Articles about Belfast

17 April 2013
Northern Ireland: Gay blood ban debated in High Court 14 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots’ decision to maintain the lifetime ban on gay men giving blood in Northern Ireland has been debated in the country’s High Court.
17 November 2012
Northern Ireland: Funeral held of leading gay rights campaigner PA Maglochlainn 5 The funeral is being held today of one of Northern Ireland's best known LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights campaigners, PA Maglochlainn, who died from a long illness.
15 November 2012
Tributes for Northern Ireland gay rights campaigner 6 Tributes are being paid to Northern Ireland LGBT rights campaigner PA Maglochlainn, who has died from a long illness.
24 October 2012
Northern 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.
1 August 2012
Lord Mayor of Belfast first DUP representative to attend Pride event 35 The Lord Mayor of Belfast, a councillor for the Democratic Unionist Party whose members have made numerous anti-gay comments in recent years, has attended a Pride event in the city.
8 June 2011
Tensions rise again over the Kirk’s position on gay ministers 19 Tensions are brewing once again at the Presbyterian General Assembly over the Church of Scotland's stance on accepting gay ministers.
2 February 2011
Anti-gay Iris Robinson fined for car crash 22 The homophobic former DUP MP Iris Robinson has been fined £200 for causing a car crash.
6 January 2011
Door staff attacked with knuckle-duster at Belfast gay club + Three door staff at a Belfast gay club were taken to hospital yesterday after being attacked with a weapon believed to be a knuckle-duster.
20 January 2010
Playgirl vies for Iris Robinson’s toyboy lover 5 The toyboy lover of homophobic Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson is being pursued by Playgirl magazine.
14 January 2010
Homophobic attack victim condemns Iris Robinson 13 A man who was beaten in a homophobic attack shortly before Iris Robinson made her now infamous anti-gay remarks has said her husband should divorce her.
14 January 2010
Homophobic Iris Robinson resigns from parliament 25 Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson resigned from Westminster yesterday after it was revealed last week that she had solicited loans for her 19-year-old lover.
12 January 2010
Iris Robinson’s teen lover ‘faked testicular cancer to end affair’ 20 The 19-year-old lover of Iris Robinson falsely told her he was suffered from testicular cancer to get out of the relationship, it has been claimed.
12 January 2010
Campaign to make Mrs Robinson number one 20 An internet campaign has begun to make Mrs Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel number one in the charts.
11 January 2010
Iris Robinson’s husband asks colleague to step in as first minister 16 Peter Robinson, the husband of homophobic Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson, has asked a colleague to take over as first minister while he stands down for six weeks.
11 January 2010
Iris Robinson receiving psychiatric treatment after accusations of two more affairs 52 Homophobic MP Iris Robinson is said to be receiving "acute psychiatric treatment" as allegations of affairs with two other men emerge.
4 January 2010
Trans woman wins complaint against newspaper for ‘tranny’ headline 22 The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that a Belfast newspaper breached the press code of practice for calling a trans woman a "tranny".

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