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3 February 20107,000 sign protest against Pope’s visit 38 More than 7,000 people have signed a petition against the Pope's state-funded visit to the UK. -
3 February 2010EasyJet offers to pay for Pope’s UK flights 37 Budget airline Easyjet has offered to fly the Pope to the UK for free, following controversy over the estimated £20 million cost for his visit. -
3 February 2010Malawi man arrested for putting up gay rights posters 5 A Malawi man has been arrested for putting up gay rights posters. -
3 February 2010Filmmakers will recreate California’s gay marriage trial 1 A pair of Los Angeles filmmakers are recreating all 60-plus hours of California's trial on the gay marriage ban. -
3 February 2010Biopic planned for anti-gay campaigner Anita Bryant 23 US television network HBO is developing a biopic of Anita Bryant, the campaigner who warned gays were recruiting children. -
3 February 2010Indian director confident gay kiss will pass censors 7 The director of a Bollywood film hailed as India's Brokeback Mountain has said he is confident gay kissing scenes will get past censors. -
3 February 2010Gay animal rights group ‘denied place in Sydney Mardi Gras’ 10 An animal rights group have complained they were denied a float at this year's Sydney Mardi Gras. -
4 February 2010David Cameron refuses to call Polish allies homophobic 87 Tory leader David Cameron has defended his party's European alliances with the Polish Law and Justice Party but has refused to call them homophobic, saying the Liberal Democrats also have anti-gay allies. -
4 February 2010Iris Robinson claimed £1,644 for a bed 26 Shamed former MP Iris Robinson claimed £1,644.90 for a bed, a report of MPs' expenses revealed today. -
4 February 2010Colin Powell says Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell should be repealed 14 Former US secretary of state and joint chiefs of staff chairman Colin Powell has said he thinks the military gay ban should be repealed. -
4 February 2010Benefits victory for British gay couples in France 17 British civil partners living in France are now entitled to the same tax and inheritance benefits as their French counterparts. -
4 February 2010Retrial for man accused of killing gay pensioner + The judge in the case of a Polish labourer accused of the murder of Edward Highwood has ordered a retrial after the jury could not come to a verdict. -
4 February 2010Obama denounces Ugandan anti-gay law at prayer breakfast 21 US President Barack Obama described a proposed Ugandan law against homosexuality as "odious" at the National Prayer Breakfast today. -
4 February 2010Gay referee Nigel Owens to discuss coming out 7 Nigel Owens, the Welsh referee who came out in 2007, is to discuss his decision in a television documentary. -
4 February 2010Gay bishop Pat Buckley to have a civil partnership 51 Northern Ireland Bishop Pat Buckley has announced he will wed his boyfriend in a civil partnership ceremony next week. -
4 February 2010Gareth Thomas’ ex-wife has no regrets over marriage 14 Jemma Thomas, the ex-wife of gay star Gareth Thomas, has said she does not regret their marriage. -
5 February 2010Ugandan minister says anti-gay bill is likely to be changed 19 Uganda's deputy foreign minister Henry Okello Oryem has said his country's anti-homosexuality bill is likely to be changed before it passes into law. -
5 February 2010Harriet Harman confirms climbdown over gay church employees 28 Equality minister Harriet Harman yesterday confirmed that the government will not attempt to force through clarifications on who churches must employ. -
5 February 2010FA’s homophobia in football video premiere cancelled 22 The Football Association has cancelled the premiere of a short video to tackle homophobia in the sport. -
5 February 2010Brazilian general says gay soldiers can’t command troops 10 A Brazilian general told a hearing this week that gay soldiers should not be allowed to command troops because they would be disobeyed by other officers.
Articles from February 2010
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UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported3
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship8
US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill+
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but we don’t do them20
US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members1
US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder15
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’1
Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’10
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 vote15
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people55
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 63
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
Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'50
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder15
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained18
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'46
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-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur63
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
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