Politics
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12 January 2007Gay sex scandal minister’s political comeback + The politician who provided the first sex scandal of Tony Blair's government has told ITV that he intends to stand for the Welsh Assembly.Ron Davies was Secretary of State for Wales in 1998, when an incident on Clapham Common forced him to resign from the government. -
12 January 2007Pressure on Ruth Kelly over gay rights law 4 The defeat of a motion in the House of Lords to rescind the Sexual Orientation Regulations in Northern Ireland has been welcomed by gay activists.The debate has also added to the pressure on Ruth Kelly to ensure that the same regulations are introduced to England and Wales.The SOR were meant to come into force in England and Wales on January 1st, but Communities Secretary Kelly delayed them. -
12 January 2007COMMENT:Tatchell on the rise of US-style Christian activists 2 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell argues that Tuesday's victory for gay rights was also a setback for the zealous, authoritarian tactics of US-style Christian fundamentalism. -
12 January 2007Mexicans OK gay weddings 3 The northern Mexican state of Coahuila became the first in the country to approve gay unions yesterday. -
12 January 2007Gay-friendly Brighton Council “not complacent” 3 The leader of the council in Brighton and Hove has welcomed the council's status as one of the most gay-friendly employers in the UK - but has revealed that the organisation is far from complacent.Council leader Simon Burgess's comments come after gay rights group Stonewall named Brighton Hove City Council the seventh most friendly employer to the gay community. -
12 January 2007Survey finds 5% of gay men face discrimination + In the last year 5% of gay men and 4% of lesbians have been refused goods or services because of their sexuality.The findings come in the week the House of Lords rejected an attempt by Christian activists to rescind the Sexual Orientation Regulations that came into force in Northern Ireland on January 1st. -
11 January 2007“Gay JFK” to be honoured with bust 3 Harvey Milk, the first out gay male politician in American history, is to be honoured with a bust in San Francisco City Hall.Milk, known during his lifetime as "The Mayor of Castro Street," is regarded as a political icon amongst gay activists for his ability to build the LGBT community into a grassroots political force. -
11 January 2007Leicester bar attacked in hate crime + Police in Leicester are treating a series of attacks on a bar popular with gay people as hate crimes.The Leicester Mercury reports that a gang of young men armed with hammers and baseball bats smashed windows and verbally abused customers at the Amber bar in Northampton Street last Friday night.The bar is popular with gay and lesbian people. -
10 January 2007COMMENT: A gay old time in their Lordships’ House + Call him a freak if you want, but PinkNews.co.uk's Tony Grew actually enjoys Parliamentary debates. -
10 January 2007Gay groups welcome Lords decision 15 Gay and lesbian groups have welcomed the vote in the House of Lords last night which confirmed the introduction of the Sexual Orientation Regulations in Northern Ireland.The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association expressed their pleasure that a campaign of campaign of "distortion and exaggeration" had been defeated. -
10 January 2007COMMENT: Eye-witness report from last night’s protest 15 It was not just protesters out in Parliament Square last night. -
10 January 2007Rebel Labour MPs attempt to weaken gay hate law 100 Twelve Labour MPs defied the government last night to vote in favour of an amendment to the proposed offence of incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.The amendment sought to allow "discussion of, criticism of, or expression of antipathy towards conduct relating to a particular sexual orientation, or urging persons of a particular sexual orientation to refrain from or modify conduct according to that orientation."It was defeated by 338 to 169. -
10 January 2007Stonewall reveals top employers for gay people + The third annual Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, which lists the top employers for gay people, has revealed that companies and organisations across the country are making progress in encouraging and supporting their gay staff.To qualify as one of the 100 best UK employers in 2007, bosses had to demonstrate significantly higher standards of good practice in a wide range of areas. -
10 January 2007Malaysian politician sues over gay smears + Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia, has hit back at charges that he is gay.Anwar was imprisoned on charges of sodomy and corruption in 1998, but after six years behind bars the sodomy charge was overturned.He claims that his former boss Mathahir Mohammad, prime minister from 1981 to 2003, is trying to wreck his reputation and that the allegation of homosexuality is false. -
8 January 2007Police in Peru accused of gay assaults + A gay rights group in Peru has accused police officers of carrying out systematic attacks on gay people in the country .The Lima Homosexual Movement claims that figures they have compiled show over 600 homophobic assaults in the country over the last year.A spokesman for the movement, Jorge Bracamonte, has accused the police of assaulting gay and transvestite prostitutes and other LGBT people. -
8 January 2007Ruth Kelly attacked for hypocrisy over choice of school 1 Controversial Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has been heavily criticised by Labour MPs after it was revealed that she has sent one of her children to a private school.The beleaguered cabinet member, who was Secretary of State for Education from 2004 until last year, has left fellow MPs fuming at yet another controversial decision.Ms Kelly has been widely criticised for delaying the introduction of new regulations that will protect LGBT people from discrimination when accessing goods and services.
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8 January 2007Analysis: From student radical to Presidential candidate + It almost went unnoticed in the fevered pitch leading up to today's primary contest in freezing New Hampshire - but in a front page editorial in the Washington Post's Sunday edition, former 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern - the Barack Obama of his day - called for the impeachment of President George W. -
5 January 2007COMMENT: Peter Tatchell – A quote for every occasion? 5 The execution of Saddam Hussein led commentator Ben Leung to confront his mixed feelings towards gay rights activist Peter Tatchell.
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5 January 2007Gay Congressman takes up key post + The only out gay man in the new 110th US Congress has been appointed chairman of the powerful Financial Services Committee, and has promised to give shareholders more say over executive salaries.Rep. -
4 January 2007COMMENT: Congress should scrap “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” 5 A new United States Congress will be sworn in later today.
