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13 August 2009California campaigners will wait until 2012 to fight gay marriage ban 9 Gay marriage campaigners have said they will wait until 2012 to challenge Proposition 8, the initiative that banned gay marriage in California. -
13 August 200919,000 people sign petition not to jail gay Israeli man 3 An online petition to prevent a gay Israeli peace campaigner being jailed has gathered 19,000 signatures but more people are being asked to pledge their support. -
13 August 2009Family Guy creator: ‘Stewie is gay’ 11 The creator of cartoon Family Guy has outed Stewie, the youngest member of the Griffin family. -
13 August 2009David Cameron refuses to fire gay Tory MP over ‘rations’ comment 11 Tory leader David Cameron has said he will not fire openly gay Tory MP Alan Duncan for saying MPs were being "treated like s**t" in the aftermath of the expenses scandal. -
13 August 2009Anti-homophobia campaign makes use of high school stereotypes 12 A US campaign against homophobia is attempting to combat negative use of the word 'gay' by replacing it with high school stereotypes. -
13 August 2009Dennis the Menace to stop bullying ‘gay’ Walter 33 The BBC is to show a new version of Dennis the Menace but the comic book character will no longer be allowed to bully Walter the Softie after fears he could seem homophobic. -
13 August 2009Judge rules against Howard K Stern’s gay defamation claim 2 A New York judge has ruled against Howard K Stern’s claim that being called gay is defamatory and entitles him to collect damages. -
13 August 2009Former councillor claims he was banned from joining Labour Party because he is gay 16 A former town councillor in the Welsh town of Llanelli has claimed he was barred from joining his local Labour Party because he is gay. -
13 August 2009Vandals deface Harvey Milk streetcar 22 A San Francisco streetcar dedicated to gay rights campaigner Harvey Milk was taken out of service after vandals daubed homophobic graffiti on it. -
13 August 2009Boy hit with homophobic slurs from teachers 13 A high school student from Minnesota, US, was harassed by two teachers who believed he was gay, according to the state's Department of Human Rights.
Articles from 13 August 2009
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Speaker John Bercow announces MP’s office searched investigating a ‘serious arrestable offence’+
UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments1
Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to ‘rescue’ same-sex marriage bill6
China: 18-year-old IDAHOT activist detained for 12 days+
Downing Street: Equal marriage is the Prime Minister’s ‘paramount concern’10
Peter Tatchell: ‘MPs should vote for heterosexual civil partnerships’18
David Burrowes: I oppose all ‘dilutions’ of marriage7
Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’4
Live blog: MPs debate and vote on same-sex marriage and opposite sex civil partnerships1
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment40
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault111- Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment40
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21
Nick Clegg: 'I will make sure the same-sex marriage bill doesn't get hijacked by those with ulterior motives'19
Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years25- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'14
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18- Labour table civil partnership Manuscript Amendment in order to 'rescue' same-sex marriage bill6
- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments1
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault111
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'70
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
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-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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