Benjamin Cohen founded PinkNews.co.uk in 2005 and was editor until 2006. He was technology correspondent at Channel 4 News between 2006 and 2012.
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10 October 2005Gay HIV Rates Rise Due to Crystal Meth + Crystal Methamphetamine users are shown to be at least three times more likely to be infected with HIV than those who don't use the drug, according to a new US government-sponsored study.
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10 October 2005Gay Cruising to Be Safe Say Police + The head of policing in Barnet in North London, has called on the gay community to help him solve a spate of homophobic attacks
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10 October 2005More Gay Fun for Doctor Who? 1 Doctor Who's bisexual friend, Captain Jack Harkness will be returning for more mischief in series three of the popular revival.
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10 October 2005Cruising Area Gang Attack +
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10 October 2005Gay Weddings Banned by Hotels and Councils +
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10 October 2005Gay Muslim Wins Asylum Case Appeal + In one of the first judgements of its kind, a gay asylum seeker wins the right to make an appeal to remain in Britain.
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10 October 2005Cumbria’s Civil Partnership Stance Under Fire from Christian Leaders + This week's decision by councillors in Cumbria to offer civil partnership ceremonies at their registry offices has been attacked by leaders of the local Diocese.
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10 October 2005Terrorist Threat Does Not Hamper Big Gay Out + Thousands of revelers braved the rain and the recent terrorist attacks to attend Big Gay Out, held in Finsbury Park on Saturday.
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10 October 2005Arrests at Latvia Pride + Latvian police arrested a number of protesters Saturday during the city's first gay pride march.
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10 October 2005Sexless Marriages for Gay Vicars +
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10 October 2005Uganda Under Fire For Gay Stance 1 The human rights group. Amnesty International has voiced concern over the continuing intimidation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists in Uganda.
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10 October 2005Party Not Gay Rights at London’s Annual Soho Pride 1 Thousands of party goers ignored the poor weather to enjoy Soho's annual and free gay pride event.
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10 October 2005Mayor of London Threatens Legal Action Against Bromley on Gay Marriages 1 Bromley Council has been once again threatened with legal action by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone (pictured), over its approach to the issues of the civil partnerships; commonly known as 'gay marriages'.At free vote at the outer London council on Monday night, councillors reached a stalemate over whether the local authority should offer ceremonies for gay couples.
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10 October 2005HSBC to Drop Gay Quiz on Mortgage Applications + A HSBC branch in Porthmadog, North Wales, says it will no longer ask gay couples to take HIV tests when applying for a mortgage.
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10 October 2005Gay Bishop Says Church May Split + Gene Robinson (pictured), the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Church has predicted that the communion may be split by the issue of homosexuality."This is at least as much about power and control as it is about theology and Scripture," New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson said. "It's about who's going to be calling the shots, and who's going to be in and who's going to be out."
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10 October 2005Man Accused of Cutting the Brakes of Wife’s Gay Lover’s Car + A man was accused of cutting the brake pipe of the car that was driven by his wife's lesbian lover, Swansea Crown Court was told yesterday.
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10 October 2005Reggae Star Gay Attack Trial Will Test Jamaica’s Gay Rights Stance + Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will stand trial for assault on a group of gay men. The arrest follows long standing criticism of his attitudes to gay men in his songs.Jamaican police claim that Banton was one of a group of men who forced their way into a house in Kingston in June last year and beat six men who they accused of being gay.
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10 October 2005GAY Bar Controversy: The Editor Responds + The editor responds to the complaint of Jeremy Joseph, the promoter of G-A-Y in regards to the report of two women being turned away from his bar.
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10 October 2005Tory Leadership Contender Promises Gay Agenda + In launching his bid yesterday to become leader of the Conservative Party, and leader of the Opposition, David Davis explicitly mentioned uniting the various communities in Britain to form one nation.Mr Davis famously stood up for gay rights when he intervened in the torturing of a gay pupil by a gang of bullies at his tough inner London school.
