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30 July 2010
Best of PinkNews: BBC accused of homophobia over Lindsay Lohan slurs + As PinkNews.co.uk celebrates its fifth birthday, we take a look back at some of the most important exclusive stories we've broken. In January 2009, the BBC was accused of homophobia over comments about bisexual actress Lindsay Lohan it broadcast by the BBC Radio 5 Live presenter DJ Spooney. He described lesbians as "munters and mingers" and said that Hollywood superstars like Ms Lohan "should be saved for guys." It led to scores of complains to media regulator Ofcom and the BBC Trust.
19 February 2009
Pride London director calls for travel agents to give to gay community 6 Colm Howard-Lloyd, a director of Pride London, has said that companies must do more to encourage loyalty from gay customers.
19 February 2009
Jacqui Smith ordered to bring gay asylum seeker back to UK 11 The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been ordered by the High Court to have a gay asylum seeker who was removed from the UK brought back to Britain.
19 February 2009
Hip-hop star Kanye West claims to have reinvented the word ‘gay’ 11 Rapper Kanye West has claimed that the word 'gay' should not be an insult. Instead, the 808s and Heartbreak star said that the term will be used in future as synonymous with fashionable and stylish.
2 January 2009
EXCLUSIVE: BBC accused of homophobia over Lindsay Lohan slurs 30 BBC3 programme The Most Annoying People of 2008, which listed bisexual actress Lindsay Lohan has been branded as homophobic by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell following complaints to the broadcaster by a PinkNews.co.uk reader.
2 January 2009
Gay club clashes with local council over ‘kinky’ sign 19 Kinky Boots cabaret club in Darleston has resisted an order by local authorities to remove a sign outside its premises showing a man in knee-length PVC boots.
2 January 2009
Man becomes Australia’s first recognised gay war widow after 10 year struggle 3 Sydney pensioner Edward Young has won a decade-long legal battle to receive his deceased partner's pension.
2 January 2009
Gay housing association association hits quarter of a century + Stonewall Housing, the UK's only specialist LGBT housing, advice and support provider, celebrated its 25th anniversary at the end of 2008.
2 January 2009
Catholic agencies turn on gay adoption rights as exemption period runs out 13 50% of the Catholic adoption agencies that threatened to close if forced to work with gay couples have adopted the new equality law.
2 January 2009
Graham Norton plans ‘risqué’ jokes for Eurovision 3 Ultra-camp TV presenter Graham Norton is planning to give a much more adult feel to the Eurovision Song Contest than his predecessor Sir Terry Wogan.
2 January 2009
Portland becomes largest US city to have gay mayor 1 The US city of Portland, Oregon, swore in its openly gay mayor Sam Adams on New Year's Day.
2 January 2009
Four arrested after lesbian attacked and raped 6 Four males have been arrested in Richmond, California, during investigations over the alleged gang rape of a lesbian.
31 December 2008
Top gay venue Astoria to hold ‘last ever party’ + The London Astoria is one of the capitals most iconic venues and following the decision earlier this year to close demolish the Astoria to make way for the new Crossrail project, the venue's staff have announced its closing night event.
31 December 2008
Gay youth radio station hit by credit crunch 1 Several businesses have been hit by the global recession; the demise of Woolworths and other high street stores has been well-publicised. Now a gay youth podcast service has been hit following issues with the company that hosts their podcasts.
31 December 2008
Three black gay men gunned down in New Orleans 3 New Orleans police are searching for the killers of three black gay men after they were found dead at their home on December 18th.

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