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5 May 2009Gay footballers celebrate win privately for fear of being outed 13 The Scottish football team which won the Gay National League Cup had to celebrate its victory in private because some players were afraid of losing their jobs. -
5 May 2009Trans groups to campaign over ‘draconian’ gender clinic rules 16 Trans Yorkshire and Press for Change are to lobby MPs at Westminster later this month in a bid to improve gender identity services in Leeds. -
5 May 2009Trans woman joins Welsh police force to tackle transphobia 1 A Welsh police force has taken on a trans woman to help train officers about hate crimes. -
5 May 2009Russian activists plan gay Pride march ahead of Eurovision 2 Gay rights activists in Russia have said they plan to hold a gay Pride march in Moscow hours before the city hosts the Eurovision Song Contest final. -
5 May 2009Washington DC to recognise gay marriage if Congress lets it 1 Washington DC has voted to recognise gay marriages that are conducted in other US states. -
5 May 2009Breaking: Maine House of Representatives votes in favour of gay marriage 6 The lower house of Maine's legislature has voted in favour of the state allowing gay marriages. -
6 May 2009Greek court annuls first gay marriages 10 A Greek court has ruled that two gay marriages performed on the island of Tilos are invalid. -
6 May 2009Miss California forced to defend topless photos 23 Carrie Prejean, the Miss World contestant who criticised gay marriage, has defended topless photos of her taken as a teenager. -
6 May 2009Men convicted of attack on gay squatter 5 A man who attacked his former lover has been convicted of assault, criminal damage and theft. -
6 May 2009Scottish MPs condemn clergy for attacks on gay minister 20 Members of the Scottish Parliament have criticised the clergy for attempting to block the appointment of openly gay minister Scott Rennie. -
6 May 2009Lesbian couple to appeal in the UK over Gibraltar’s housing policy + A lesbian couple who were refused a joint tenancy in government housing in Gibraltar are to appeal in the UK. -
6 May 2009Controversial pastor Rick Warren ‘one of the world’s most influential people’ 17 Rick Warren, the US evangelist pastor who spoke out against gay marriage, has been included in Time magazine's latest list of the world's most influential people. -
6 May 2009Conservative Party ‘to prioritise gay rights’ 63 Reaching out to gay rights groups is one of Tory leader David Cameron's top five priorities, it has been claimed. -
6 May 2009Survey on gay marriage shows split between old and young 3 A poll of Americans suggest that 54 per cent believe gay marriage should not be legal, compared to 44 per cent who support it. -
6 May 2009Lesbian couple attempt to marry in Russia 3 A lesbian couple are planning to apply for a marriage licence in Moscow later this month, it has been reported.
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6 May 2009‘Outraged’ parents attack drag queen website 25 A parents' group has attacked the creators of an online drag queen community, saying it may encourage children to "see gay sex as normal". -
6 May 2009Former employee wins unfair dismissal case against gay charity 1 An employment tribunal has decided that Manchester's Lesbian and Gay Foundation unfairly dismissed an employee. -
6 May 2009Gay group lobbies Obama for lesbian Supreme Court nominee + A new grassroots group called Equal Rep is lobbying US president Barack Obama to appoint a lesbian to the Supreme Court. -
6 May 2009Breaking: Maine’s governor passes gay marriage bill 7 Gay marriage is now legal in Maine after Governor John Baldacci signed it into law.
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7 May 2009Former M*A*S*H star comes out 15 David Ogden Stiers, who played Major Charles Winchester in “M*A*S*H,” has revealed he is gay.
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New straight civil partnerships amendment tabled for equal marriage bill in House of Lords3
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother2
Chris Brown starts equality campaign and vows to stand up for gay rights7
Son of US Senator under fire for posting racist and homophobic tweets5
Labour MEP Michael Cashman: Putin’s ‘hate speech’ has resulted in the ‘barbaric killing’ of gay Russian men4
Lord Carey tables amendment to undermine equal marriage bill by calling for ‘two tiered’ marriage17
Survey: LGBT acceptance at all time high in US, but discrimination remains+
X Factor star Marcus Collins takes part in anti-hate crime campaign video1
Committee says UK Government did not consult adequately with the Church in Wales on equal marriage bill8
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay40
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay28
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 60
Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down22- Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay40
Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'19- Lord Carey tables amendment to undermine equal marriage bill by calling for 'two tiered' marriage17
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally11
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination6
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill55
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'49
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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