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9 October 2006Gay star reunites Wham! 4 Camp pop band Wham! are set for a one off reunion, according to reports.The group, made up of gay artist George Michael and Andrew Ridgley will play a special Christmas concert including all the bands classic hits as part of Michael's current world tour. -
9 October 2006Bermuda churches boycott ‘anti-gay’ service + Churches in Bermuda are planning to boycott a multi denominational service on human rights because they fear it may unfairly target homosexuality.A third of churches believe the service, organised by United By Faith, will preach that the Human Rights Act should not protect sexual orientation. -
9 October 2006Scottish gay laws “jeopardising family life” 5 The Scottish Executive is "jeopardising family life" by allowing civil partnerships, a Catholic bishop has warned.The Bishop Of Paisley, Philip Tartaglia, used a speech to legal figures in Edinburgh yesterday to attack the concept of gay unions.He accused lawmakers of going against "God's purpose," he said: "A raft of legislative measures have jeopardised, recklessly I think, family life as intended by God's purpose for human beings. -
7 October 2006BBC defends gay star Norton over drug comments + The BBC has defended it star signing Graham Norton after he told Marie Claire magazine that taking ecstasy was "just fantastic".The 43-year-old gay star was criticised by anti-drug groups for saying: "The only time I took ecstasy was years and years ago. -
6 October 2006Campaigners seek to stop homophobic incitement 1 Gay charity Stonewall has received around £10,000 of donations towards plans for a campaign to stop incitement of anti gay hatred.The lobby group want homophobic incitement to be included in the next Criminal Justice Bill, which would make it illegal for anti gay statements to be made on public platforms such as in musical lyrics or political campaigns. -
6 October 2006Police treating pensioner murder as homophobic 1 Detectives investigating the death of pensioner Malcolm Bryan have today confirmed it is being treated as a homophobic incident.67-year-old Malcolm Bryan, who worked in the entertainment industry booking cabaret artists, was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in a bock of flats in Portsmouth after midnight on September 21. -
6 October 2006Homophobic bullies drive schoolboy out + A young schoolboy has been forced to leave his school after becoming the victim of an anti-gay campaign.One classmate has been fined after making sexually explicit prank phone calls to the boy as part of a bullying campaign.The 15-year-old was taken to court by his victim after setting up a website claiming he is gay and posting pictures of him with pink fluffy handcuffs, as well as leaving notes in his bag saying he is gay. -
6 October 2006Edinburgh church backs gay unions + The Edinburgh Presbytery of the Church of Scotland has given its backing to civil partnerships, making it the first part of a major British denomination to support gay unions.Last May The Church of Scotland's General Assembly considered the issue of civil partnerships and in a controversial vote, which many ministers had threatened to resign over, 372 votes to 240 supported giving individual laymen the freedom to bless civil partnerships.
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6 October 2006Gay animal jibe is Noah joke 6 It started as a joke but has now become a farce after a Tory councillor was today suspended from an equality panel and has vowed to resign as a Conservative representative after joking that a modern day Noah's Ark would have to admit gay animals.David Clutterbuck a 72-year old Conservative councillor at Bournemouth Borough Council infuriated local political opponents this week after replying to an email about the bureaucracy that the biblical tale of Noah's Ark would encounter nowadays. -
6 October 2006Gay rights denial ’causes mental illness’ + The stigma of homosexuality can cause mental illness and depression, a medical expert told the High Court this week as an Irish lesbian couple attempted to get their Canadian marriage recognised in Ireland.Giving evidence at the Dublin High Court case being taken by Drs Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan, Dr Harry Kennedy, a consultant forensic psychiatrist, said that discriminating against homosexuality can lead to clinical depression. -
6 October 2006Promiscuous robbers leave you less than satisfied + Gay cruising grounds in Croydon are being targeted by criminals who have sex with you before robbing you at knifepoint, police have warned.Croydon Police are warning gay men to be extra vigilant after it emerged the attackers lure their victims into a false sense of security by engaging in sexual acts and then threatening men at knifepoint. -
6 October 2006BNP join gay animal debate 6 The British National Party (BNP) know a bandwagon when they see one, and they have been quick to jump onto the political correctness debate regarding Conservative councillor David Clutterbuck's comments about gay animals on Noah's Ark.Their valuable input can be found on their website, but not wanting to miss the internet traffic bandwagon, PinkNews.co.ukhas featured it here... -
6 October 2006London clubs support Hep C Trust 1 Popular Friday club night 'Fiction' along with a host of other clubs are lending their support to the Hepatitis C Trust by supporting its new campaign 'what not to share'.The campaign was launched by the Hep C trust to coincide with 'World Hepatitis Awareness Day' on October 1st. -
5 October 2006Trans doctor investigated 3 A transgender activist has voiced support for a sex change doctor being investigated by the General Medical Council over allegations of professional misconduct.Dr Russell Reid, a consultant psychiatrist at Charing Cross gender identity clinic specialising in transgender and gender reassignment issues is accused of prescribing sex-change treatment for some transgender patients too quickly between 1984 and 2003. -
5 October 2006Polish Ministry will ”not support cooperation of homosexuals organisations” 1 The Polish Ministry has rejected a youth proposal from Polish LGBT organisation Campaign Against Homophobia with the words ''the Ministry does not support actions that aim to propagate homosexual behaviour and such attitude among young people.''This decision violates article 13 of the Amsterdam treaty, which explicitly forbids the discrimination of sexual minorities in the European Union. -
5 October 2006Tory councillor in hot water over gay animal jibe 6 While the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth applauded leader David Cameron for backing gay unions it seems further down the road one Tory councillor missed the message.David Clutterbuck a 72-year old Conservative councillor at Bournemouth Borough Council has infuriated local political opponents by suggesting that a modern day Noah's Ark would have to allow gay animals on board.
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5 October 2006Campaigners ponder ways to stop homophobia 1 Gay campaigners are considering setting up a charity to campaign against homophobia through encouraging law changes, staff training and fundraising concerts.The organisation, Kiss Goodbye to Homophobia, is being set up in reaction to a spate of murders in the gay community in the last year including Jody Dobrowski on Clapham Common, Michael Fardon in Northampton and most recently 67-year-old Malcolm Bryan, who was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in a block of flats in Portsmouth last month. -
5 October 2006Bournemouth, Boris and Tory bumbling 6 PinkNews.co.uk has spent the last three weeks eagerly following political party conferences. -
5 October 2006Cameron criticised for lack of gay action 6 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveLabour MEP Michael Cashman has warned the gay community against immediately trusting the Conservative's pro-gay image.Tory leader David Cameron used this week's party conference in Bournemouth to praise civil partnerships and stopping homophobic lyrics in music, but Mr Cashman claims Mr Cameron should be judged on his actions rather than his words. -
5 October 2006Mayor’s gay party slur suspension quashed + London Mayor Ken Livingstone has had his four-week suspension from office overturned after appealing the decision this week.Mr Livingstone had been suspended from office for a month last February after comparing a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard, but the mayor has today successfully challenged the decision of the Standards Board for England arguing he was not on official duty when the comments were made.
