England
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4 September 2009Homophobic posters placed around Leicester ahead of Pride 73 A number of offensive posters have been put up around Leicester ahead of the city's Pride festival tomorrow. -
3 September 2009Jersey civil partnerships ‘could cost £300,000′ 9 Introducing civil partnerships for same-sex couples in Jersey could cost £300,000, the island's deputy chief minister has claimed. -
28 August 2009Gay bishop Gene Robinson to appear at Christian festival 25 A controversial gay cleric will be one of the attractions a Christian music and arts festival being held in Cheltenham this Bank Holiday weekend. -
28 August 2009Docs on Queer as Folk and Harvey Milk for launch of Fruit TV 105 An online channel for the LGBT community due to launch next year has revealed some of its schedule highlights. -
27 August 200922 police forces to march at Manchester Pride 8 Police officers and staff from all over the UK will be in Manchester this weekend for Pride. -
27 August 2009Lesbian ex-soldier “disgusted at MoD” over payouts to injured + A lesbian former soldier who was awarded £187,000 in compensation for sex discrimination, victimisation and sexual harassment has said she is disgusted at the low sums paid to servicemen and women injured in action. -
27 August 2009Plans to ban “ex-Lords” from Commons could end speculation about Mandelson 9 The Justice Secretary may amend new legislation that would allow Lords to resign their seats to stop ex-peers from becoming an MP for up to five years. -
27 August 2009Lib Dem MP accuses Tories and local paper of twisting the facts over gay group grant 20 A Liberal Democrat MP has accused both the Tories on Bristol council and one of the city's newspapers of misrepresenting a National Lottery grant to a gay group. -
26 August 2009Downing St responds to petition against deportation of gays 10 A petition on the Downing St website calling on the Prime Minister to stop deporting gays and lesbians to countries where they may be imprisoned because of their sexuality has prompted a response from the government. -
26 August 2009Gay basketball star slams Chris Grayling for comparing Manchester to The Wire 12 British basketball star John Amaechi has demanded an apology from Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling after he claimed parts of the UK are as violent as US hit TV show The Wire. -
25 August 2009Thousands sign Downing St petition demanding apology for Alan Turing 9 More than 4,800 people have signed a petition calling on the government to apologise for the way in which computing genius and gay man Alan Turing was treated during his lifetime. -
25 August 2009Manchester Pride closes city streets over the Bank Holiday weekend 5 Details of road closures during the Manchester Pride Big Weekend and the Pride Parade have been announced today by the festival organisers.
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25 August 2009Blue Peter presenter’s trans comments not ‘unfair treatment’ says Ofcom 18 The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has not upheld a complaint from a trans woman against a programme celebrating 50 years of the children's TV programme Blue Peter. -
24 August 2009Equality Commission takes BNP to court over “racist” membership policy 112 The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today issued county court proceedings against the British National Party because of its constitution and membership criteria. -
24 August 2009New research finds 33% of Brighton’s LGBT population have used cannabis 15 New research has revealed that gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in Brighton are much more likely to use illegal drugs than the general population. -
24 August 2009X Factor favourite tells tabloid he is bisexual 26 A contestant on ITV1 show X Factor has told a Sunday tabloid that he is bisexual. -
21 August 2009Men charged after eggs thrown in Manchester’s gay village + Two men have been charged for throwing eggs and shouting homophobic abuse at members of the public in Manchester's gay village. -
19 August 2009Music teacher pleads guilty to lesbian affair with pupil, 15 8 A lesbian music teacher at a private London school has pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual activity with a child. -
18 August 2009Gay networking event designed for twenty-something men + A new gay networking club in London has been designed specially for men in their twenties. -
17 August 2009Shadow equalities minister Theresa May to attend gay Tory conference event 53 Shadow equalities minister Theresa May is to be a guest at a Pride event scheduled for this year's Conservative Party Conference.
