Health
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29 October 2012London: Police investigate death at gay sauna 51 The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation after a man died at a gay sauna in central London during the weekend. -
28 October 2012Northern Ireland Health minister criticised by Greens over gay adoption appeal 15 Speaking at his party’s conference, Northern Ireland Green Party leader Steven Agnew said Edwin Poots was "unfit for office" over his decision to challenge a senior judge’s ruling on adoption rights for couples in civil partnerships. -
27 October 2012Mitt Romney: ‘Some gays are actually having children. It’s not right’ 80 Mitt Romney was recently accused of deliberately trying to make it harder for same-sex couples to register the birth details of their children during his time as governor of Massachusetts. -
26 October 201212th annual Intersex Awareness Day marked around the globe 3 Campaigners are marking Intersex Awareness Day, which is taking place on Friday. -
25 October 2012Romney rejected birth certificates of children from gay parents 25 Mitt Romney is being accused of deliberately trying to make it harder for same-sex couples to register the birth details of their children during his time as governor of Massachusetts. -
24 October 2012Parental rights to be extended for LGBT families in the Netherlands 5 The government in the Netherlands is looking to change the law to take into account its 25,000 LGBT families, and issues faced by step-parents or sperm donors. -
24 October 2012US: Judges hear gender reassignment appeal from incarcerated trans woman + Attorneys representing a trans woman prisoner made an appeal today to a court in Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to win her gender reassignment surgery. -
24 October 2012Northern Ireland attorney general isolated over gay adoption + The UK Government is seeking to distance itself from Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin’s decision to intervene in a European court case involving gay adoption laws. -
23 October 2012UK: Doctors warn poppers may lead to eye damage 20 Medical experts say sniffing poppers, commonly sold in gay clubs across the UK, can cause lasting damage to the eyes. -
23 October 2012US: Research shows rise in teenage suicides from bullying 13 The number of teenagers taking their own lives due to bullying and homophobic bullying has increased dramatically over the past seven years, according to research. -
23 October 2012French president accused of making U-turn on gay fertility rights 9 French President Francois Hollande has been accused of dropping plans to allow same-sex couples access to fertility treatment. -
22 October 2012US: Trans prisoner requests that court assigns surgeon for her operation + A trans woman incarcerated in an all-male prison in Massachusetts who was granted gender-reassignment surgery by a court has asked the state to find a surgeon, despite the need for her court victory to be upheld on appeal. -
19 October 2012Poll claims 3.4% of US adults identify as LGBT 21 The research was conducted by both Gallup and the Williams Institute and was based on interviews with more than 121,000 people. -
18 October 2012Northern Ireland Health minister to challenge gay adoption ruling 35 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has announced he will challenge a landmark ruling to overturn the ban that prevents gay couples in civil partnerships from adopting in the country.
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18 October 2012Northern Ireland gay adoption ban ruled unlawful 12 The ban preventing gay couples in civil partnerships and unmarried straight couples from adopting children in Northern Ireland has been deemed unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.
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17 October 2012UK: National AIDS Trust criticises government over HIV strategy 89 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) has accused the Department of Health of failing to renew its sexual health and HIV strategy for England, two years after it came to an end. -
17 October 2012US: Gay prisoner sues jail, claims another prisoner bit off part of his nose + On Tuesday, a gay inmate of a Kentucky prison filed a lawsuit against a fellow prisoner, as well as the prison itself, claiming that he had part of his nose bitton off in an attack following days of harassment. -
16 October 2012Facebook accidentally outed users to their parents through group permissions loophole 21 Facebook users have been inadvertently outed by a loophole in the system which overrode their privacy settings and shared information about them. -
15 October 2012UK: HIV helpline service suffers funding cut 64 The Terrence Higgins Trust says its national HIV telephone helpline service will now operate at reduced hours, following the loss of government funding. -
15 October 2012San Francisco: Man sues gay porn company over erection injections 10 A stage assistant from San Francisco has launched legal action against a gay pornography company after he was allegedly forced to inject performers with a controlled drug to prolong their erections.
