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28 March 2006211 complaints to BBC over gay EastEnders storyline, but do the public care? 5 PinkNews.co.uk ExclusiveThe lesbian storyline between Sonia and Naomi on EastEnders has been bringing in its fair share of complaints.211 emails calls and letters have been received by the EastEnders press office, objecting to the storyline which saw the break up of Sonia's marriage, fueled by her first gay kiss with a friend. -
28 March 2006Danny La Rue has stroke 6 Female impersonator Danny la Rue is bowing out of public life having suffered a stroke.A close friend, Pat Lake-Smith told The Stage that "Danny has a stroke but without paralysis." She announced the performer's tour cancellation, saying "he has been ordered by his doctors to rest completely. -
28 March 2006Mugabe might be “repressed queen” 3 "I wouldn't be surprised if Mugabe is himself a closet, self loathing, repressed queen. -
28 March 2006Jersey to reduce age of gay consent to 16 + A report delivered this morning by the Corporate Services Panel says there is "no alternative" to lowering the age of consent for homosexual consent.The Island's laws currently set the age of consent at 18 for homosexual couples, and 16 for heterosexual couples. -
28 March 2006Disney to scrap Elton movie + Amid cries of "wherefore?" Elton John's animated movie "Gnomeo Juliet," has been scrapped by bosses at Disney.The retelling of Shakespeare's famous play was to have been the second Disney collaboration with Elton John, following the success of The Lion King, which saw Elton and lyricist Tim Rice collect an Oscar for the song "Can you hear the love tonight?" -
27 March 2006Homophobic lecturer suspended + The university lecturer at the centre of racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments, has been suspended pending disciplinary action.Dr Frank Ellis, an academic at the University of Leeds, was blasted by students and minority groups last week after telling the student magazine that homosexuality is wrong and should be "weeded out of theological seminaries and that "there is a persistent gap in average black and white average IQ." -
27 March 2006Win £100 of luxury Italian cheese (plus accessories) 3 Delicious Grana Padano hard Italian cheese is as good for your waist line as it is for your taste buds. -
27 March 2006Scottish gay bars ready as smoking ban ignites 5 Smoking has now been stubbed out across bars and pubs in Scotland.The ban, which came into force yesterday to a mixed reception, applies to public places including restaurants, bars and clubs.A spokesman from gay establishment, the Claremont Bar in Edinburgh told PinkNews.co.uk, "We have been ready since the end of January, it is no big shock to us." -
27 March 2006FCUK grooming kit worth £150 up for grabs 1 Already popular in the gay community, the FCUK grooming range has been repackaged and restyled with a funky new look.To celebrate their launch, PinkNews.co.uk has teamed up with French Connection to offer a massive goody bag complete with every item in the range (worth around 150) for one lucky reader . -
27 March 2006Freedom march organiser looking to build on success 1 The organiser of last weekend's March for Free Expression, Peter Risdon, has openly praised the Muslim Action Committee's Ismaeel-Haneef, for helping to ensure peaceful rallies in London and Birmingham.He thanked him in an open letter in which he expressed hope that problems between Muslim and non Muslim communities had been reduced and invited him to a further debate on the controversial Danish cartoons satirising the Islamic Prophet Muhammed. -
27 March 2006Pink claims brother stole her lesbian lover + Pop star Pink has revealed tales of heartbreak after her brother stole her lesbian lover when she was a young teenager.The singer, real name Alecia Moore, told the Independent she received therapy after the break up and was still upset about it years later.She said the girl was her first love, "I had a girlfriend when I was 13 and she left me for my brother!" -
27 March 2006Gay groups voice concern over Bulger killer’s outing 6 Gay groups have expressed dismay at a media frenzy over allegations that one of Jamie Bulger's killers, Robert Thompson, is gay.Thomson, who abducted and murdered toddler Jamie Bulger, with his friend Jon Venables when they were ten years old in 1993, is now believed to be living with a gay lover. -
27 March 2006Will Young has joined “anti-gay” Church- press claim 4 The gay Pop Idol winner, Will Young has joined a Christian group that allegedly "frowns on homosexuality and labels it an 'illness'."The Daily Mail today claims that the singer has joined a small group of disciples meeting in a formerly derelict church in South Kensington, West London. -
27 March 2006Transgendered man documents hair raising life + A transgendered man who excelled in female beauty pageants around the UK is set to reveal all in a book documenting his journey from life as a woman to being a man.The former female model, now called Rico Adrian Paris has courted media interest with his autobiography, Transman Bitesize, which tells the tale of 37 years as a woman called Helen Thompson, two marriages, and four children, until having a sex change. -
27 March 2006Pope’s gay views “in line with Hitler” 4 Pope Benedict XVI's gay stance is as bad as prejudices of "Hitler and Himmler" in Nazi Germany, according to an Irish Senator.Senator David Norris criticise the pontiff over his constant condemnation of homosexuality and refused to take "moral instructions from a man with a swastika on his arms." -
26 March 2006Diverse crowd join in London to attend rally in support of free speech 2 Over a thousand people braved the pouring rain to listen to a diverse range of speakers enthusing over the rights of freedom of speech in Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon.The human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell of the gay rights group, OutRage!, was reserved the key note speaker position to address a largely peaceful crowd.
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25 March 2006Jackpot for gay group in Gloucestershire. + The national lottery has agreed to donate 120, 000 to Gay-Glos, a charity which runs gay friendship groups in Gloucestershire.The money comes from an amount allocated to help the minority groups living in the UK, and will be used to create a gay friendship group for the over 60s, and a mobile group for young people between the ages of 18 and 25. -
24 March 2006Patients won’t tell doctors “I am Gay” 1 An online survey conducted by Rainbow Network has revealed a worrying statistic - many gay people do not come out to their doctor and other healthcare professionals.The survey might be a uncontrolled internet poll, but the trends that it exposes have a widespread significance. -
24 March 2006Gay sex attacker sentenced to five years 1 A gay sex attacker who kidnapped, drugged, abused and robbed his victims has been jailed for five years.The High Court in Glasgow found former DIY store worker, Cyrus Winton, 26, guilty of three attacks and three thefts. -
24 March 2006Homophobic law might hamper AIDS effort, Human Rights group fears. 2 Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's outlawing of homosexuality looks set to become law.
