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17 December 2009BBC ditches ‘Should homosexuals be executed?’ debate title after complaints 42 Following outrage across the web, the BBC has renamed a premoderated debate on its 'Have Your Say' website from "Should homosexuals face execution?" to "Should Uganda debate gay execution?" Politicians from all the main parties have expressed revulsion at the BBC's handling of the debate. -
17 December 2009George Michael apologises for swearing on live radio 6 Singer George Michael had to apologise after saying f**ker on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 drivetime show. -
17 December 2009Gay activist killed in Honduras 12 A gay rights activist has been killed in Honduras in a drive-by shooting. -
17 December 2009Homophobic singer Buju Banton ‘innocent’ of drug charges 22 Buju Banton, the homophobic Jamaican reggae star, is innocent of the drug charges against him, his lawyer has said. -
17 December 2009Australian music teacher acquitted of lesbian affair with student 3 An Australian music teacher has been acquitted over allegations she had a lesbian affair with a 15-year-old pupil. -
17 December 2009Tatchell says BBC ‘invited’ homophobia 10 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has criticised the BBC for allowing online readers to debate whether gays should be executed. -
17 December 2009Comment: BBC’s Gay execution debate was murderous breach of impartiality 27 By inviting a discussion on whether gays should be executed, the BBC surrenders to mob rule and fans the flames of homophobic hatred at a time when the safety of lesbians and gays is under threat as never before, argues Adrian Tippetts. -
17 December 2009Gay Christian group welcomes assurances from Archbishop of Canterbury on Uganda’s anti-gay bill 7 The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement has received assurances from the Archbishop of Canterbury's office that he condemns the proposed anti-homosexuality bill currently before the Ugandan parliament. -
17 December 2009BBC apologises for ‘Should gays be executed?’ debate 32 The director of the BBC World Service has apologised for the offence caused by a debate on its website yesterday asking readers to debate whether gays should be executed. -
17 December 2009Stephen Gately’s widower makes official complaint about Jan Moir column 35 Stephen Gately's civil partner has made an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir's article on his death. -
17 December 2009Portugal tipped to allow gay marriage 16 Portugal's government is drawing up a law to allow gay marriage. -
17 December 2009Gay Europe minister Chris Bryant attacks BBC’s ‘ludicrous mistake’ on gay execution debate 42 Minister for Europe Chris Bryant has attacked the BBC for holding a debate on whether gays should be executed.
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GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms45
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder30
US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage13
Republicans hastily add anti-equal marriage coda to a defence bill48
Malaysia: Muslim lesbian activist launches controversial book19
Virginia: Republicans block first openly gay judge34
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch ‘your little buns’ in elevators84
Comment: Trans people need equality to get our marriages, confiscated by the state back53
New York mural compares gay rights in Israel to its neighbours63
Maryland: Equal marriage not legal yet, but divorce for gay couples is okay8
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms45
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder30
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators84
Daniel Radcliffe: Newspapers believed I was gay because I had a 'gay face'38
US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage13
Virginia: Republicans block first openly gay judge34
One Million Moms targets gays again over catalogue kiss45
Nine-year-old tells 'God Hates Fags' church 'God hates no one'42
BBC drama hints Sherlock Holmes is gay35
JC Penny releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms27
Dr John Sentamu: Meeting 'emotional needs' of gay couples through civil marriage is a 'misuse of the state'260
ASA responds to claim it 'persecuted' religious blog in investigating anti-gay marriage ad234
Family Research Institute head: Equal marriage view suggests Obama may be gay133
Chris Bryant: Tory MP's response to equal marriage enquiry 'as cruel as it was offensive'127
Study: Faces may reveal whether people are gay115
Poll: 35 percent believe government should drop equal marriage plans111
Malawi: New president 'to decriminalise homosexuality'102
Equal marriage campaigns 'demonise the backward working class', commentator claims101
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia marked globally84-
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators84
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