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8 May 2013US: Plan to rename San Francisco airport after Harvey Milk is scrapped + A proposal to rename San Francisco's airport after the late gay rights leader Harvey Milk, has been dropped, and the lawmaker who proposed it will aim to have a terminal named after Milk instead. -
2 April 2013Comment: Equal marriage campaigners should rein in their egos and go back to the grassroots 19 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Chris Ward says equal marriage campaigners should focus on convincing neighbours and their local MPs to support the measure with traditional lobbying methods – rather than relying on online activism. -
15 January 2013San Francisco plans to rename airport after gay rights hero Harvey Milk 15 David Campos of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has announced plans for a charter amendment to rename the city's largest airport in honour of the late gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
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10 December 2012Mexico: Teacher fired for showing the pro-gay film Milk 12 A teacher in Mexico has been fired after screening the film "Milk" to her class, with her boss describing the movie as “filth”. -
28 November 2012Video: Gay Men’s Chorus holds 34th anniversary memorial for Harvey Milk’s assassination 2 The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus last night held a memorial and candlelight vigil march to the city's Castro District, to mark the 34th anniversary of Harvey Milk and George Moscone's assassination. -
14 November 2012Comment: Why ‘straight’ Bob Filner will be better for San Diego than ‘gay’ Carl DeMaio 15 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts assesses last week’s defeat of Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican who was running to become Mayor of San Diego. -
30 October 2012San Francisco: Gay history museum vandalised following baseball game 6 San Francisco's GLBT History Museum has reopened after it was damaged earlier in the week. -
8 October 2012London: Hate crime memorial to take place at St Paul’s 7 An act of remembrance for all of those affected by hate crime will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London this Saturday. -
14 September 2012San Francisco: Supervisor Wiener asked to ban public nudity in ‘cock ring’ row 64 Gay district supervisor Scott Wiener says he is open to introducing legislation that would ban public nudity due to the increased number of men seen wearing cock rings in San Francisco’s Castro district. -
5 September 2012Comment: Allan Horsfall was the ‘grandfather’ of the UK’s gay rights movement 6 Peter Tatchell recalls the contribution of LGBT rights pioneer Allan Horsfall, who passed away last month. -
24 August 2012James Franco set to star in and produce gay-art film “James Franco’s Cruising” 6 James Franco has teamed up with a gay art-porn director to produce and star in an indie film which re-imagines footage lost from the film "Cruising" which starred Al Pacino. -
17 July 2012California: Anti-gay groups fail to win vote on Fair Education Act 8 A coalition of anti-gay groups has failed to secure enough support for a referendum on California's Fair Education Act. -
23 May 2012In Photos: Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego 8 A street in San Diego, California has been renamed in honour of the gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, on what would have been his 82nd birthday. -
9 May 2012Harvey Milk to be honoured with a street name in San Diego 5 A two-block street in San Diego's Hillcrest neighbourhood will be re-named in honour of Harvey Milk to mark his 82nd birthday.
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18 July 2011‘Family’ group wants referendum on California gay education 51 A California 'family' group is seeking a voter referendum on a new state law requiring schools to teach pupils about gay history. -
15 July 2011California governor signs bill for gay history in schools 37 California governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill requiring all schools to teach about the contributions of LGBT people through history. -
12 July 2011James Franco: ‘Rumours said I was a gay rapist’ 13 Actor James Franco has revealed he was the subject of rumours which claimed he had raped a former boyfriend. -
6 July 2011California Assembly passes gay education bill 17 A bill requiring schools in California to teach pupils about LGBT history has been passed by the Assembly.
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1 June 2011Harvey Milk’s nephew to kick off this weekend’s Pittsburgh gay pride rally + Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk, will speak on Friday at the Pride Advocacy Rally which kicks off this year's Pittsburgh Pride festival in Pennsylvania. -
12 May 2011‘Milk’ voted gay film of the decade 26 'Milk', the story of gay rights hero Harvey Milk, has been voted the gay film of the decade.
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