Opinion
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29 December 2006A year for gay legislation + Departing PinkNews.co.uk online editor Marc Shoffman sifts through the stories that made 2006.It's been a great year for gay rights. -
29 December 2006A fond farewell 2 PinkNews.co.uk's Marc Shoffman bids farewell to the siteI am not afraid to admit that I came to PinkNews.co.uk as a novice. -
28 December 2006Honey, are we there yet? 1 So, gay people can legally have sex at the same age as their straight counterparts and can register their partnerships. -
27 December 2006Comment: Labour must not ruin record in new equality law + Labour MEP Michael Cashman calls on the party to uphold its record on gay rights with the new Sexual Orientation Regulations.I am celebrating an anniversary, and not my own.I am in fact referring to the Civil Partnerships Act which came into force just over a year ago, permitting same-sex unions and providing entitlements equal to those of heterosexual couples. -
27 December 2006All countries should decriminalise homosexuality 1 Gay activist Louis-Georges Tin outlines the importance of a worldwide decriminalisation of homosexualityOn January 1st 2003, to start the new year in a gentle way, 3 young men were beheaded in Saudi Arabia. -
27 December 2006USA mourns Gerald Ford 1 America is mourning the loss of Former US President Gerald Ford after the ex-leader died last night aged 93.He was the only un-elected US President after taking over from Richard Nixon in 1974 following the Watergate scandal, but it could have all been so different had Ford's life not been saved by a gay man. -
24 December 2006Victory for gay row Christians is not a victory for common sense 12 "Hallelujah!" squeals the Daily Mail on the news that Joe and Helen Roberts are to receive Ł10,000 compensation and costs after an 80 minute interview by police resulting from comments they made about gay rights and civil partnerships.The couple who claim to be Christian told a council worker that they found the civil partnership literature displayed in public libraries in Lancashire "discriminativly offensive [sic]." -
22 December 2006Lesbian comic key to ratings 3 PinkNews.co.uk's Ben Leung assesses the presenting future for lesbian comic Rosie O'DonnellAll good things must come to an end, and it seems like my love affair with file-sharing sites could be ending sooner than I'd anticipated - if those media bigwigs get their way. -
15 December 2006Comment: Gay parenting is fine 2 Following criticism of Time magazine's approval of an article by right-wing Christian James Dobson against gay parenting, same-sex family group, Family Pride has had a rebuttal printed by the publication.Family Pride executive director Jennifer Chrisler says James Dobson misuses science to discredit same-sex parenting. -
15 December 2006Comment: Gay icons behaving badly + It's 4am on a Monday morning in Los Angeles—the majority of the city has long been asleep... -
8 December 2006Celebs split while gay marriage thrives + "Everybody sins. -
8 December 2006“I will never abandon Total Eclipse of the Heart” + PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveWelsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler is planning a return to the UK charts next month with a new version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, but as she explains to PinkNews.co.uk, she has never been away from the music scene.Love is love, Bonnie Tyler declares when asked on her view on gay equality. -
6 December 2006Comment: Gay partners in poverty 8 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell calls on the Chancellor to provide "transitional relief" in today's Pre-Budget Report to gay couples who are not in a civil partnership.Thousands of low income same-sex couples have been plunged into poverty as a result of benefit rule changes introduced when the Civil Partnership Act became law on 5 December last year.On the first anniversary of civil partnerships, the gay human rights group OutRage! is urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to provide "transitional relief" for the many gay partners who have suffered severe financial hardship as a result of the sudden, overnight changes in social security regulations. -
5 December 2006HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! 8 Civil Partnerships are one year old today!Who would have thought, ten or even five years ago, that gay couples in their thousands would be legally tying the knot across this dear nation of ours?Today marks the one-year anniversary of civil partnership legislation that has finally made honest men and women of an incredible amount of us gays. -
5 December 2006Comment: Wear AIDS bands all year 2 PinkNews.co.uk's Ben Leung asks if the X-Factor stars will be sporting AIDS ribbons next weekFirst of all, let me get this out of the way - I don't like The X Factor, and I never will.It's not that I don't like its format - quite the contrary, in fact, as I happen to think the ITV talent contest, like its predecessors, Pop Idol and Popstars, works superbly well. -
1 December 2006‘My Grandpa fought fascism, now the gay community must’ + The death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has raised questions about the state of Russian society, but gay rights campaigner, Nikolai Alekseev, has also uncovered hostile elements of homophobia simmering under the facade of democracy. -
1 December 2006‘I hope I come back as gay’ 42 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveIs being gay good karma? PinkNews.co.uk meets a group of gay Buddhists who are proud to follow a religion that welcomes them.Barely a week goes by without a religious leader talking about the evils of homosexuality and the damage that gay rights are doing to society.But deep in South London, men and women gather each week, proud of their religion, unafraid of discrimination, they are gay and lesbian Buddhists. -
29 November 2006Comment: Gay and lesbian identity is doomed 3 Gay activist Peter Tatchell calls for an end to the gay-straight divideThis month has been Queer Awareness Month at many universities across Britain, with four weeks of stalls, debates and films to promote queer human rights. -
29 November 2006Positively promoting the L-Word + Gay charity Stonewall is attempting to foster a new generation of confident and open business leaders in the workplace. -
22 November 2006How gay is James Bond? 3 PinkNews.co.uk's Ben Leung takes a shot at the campest James Bond theme tunesWhen listening to the new James Bond song, 'You Know My Name', you can't help but feel the beginning of a new era in the long and illustrious history of songs which has accompanied the iconic franchise.
