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5 August 2009Campaign for government apology to gay mathematician Alan Turing 20 A British programmer is petitioning the government to apologise to gay mathematician Alan Turing for his prosecution for homosexuality. -
5 August 2009Church of England groups push for gay ordinations 10 A number of progessive groups in the Church of England are pushing for gay ordinations of bishops and same-sex blessings. -
5 August 2009Stonewall publishes advice for lesbians on getting pregnant 2 Stonewall, the gay and lesbian rights group, has published a guide for lesbians on how to get pregnant in the wake of the new laws protecting the rights of lesbian couples seeking fertility treatment. -
5 August 2009US military investigating Iraqi gay executions claim + The US military is investigating claims that US soldiers committed atrocities against gay Iraqi civilians. -
5 August 2009Bollywood show enters fight for Indian gay rights 1 An Indian television show is to screen an episode on gay rights. -
5 August 2009Laramie Project: Ten Years Later to be shown across US 3 Around 100 theatres in America are expected to show a follow-up reading of the Laramie Project, a film about murdered gay teenager Matthew Shepard. -
5 August 2009EXCLUSIVE – PR guru Max Clifford: ‘If a gay footballer comes out, his career is over’ 28 Celebrity publicist Max Clifford has said that gay footballers who come out of the closet could find their careers in tatters due to homophobic attitudes. -
5 August 200960 greatest gay bars announced 14 Gay website Out.com has published a list of the 60 greatest gay bars in the world, which includes three British venues. -
5 August 2009Gay man beaten after leaving Torquay nightclub 3 A gay man was robbed and beaten while leaving a gay club in Torquay in the early hours of Saturday morning. -
5 August 2009Gay couples in Wisconsin sign up for domestic partnerships 7 Gay couples across the US state of Wisconsin have begun registering for domestic partnerships since new laws came into force on Monday.
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US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members+
US church tells PinkNews: Equal marriage is to blame for violent Woolwich murder4
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’+
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 vote11
Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’24
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained14
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur56
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’10
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people45- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 56
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
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'24
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
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58-
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
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