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2 February 2009Catholic church backs legal challenge in gay adoption case 21 The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland is backing a legal challenge on behalf of two grandparents whose grandchildren are to be adopted by a gay couple. -
2 February 2009Pope promotes priest who claimed hurricane was God’s punishment for tolerating gays 34 A priest who thinks Hurricane Katrina was "divine retribution" on New Orleans for being tolerant towards gay and lesbian people has been made a bishop. -
2 February 2009Appeal for ‘ambassadors’ to share their stories of Pride in London + The organisers of the UK's largest Pride event want to hear your experiences. -
2 February 2009Nassau man freed after using gay panic defence at murder trial 17 A 25-year-old man in the Bahamas has walked free from court after claiming a man he murdered made a sexual advance towards him. -
2 February 2009Deputy Mayor to take part in LGBT History Month event at City Hall + Broadcasters, celebrities and political figures will be doing their bit for LGBT History Month on Saturday at a special event at London's City Hall. -
2 February 2009Gay judge who made history retires from Australian bench 1 The first openly gay person to become a High Court judge in Australia has retied after 13 years on the bench. -
2 February 2009Tories question decision to fly rainbow flag at police HQ 17 A Conservative MP has accused North Wales police of 'tokenism' for marking LGBT History Month by flying the rainblow flag at their headquarters building. -
3 February 2009Bipartisan call for Hillary Clinton to grant full benefits to gay staff 1 Democratic and Republican members of the US Congress have called on the newly-appointed Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to take action to ensure that gay and lesbian employees get full partner benefits. -
3 February 2009Stephen Fry tops British twitter list but trails Obama + TV personality Stephen Fry is the UK's most followed twitter user. -
3 February 2009Obama seeks military assessment before repealing ban on gays 6 The President of the United States could wait several months before he moves to end a ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people serving in the country's armed forces. -
3 February 2009Prime Minister to attend New Zealand gay family picnic 3 The Prime Minister of New Zealand is among the country's political leaders who have confirmed they will attend the Big Gay Out family picnic day in Auckland this weekend. -
3 February 2009Gay flag removed from London police station 19 The new head of London's police service has ordered officers in Limehouse to remove a rainbow flag which was flying from the station's flagpole. -
3 February 2009Gay-themed musical sweeps London theatre award nominations 1 Camp musical La Cage Aux Folles has been nominated for seven Laurence Olivier Awards. -
3 February 2009Finnish media group discriminated against lesbian editor 2 The Labour Protection Office in Finland has ruled that the country's second-largest media group was guilty of unjust discrimination in the case of a gay woman. -
3 February 2009Gay Republicans welcome election of first black party chairman 8 A group representing lesbian and gay Republicans has said that the election of Michael Steele as chairman of the party's national committee will mark a change of direction after two successive election defeats. -
3 February 2009Obama moves to fill last Cabinet posts as gays appointed to lower ranks 1 The appointments of more openly gay people to posts in the Obama administration have been announced. -
4 February 2009California Supreme Court will hear Prop 8 challenges in March + Legal challenges to a ballot measure that denied gays the right to marry in California will begin oral arguments on March 5th, the state Supreme Court has announced. -
4 February 2009Wyoming legislators protecting “traditional” marriage with gay ban 7 Politicians in America's least populous state have said that a proposed ban on same-sex marriage recognition is not homophobic. -
4 February 2009Mayor explains why he decided not to resign over teen sex story 4 The Mayor of the US city of Portland has apologised for embarassing the gay community after it emerged he had a sexual relationship with a teenager. -
4 February 2009Al-Qaeda accused of using male rape to ‘create’ suicide bombers 31 Islamic terrorists are raping young men in order to drive them into suicide bombings claims Algerian militant Abu Baçir El Assimi.
Articles from 2009
Top stories
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final9- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state22
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur3
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law8
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill9
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’25
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally5
- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final9
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions19- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets30- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state22
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3- Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would 'introduce confusion'25
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55-
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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