Articles about Prime Minister Gordon Brown

3 June 2013
Yvette Cooper: The government needs to remember who the real opponents of equal marriage are 11 Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that the government needs to remember “who the opponents are” of the same-sex marriage bill in the wake of last week’s row about House of Lords timetabling.
3 January 2012
Gay codebreaker Alan Turing remembered in stamp series 24 The work of codebreaker Alan Turing, who died in 1954, two years after being prosecuted for homosexuality, is to be celebrated on a commemorative stamp this year.
6 December 2011
Petition launched to pardon gay codebreaker Alan Turing 98 A petition has been launched asking the government to issue a formal pardon to the gay mathematician Alan Turing.
19 September 2011
Labour says it will pressure government for gay marriage 36 Labour says it will pressure the coalition government to ensure that marriage equality is enacted.
16 February 2010
Gay civil partnerships approved for parliament 17 The Houses of Parliament will be opened for civil partnerships and marriages for both MPs and members of the public.
15 February 2010
Man still has to declare 51-year-old buggery conviction 65 A gay man who was convicted of buggery 51 years ago is fighting to clear his name and have the conviction removed from his criminal record.
5 February 2010
Pope to include Scotland in UK visit 38 Pope Benedict XVI said today he would also be visiting Scotland when he comes to the UK later this year.
21 January 2010
Ugandan MP says he may amend anti-gay bill 6 The MP who tabled Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill has said he may amend parts of it.
18 January 2010
Author of Uganda’s gay execution bill to attend prayer breakfast with Obama 25 David Bahati, the MP who authored Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, is expected to attend a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama.
14 January 2010
Bercow hopes for Westminster civil partnerships before May 9 Speaker John Bercow said today that he hopes civil partnerships for gay MPs will be held in parliament in the next few months.
14 January 2010
MP suggests UK should cut aid to Uganda over anti-gay bill 16 A former Foreign Office minister has called for an audit into aid money granted to countries which "promote homophobia", such as Uganda.
14 January 2010
MPs sign motion to condemn Uganda’s gay execution bill 8 Twenty MPs have signed an early day motion to attack Uganda's plans to introduce the death penalty for gays.
13 January 2010
Ugandan president Museveni distances himself from anti-gay bill 10 Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni said yesterday that the country must take into consideration its foreign policy interests when debating an anti-homosexuality bill.
22 December 2009
Ugandan President threatens to reject homophobic bill 28 The President of Uganda has threatened to veto the a controversial new bill that could see homosexuals sentenced to the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment.
19 December 2009
US Assistant Secretary of State condemns Uganda’s proposed anti-gay laws 4 The USA's Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs has said that it is urging Ugandan politicians to block a proposed law that would impose life imprisonments of gay people, arguing that it would set back the fight against HIV/ AIDS.
18 December 2009
Ugandan parliament to debate anti-gay bill today 15 Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill will be discussed in the country's parliament today.
15 December 2009
Gordon Brown ‘pushing for European recognition of British civil partnerships’ 28 Prime minister Gordon Brown has said he is pushing European countries such as Spain and France to recognise civil partnerships registered in Britain.

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