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24 November 2011Trans woman will be first to stand for Scottish council elections 12 Carol Mapley, the Labour Party's National Transgender Officer in Scotland, will be the first trans person to contest an elected seat in the country. -
24 November 2011Mugabe calls UK’s human rights aid policy “satanic” 101 Zimbabwean President calls the idea of diverting aid away from the government unless they enshrine human rights, including gay rights, a "diabolic suggestion" and a "stupid offer". -
24 November 2011UK Government criticises proposed anti-gay Russian law 14 In a statement, released on Wednesday, an FCO spokesperson said: “The message of this law, that homosexuality is unacceptable, let alone in any way similar to a crime like paedophilia, is wrong". -
24 November 20113 gay men in Cameroon jailed for 5 years 28 The sentences are believed to be the toughest prescribed by the country’s law. -
24 November 2011US professor: Pro-gay Israeli stance “conceals Palestinian human rights violations” 89 "Pinkwashing", according to the professor, has emerged as "a deliberate strategy to conceal the continuing violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind an image of modernity." The idea was described as "ludicrous and offensive". -
24 November 201120th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death 12 The singer passed away at his London home on 24 November 1991. -
24 November 2011George Michael in hospital with pneumonia 63 Austria's state broadcaster is reporting that the former Wham star is at Vienna's AKH hospital. -
24 November 2011Bradford Bulls rugby player warned over shirtless photo shoot comment 15 Elliott Whitehead had said Stuart Reardon's shirtless photo shoot in Australian DNA magazine "really let the bradford bus down [sic]". -
24 November 2011Université du Québec at Montréal creates research chair to study homophobia 33 The first research chair of its kind created on the North American continent has been funded by the government to inform public debate on the effects of homophobia. -
24 November 2011Minister calls for Tesco boycott over support for Pride London 102 Rev Andrew Allan was commenting on incorrect claims that Tesco’s involvement with the gay pride festival came at the expense of its support for Cancer Research’s annual Race for Life competition. -
24 November 2011Comment: Tom Brake MP on securing and defending religious civil partnerships 34 Tom Brake MP, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Home Affairs, Justice and Equality, talks about protecting new rules on civil partnerships on their passage through Parliament. -
24 November 2011High HIV rates in the Bahamas blamed on homophobia 14 Dr. -
24 November 2011Rourke in training with gay rugby club for Gareth Thomas film 39 The 59-year-old is hard at work producing and starring in a film about the world's first openly gay professional rugby player. -
24 November 2011Right-wing Polish group registers logo depicting “no” symbol over gay sex graphic 17 The decision by a court to allow registration of the logo is being opposed by Robert Biedron, the first openly gay MP in Poland's history, who took office this month.
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US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’+
Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’+
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 vote6
Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’20
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained13
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur56
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’10
David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords47
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people41
- US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people41
- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 56
- 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
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'20
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'44- Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained13
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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