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4 August 2009Liverpool library apologises for banning gay magazine 13 Liverpool library managers have apologised to a customer after he was told a gay magazine had been banned from his local library. -
4 August 2009Number of civil partnerships continues to fall 13 The number of civil partnerships entered into by gay and lesbian couples has continued to fall since a peak when they were legalised in 2005. -
4 August 2009Gay Sherlock Holmes ‘will turn audiences off’ 85 Plans to give legendary detective Sherlock Holmes a gay twist have been attacked by a film critic who said it could turn audiences off. -
4 August 2009Foreign Office condemns Tel Aviv gay killings 5 The British Foreign Office has condemned the killing of two gay people in a LGBT centre in Tel Aviv, Israel. -
4 August 2009Thai boxer may face ban for posing in gay magazine 13 A Thai boxer who posed on the cover of a gay magazine in his underwear is facing a year-long ban. -
4 August 2009Amsterdam mayor performs gay marriages for American-Dutch couples 1 Mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen presided over the marriages of five American-Dutch couples at the city's Pride festival on Saturday. -
4 August 2009Catholic states ‘more likely to support gay rights’ 7 US states with the highest proportion of Catholics are more likely to support gay rights, research has claimed. -
4 August 2009London Pride Run to be held in two weeks 2 Former mayoral candidate Brian Paddick is to fire the starter gun at this year's London Pride Run. -
4 August 2009Trans mayor censured by city council for short skirt 12 Stu Rasmussen, the trans mayor of Silverton, Oregon, has been censured by the city's council for wearing "inappropriate clothing". -
4 August 2009Tel Aviv gay shooting: Israeli minister forms emergency committee 5 Issac Herzog, the Israeli minister for welfare and social services, said yesterday he would form an emergency committee to meet the needs of LGBT people following a shooting at a gay centre. -
4 August 2009Couple complain of homophobia in Tesco 45 A lesbian couple from Milton Keynes say they have experienced staff homophobia several times at their local Tesco supermarket. -
4 August 2009Police hold meeting to deal with East End gay attacks 23 Police are holding a public meeting to encourage people to report homophobic attacks in the East End of London.
Articles from 04 August 2009
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but in Judaism we don’t do them’7
US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members+
US church tells PinkNews: Equal marriage is to blame for violent Woolwich murder7
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’+
Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’3
Ukraine: Gay pride rally cancelled by court for fear that it will spark violence+
Cornwall: Tory deputy chair Sarah Newton defends abstaining in equal marriage Commons vote13
Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’36
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained17
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur59
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people46- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 59
David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords47
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth 'dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?' 10- Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'36
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'46
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years24- Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained17
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'94
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
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote62-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur59
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
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