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Barack Obama has reached out to gays

President-elect Obama challenged over HIV civil rights abuses

An LGBT civil rights group has urged the new President of the United States to tackle inequalities faced by people living with HIV and AIDS.

Mr McFarlane is claiming religious discrimination

Christian claims religious discrimination over refusal to counsel gays

A group created "to stand up publicly against a tide of unChristian legal and political changes in the United Kingdom" is backing an employment tribunal case.

Michael Causer died in July

Hundreds attend memorial for murdered gay teenager

Liverpool's Anglican cathedral held a well-attended memorial service for a young gay man on Saturday.

Jimmy Lynch drowned in a Manchester canal

Manchester canal death no longer suspicious say police

The death of a man who drowned in a Manchester canal is no longer being treated as suspicious.

Stonewall Housing provides support to LGBT people

New legal advice service for LGBT victims of domestic abuse

A firm of solicitors has joined forces with Stonewall Housing to create an advice service for LGBT people experiencing domestic abuse.

Michael Causer died in July

Liverpool Cathedral to host memorial service for murdered gay teenager

Tomorrow evening Liverpudlians gay and straight will pay tribute to a young man murdered in an allegedly homophobic attack.

Barack Obama is President-elect of the United States

Obama transition team denies he will delay ending gay military ban

A spokesperson for US President-elect Barack Obama has said that no decisions had been made about the strategy or timing of an attempt to end the ban on openly gay, lesbian or bisexual people serving in the country's Armed Forces.

Sir Adrian Fulford was the first out High Court judge

Comment: Gay judge reflects on thirty years as an out lawyer

Earlier this month, Queen Mary, University of London, launched a specialist legal advice centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people.

Boy George denies the charge against him

Boy George reported laptop hack days before he handcuffed rent boy, court told

Gay star Boy George, who is charged with the false imprisonment of a rent boy told police that his laptop was hacked into just days before the incident, a court was told.

Malaysian Muslims are concerned about lesbianism

Malaysia's fatwa council explains how 'tomboys' become lesbians

A Malaysian religious leader has spoken for the first time in detail about the ramifications of the fatwa passed last month that ruled against women indulging in activities deemed as 'masculine.'

Robert Neal faces jail for deliberately infecting people

HIV-positive man faces jail sentence for deliberately infecting partners

A judge in Victoria, Australia said that an HIV-positive grandfather from Melbourne preyed on "vulnerable" gay men when he tried to infect them with the virus.

The MoD will pay compensation to a lesbian soldier

Lesbian soldier wins MoD harassment payout

A lesbian soldier has been awarded £187,000 in compensation for sex discrimination, victimisation and sexual harassment.

Gays may be able to get married in Iowa

Iowa may be next state to allow gay marriage

Gay families in the US state of Iowa may see the way cleared for marriage equality.

Boy George denies the charges made against him

Boy George's rent-boy "sexed up" false imprisonment story, court told

The male escort who claims that Boy George falsely imprisoned him wanted to be placed in hand cuffs and "sexed up" his story a court has heard.

Cyprus has granted residency to a gay asylum seeker

Cyprus grants resident status to gay Iranian asylum seeker

MEPs have welcomed the decision of Cyprus interior minister to grant resident status to an gay Iranian asylum seeker.

















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