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30 December 2008
Lawrence King murder suspect denied access to files 4 14 year old murder suspect Brandon McInerney's lawyers requested that a judge allow them access to files demonstrating how prosecutors decide to try under-18s as adults in court. McInerney stands accused of shooting classmate Lawrence King in February, who was reportedly openly gay and sometimes wore 'feminine' clothing to school, at a junior high school in Oxnard, California.
30 December 2008
Mother fights against ban on sleeping with lesbian partner 8 Divorcee and mother of two Angel Chandler has approached the Tennessee Court of Appeals to allow her to have her female partner stay overnight. Ms Chandler, who has been with her partner for almost a decade, is appealing against a child custody restriction known as a paramour clause, in which she is not permitted to have her lover stay overnight if her children are present.
30 December 2008
Top legal website predicts gay marriage to be hot topic for 2009 + FindLaw, the most-visited legal site on the web, today released its Top Ten Legal Predictions for 2009. The list is a breakdown of what are expected to be next year's legal hot topics.
30 December 2008
Australian equality act inquiry could be delayed until 2011 1 An Australian Senate committee has recommended an inquiry into the need for an equality act banning homophobic or transphobic discrimination, following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The AHRC is currently unable to protect the LGBT community fully as federal protections do not cover homophobia in the media or commercial services as other forms of discrimination are.
30 December 2008
Catholic leader claims Pope’s homophobic outburst “misrepresented” 53 Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and Archbishop of Westminster, has defended Pope Benedict XVI's controversial comments about gay people.
30 December 2008
Top players to speak out against homophobia in FA video 7 The Football Association has agreed to organise and fund a video / DVD featuring premier league players speaking out against homophobia. The idea was put to the FA several months ago by Peter Tatchell of the gay human rights group OutRage!, as way of challenging the anti-gay abuse hurled by fans at players like Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell.
30 December 2008
Playstation game restricts gay words + Playstation's latest venture, PS Home, is described by Home Service Manager Daniel Hill as "unique compared to anything else in the gaming world."
30 December 2008
Spanish judge suspended for discrimination against lesbian parents 1 A Spanish judge has suspended from work after attempting to stop a lesbian adopting her wife's child. Same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children in Spain, and gay marriage was legalised there in 2005.
30 December 2008
Church group discrimination against New Jersey lesbians ruled unlawful 4 A church group yesterday lost its case to a lesbian couple who it barred from holding a civil ceremony on their property. Civil unions were introduced in New Jersey after the state Supreme Court's 2006 ruling that gay and lesbian couples are entitled to equal civil rights.
30 December 2008
Sean Penn to win award for gay politician role + Holllywood actor Sean Penn will be honoured at January's Palm Springs International Film Festival for his role in new film Milk.
29 December 2008
Obama advisor supports choice of anti-gay preacher for inauguration 5 President-elect Barack Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod has spoken in support of the decision invite evangelical preacher Rick Warren to his inauguration. Mr Axelrod is a chief advisor to President-elect Obama. Speaking on NBC, Mr Axelrod defended the controversial decision to include Warren in the ceremony.
29 December 2008
Campbell Soup’s gay ads attacked by American Family Association 19 An ad for Campbell's Soup Company appearing in gay magazine The Advocate has been condemned by the American Family Association (AFA). The double-page ad features two female restaurateurs and a young boy. The text accompanying the picture identifies the women as a couple and the boy as their son.
29 December 2008
Senator sex scandal toilet no longer a tourist hot-spot + The public toilet where Rebulican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sex became something of a tourist favourite in 2007.
29 December 2008
Facebook slams homophobic groups 4 Social networking site Facebook has responded to calls for two Serbian homophobic groups to be removed from the web.
29 December 2008
Funding cut at Brighton care home over gay questionnaire row 18 A Brighton care home for the elderly has been accused of homophobic exclusion by the local authorities. Pilgrim Homes, a Christian care home which runs 10 projects for elderly people in the UK, is suing the council for religious discrimination.
29 December 2008
Transgender Bangladeshis to vote today + Today's general elections in Bangladesh will be the first ever to allow transgender people to cast ballots. A Bangladeshi court ruled that transgender people are fully-fledged citizens and must have the right to vote.
16 October 2008
Spanish military LGBT activist releases gay calendar 2 Albert Marchena and made history by being part of the first ever same-sex civil ceremony to take place between two military men in Spain in 2006.
16 October 2008
Ex-policeman accused of posing as friend’s gay lover to inherit fortune + Marcus Alder, 48, of Cambridgeshire, denied trying to trick the family of his deceased friend Phillip Tyssen-Gee in court today.
16 October 2008
Psychiatrists give evidence at Mr Gay UK murder trial + A court has heard evidence from two psychiatrists in the murder trial of Anthony Morley.
16 October 2008
Gays motivated by greed, Ugandan bishop tells school 27 Bishop of Mukono Eria Paul Luzinda claimed that homosexuality is increasing in Uganda, and that this increase can be blamed on a desire for wealth.

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