Opinion
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9 December 2008Comment: Moscow Pride organisers appeal to Council of Europe + The organisers of Moscow Pride have written to the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe - the event has been banned every year. -
3 December 2008Analysis: What will be in the Equality Bill? + Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, welcomed the announcement today by Her Majesty the Queen that the Equality Bill will be brought forward in Parliament within the next year. -
2 December 2008Obama: America’s destiny is shared with the world’s 1 Yesterday's introduction of key members of the National Security Team by President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden saw many firsts. -
28 November 2008Trevor Phillips: “We can’t allow a spiral of silence on homophobic bullying to continue” 2 Last night a charity that works with the victims of homophobic and transphobic bullying was honoured with a parliamentary reception. -
28 November 2008Comment: Gay judge reflects on thirty years as an out lawyer 1 Earlier this month, Queen Mary, University of London, launched a specialist legal advice centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people. -
12 November 2008Interview: Greg Barker on the challenge of climate change + Last month's government reshuffle focused mainly on the return of Lord Mandelson to the fold, but there was another highly significant appointment. -
11 November 2008Interview: Blowing the whistle on being gay, in love and on Gaydar 2 Matthew Todd, playwright, journalist, Attitude editor and environmentalist, spoke to PinkNews.co.uk last week about the latest London production of his play Blowing Whistles. -
11 November 2008Comment: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight 4 You can’t take this away from me: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight. -
9 November 2008Explore Barack Obama’s America with a trip to multi-racial Miami 2 We woke up to a new America on Wednesday, and interest in visiting the country has rocketed. -
9 November 2008Interview: Securing gay rights in Jamaica is vital to AIDS struggle 1 By an stretch of the imagination, the treatment of lesbian and gay people in Jamaica is disgrace, says minister Gareth Thomas. -
6 November 2008Glenrothes by-election no longer make or break for Gordon Brown 7 Just a few weeks ago, in the carefree days before the banking sector found itself on the brink of collapse, the Glenrothes by-election was seen as "make or break" for the Prime Minister. -
5 November 2008Video: Obama is “the answer spoken” by gay and straight 3 If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; tonight is your answer. -
5 November 2008The Barack Obama story – from Hawaii to the White House + Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. -
4 November 2008Meet the candidates: Barack Obama and gay rights + In September Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, submitted a written response to questions from US gay newspaper Washington Blade. -
1 November 2008Analysis: The complex system that elects a US President 1 In most democratic countries, the people vote and either through first past the post or a form of proportional representation, a government or leader is elected. -
31 October 2008Analysis: Blood donor policy is discriminatory and contradictory 2 In April the Scottish Parliament asked for submissions from various groups about the ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood. -
30 October 2008Interview: Docu-porn, transfeminism and cafe parties at London film fest + The London Transgender Film Festival 2008 takes place in Brixton next month. -
22 October 2008ANALYSIS: New law will give lesbians equal access to fertility treatment + The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is expected to pass for a third and final time in the Hosue of Commons today. -
18 October 2008Preview: Stephen Fry In America – The Deep South 22 "I'd rather be curled up in a snowy cabin with a hot whisky or, quite frankly, a Horlicks than I would spend half an hour in this rotting place." Stephen Fry exclaims after visiting the USA's southern states in his six part BBC series. -
10 October 2008Matthew Shepard’s mother hits out at prejudice and ignorance, ten years on 2 Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, released the following statement as she marks the tenth year since his death on October 12th 1998.
