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28 February 2011England cricketer Steven Davies comes out as gay 61 Steven Davies, the England wicket keeper, has announced he is gay. -
28 February 2011President Obama appoints gay man as social secretary 6 US president Barack Obama has appointed a gay man as his social secretary. -
28 February 2011Natalie Portman wins Oscar for Black Swan 9 Natalie Portman won a Best Actress Oscar last night for her role as a ballet dancer in Black Swan. -
28 February 2011Ireland elects first openly gay TD 15 Ireland has elected its first openly gay Teachta Dála, the Irish equivalent of an MP. -
28 February 2011Court upholds foster ban on couple who oppose homosexuality 390 The High Court has upheld a council's decision to bar a couple from fostering children because they oppose homosexuality. -
28 February 2011Department of Health criticised for £36,000 gay ‘leadership course’ 19 The Department of Health has been criticised for spending £36,000 on a two-day residential course for gay and lesbian NHS managers. -
28 February 2011Gay priest fired from Philadelphia Catholic university 19 An openly gay priest has been fired from teaching at a Catholic university in Philadelphia because he has been in a relationship with a man for the past 15 years. -
28 February 2011Burger King pays out $3m to gay couple beaten by staff 28 A New Jersey gay couple have won $3.15 million in compensation after being abused and beaten by Burger King staff. -
28 February 2011Video: Lady Gaga premieres Born This Way 35 It's the "new gay anthem", Elton John says. -
28 February 2011LA Times opposes Prop 8, supports gay marriage 2 The Los Angeles Times signalled its support for gay marriage by running an editorial today calling Proposition 8 a “deplorable situation”. -
28 February 2011Website blaming gays for Christchurch quake shut down 23 A website that blamed the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on gay people, has been shut down by its Utah-based web hosting provider, BlueHost. -
28 February 2011‘The King’s Speech’ producer Iain Canning thanks boyfriend in Oscar acceptance speech 9 British producer Iain Canning accepted the Oscar award as one of the four producers of The King’s Speech, giving credit to “boyfriend Ben” at the end of his acceptance speech. -
28 February 2011Survey suggests North Carolina supports gay unions despite Republican efforts to ban gay marriage 2 Republicans are expecting to introduce a Defense of Marriage Act in North Carolina in 2011, but a survey released on Monday by Elon University reveals that more than half of North Carolina residents actually support at least some form of legal recognition for gay couples.
Articles from 28 February 2011
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Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’8
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained11
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur42
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’9
David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords46
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people39
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 849
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members3
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years24
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’40
- US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people39
- David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords46
- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 42
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?' 9
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years24
- US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'40
- Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained11
Olympic diver Chris Mears: I have made some good gay friends through Tom Daley29
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
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-
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
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