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17 August 2010Clare Balding to hold women’s golf fundraiser 3 Broadcaster Clare Balding and her civil partner Alice Arnold will hold a women's golf challenge to raise money for gay equality charity Stonewall. -
17 August 2010Bogus policeman tried to trick man into ‘fine’ for gay sex 3 A man who pretended to be a policeman in order to "fine" a man he tricked into meeting for sex has been jailed for nine months. -
17 August 2010Edinburgh teenager guilty of extorting £87,000 in chatline sting 7 A 19-year-old Edinburgh man has been found guilty of extortion for his part in a gay and adult chatline sting. -
18 August 2010Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes says deal with Labour could still happen 13 Simon Hughes, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said that a power-sharing deal between his party and Labour could happen as soon as 2015. -
18 August 2010BBC apologises for weatherman’s rude gesture 24 The BBC has apologised after viewers saw a weatherman sticking his middle finger up at his co-presenters. -
18 August 2010First regular gay character for Neighbours + Neighbours has got its first gay regular gay character. -
18 August 2010US lesbian student sues school after being excluded from yearbook 19 An American teenager is suing her school district after being excluded from the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo in her photo. -
18 August 2010Arabic website to tackle gay issues 2 An Arabic-language website set up by two Israeli-Arab literary figures will tackle the issue of homosexuality. -
18 August 2010Police appeal after toilet fire at Brighton Pride 3 An arson attack on portable toilets at Brighton Pride caused £30,000 worth of damage. -
18 August 2010US gay group angry at retailer Target’s donations to ‘anti-gay’ Republican 2 America's largest gay group, Human Rights Campaign, is protesting over Target's $150,000 donation which was used to support a Republican gubernatorial candidate who has opposed gay rights. -
18 August 2010New students reminded to look at gay-friendly university guide 13 Gay and lesbian students who get their A Level results this week are being reminded to make use of a guide to the most gay-friendly universities. -
18 August 2010UK gay rights groups (with one exception) set out positions on marriage equality 75 After a PinkNews.co.uk poll showed high support for opening up civil marriage to gay couples, we asked UK gay rights groups to set out their views on the issue. -
19 August 2010Catholic adoption agency barred from refusing gay couples 21 A Catholic adoption agency has been barred by the Charity Commission from restricting its service to heterosexual couples. -
19 August 20106,000 civil partnerships formed last year 14 Figures show that 6,281 gay couples had civil partnerships in the UK in 2009, a fall of 12 per cent compared with 2008. -
19 August 2010Costs are a barrier to lesbian couples conceiving, study finds 9 A small study of lesbian parents has suggested that many still have to turn to friends or the internet to find sperm donors, despite laws which make it easier for them to use IVF clinics. -
19 August 2010Trans woman claims she lost her job after wearing women’s clothes 10 A trans woman from Lincoln is suing her former employers, claiming that they sacked her after she began wearing women's clothes to work. -
19 August 2010Liverpool’s gay arts festival Homotopia returns for seventh year 3 Liverpool's seventh Homotopia festival will take place this November. -
19 August 2010Germany’s justice minister considering giving gay couples equal income tax rights 5 Germany's justice minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said today she is looking at how gay couples can be given equality in the income tax system. -
19 August 2010Public bodies to be given more freedom in how they promote equality 16 The government announced changes today in how the new Equality Duty will be implemented. -
19 August 2010A third of HIV-positive gay men show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder 19 A study has found that one third of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Articles from August 2010
Top stories
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was ‘repulsed’ by gays and lesbians+
Boy Scouts of America: We will not ‘not sacrifice our mission’ over gay members1
US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage1
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members4
Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay1
UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported10
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship20
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 them41- US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members1
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins57- US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members4
- Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship20
- Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians0
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people62- Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay1
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 8411
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be 'the right decision'1- Boy Scouts of America: We will not 'not sacrifice our mission' over gay members1
Northern Ireland minister Ian Paisley Jr calls gay people repulsive27
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
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur64
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63-
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people62
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
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