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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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Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay+
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US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination5
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay18
Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business4
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’12
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store3
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’53
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague5
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk7
- US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay18
- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 53
- Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down8
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally11- Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'12
- US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination5
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
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US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'19
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
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill53-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'53
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'48
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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