gay. -
24 April 2009Lesbian woman saved from deportation 1 Shirley Tan, a Filipino woman living in Pacifica, USA, who recently faced deportation, has had the case blocked. -
24 April 2009Dutch survey reveals lesbian women suffer depression and stigmatisation + Research from the Netherlands has reported that bisexual and lesbian women suffer anxiety, depression and insomnia and are the targets of gossip and abuse. -
24 April 2009New Hampshire committee rejects trans protection bill 4 The Senate Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire state Senate has voted 5-0 to reject new protections for trans people. -
24 April 2009Comment: Can Lord Alli save the Equality Bill? 11 Last week one of only three openly gay peers in the House of Lords launched a bold attempt to prevent history repeating itself. -
24 April 2009Six years for attempted killing of ‘bisexual transvestite’ 3 A 27-year-old who stabbed a bisexual man after his girlfriend discoved them "play fighting" and accused him of being gay has been sentenced to six years in prison. -
24 April 2009Linguists fired under military gay ban ‘could have alerted US over 9/11′ 9 A leading campaigner in the fight to repeal the US military gay ban has said that a lack of skilled linguists, who were fired for being gay, may have undermined the government's potential to prevent the September 11th bombings.
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24 April 2009Pop star claims he had gay relationship with rocker Gavin Rossdale 11 The lead singer of rock band Bush had a five-year sexual relationship with an out British singer, it has been alleged. -
26 April 2009100 protest outside London “gay cure” conference 68 More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster, Central London during a conference on curing homosexuality organised by evangelical Christian group Anglican Mainstream and CARE. -
27 April 2009Equality Bill published today 14 The government's long-awaited Equality Bill was published today by Minister for Equality Harriet Harman. -
27 April 2009Gay MP Alan Duncan’s death threats to Miss California over gay marriage comments 21 Openly gay Tory MP Alan Duncan has weighed in on the Miss California gay marriage row, apparently threatening to kill the beauty queen. -
27 April 2009First lesbian prime minister wins Iceland election under left-wing coalition 9 Johanna Sigurdardottir, the world's first openly gay leader, has won Iceland's general election. -
27 April 2009Lesbian writer Carol Ann Duffy tipped as next Poet Laureate 1 Carol Ann Duffy has reportedly been chosen as the first female and openly gay Poet Laureate. -
27 April 2009Iowa begins processing gay marriage applications 4 Iowa will begin processing same-sex marriage applications today. -
27 April 2009Christian teacher suspended for complaining over gay rights presentation 39 A Christian teacher was suspended from his post after complaining that a training day was being used to "promote" gay rights.
Articles from April 2009
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Comment: How God Hates Fags and its friends like Linda Harvey further gay rights11
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 violence6
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 card62
US Pastor: Why I support Jason Collins’ decision to come out as gay+
Petition urges Google search engine results to stop automatically linking ‘gayest’ with ‘worst’2
Nick Clegg and Francis Maude agree to fly rainbow flag from Cabinet Office for Pride week6
- UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card62
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 members20
Video: Book published to teach children to pray to Jesus for gay people to turn straight32
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
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-
UK: Card Factory accused of homophobia for selling offensive 'fag' birthday card62
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