Articles about Speech

20 May 2013
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’ 3 US President Barack Obama delivered a highly inclusive commencement address to students graduating from the all-male Morehouse College this weekend.
13 May 2013
Video: Adam Lambert honoured with top GLAAD Media Award by Mel B 2 Melanie B has presented singer Adam Lambert with GLAAD's top Media Award, and he gave a speech calling on the LGBT community to "unify, and take it further".
3 May 2013
NFL player LeRoy Butler: As a role model, I can’t take back my congratulations to Jason Collins 11 Former NFL player and Super Bowl Champion LeRoy Butler, who had an appearance at a Wisconsin church cancelled over a congratulatory tweet to recently out gay NBA payer Jason Collins, has said he would not take back the tweet because of kids looking up to him.
19 April 2013
Canada: Imam who compared homosexuality with cancer said comments were taken out of context 37 An imam who was recorded giving a speech to school children at a publicly-funded private school in Canada, during which he said homosexuality was a "special case" like cancer, AIDS and diabetes, has said his comments were taken out of context.
13 February 2013
US: Obama State of the Union speech calls out to gay service members 3 President Obama referred to gay soldiers in his State of the Union address last night and said that Americans should be able to get ahead "no matter who they love".
24 January 2013
US: 11-year-old trans girl says Obama should have mentioned trans people at his inauguration 11 An trans girl has written a speech in response to that given by US President Barack Obama at his public inauguration on Monday, during which he referred to the gay community.
24 January 2013
Video: Teenager comes out to hundreds of classmates at award ceremony 25 A gay teenager came out in front of a crowd of hundreds of classmates at his high school, as well as teachers and parents, in a video which has appearaed online.
21 January 2013
Obama: ‘Our journey is not complete until gay people are given equal rights’ 25 Speaking at his inauguration, President Barack Obama made a speech which said "our journey is not complete" until equal rights for gay people is reached, and referred to the importance of the Stonewall riots in terms of moves towards equality.
2 May 2012
Audio: Baptist pastor tells flock to ‘crack the limp wrists’ of their effeminate sons 109 A South Carolina pastor has told his congregation they have 'special dispensation' to punch and crack the wrists of effeminate sons and tell their 'butch' daughters to 'dress themselves up'.
22 March 2012
Muslim preacher who said gays should be ‘treated’ barred from University talk 50 A Muslim preacher who said homosexuality was 'unnatural' and gays needed to be 'treated' has been barred from speaking at an event for the Islamic Society at the University of Hertfordshire today.
3 November 2011
Anti-gay campaigner says opponents are part of “Satan’s plan” 108 In a radio interview, Peter LaBarbera and the show's host agreed gay rights activists were creating a dangerous environment for the anti-gay activists.
9 February 2010
Pope admits priests ‘violated’ the rights of children 18 Pope Benedict XVI has admitted in a speech that certain members of the church “violated rights” of children.
12 January 2010
‘No right to not be offended’, says Tatchell 59 Peter Tatchell has spoken out in defence of five Islamic extremists convicted of abusive language at a march in Luton last year.
15 December 2009
Updated: Christian registrar Lillian Ladele loses appeal 254 An Islington registrar who refused to carry out civil partnerships for gay couples has lost her appeal.

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