Canada
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1 June 2012Manhunt continues for ‘killer bisexual porn actor’ + The hunt for a man who is believed to have murdered and dismembered a male lover and sent parts of his body to government officials has continued today. -
27 April 2012Canada: Lesbian couple ordered to divide sperm in split 10 A Canadian court has ruled that a lesbian couple who separated in 2006 ought to have divided up donated sperm they had frozen in the same way that they had their other assets. -
21 April 2012Canada: Gay porn interrupts local television news 23 A newscast on a local television station in Hamilton, Ontario was interrupted yesterday by three minutes of hardcore gay pornography, which has drawn equal amounts of humour and outrage across social networks. -
18 April 2012Canada: Man to be charged today over murder of gay rights activist + A man is due to be charged with second-degree murder today following the death of a popular gay rights activist. -
17 April 2012Canada: Prominent gay activist killed in apparent hate crime 60 A prominent gay rights activist and journalist in Halifax was beaten to death outside a popular gay bar, Canadian media organisations report, in what seems to be a homophobic hate crime.
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16 April 2012Canada: Wildrose Party candidate under fire for homophobic comments 14 The leader of Alberta's Wildrose Party, Danielle Smith, is under pressure to sack one of her candidates, after one of his blogs from last year was discovered, where he said homosexuals are deemed to spend an eternity in hell. -
11 April 2012Leader of Wildrose Party in Canada says she is pro-gay, pro-choice 16 Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose Party in Canada, has moved to quash rumours surrounding her social beliefs by confirming that she is in favour of marriage equality, and is pro-choice on abortion rights.
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3 April 2012Transgender contestant may be allowed to return to Miss Universe Canada 96 A woman who was ousted from the Miss Universe Canada competition because she is transgender has been allowed back into the competition if she can prove she meets the requirements for gender recognition by Canadian authorities. -
25 March 2012Miss Universe Canada rejects transgender contestant 136 A beauty pageant owned by Donald Trump has booted a contestant out of the competition because she was born male. -
17 February 2012Canada expected to fill gay marriage ‘gap’ today 21 Canada is expected to announce changes to its Civil Marriage Act today which will stem fears about the validity of gay marriages between couples who could wed in Canada but not their home countries. -
6 February 2012Canada: Trans woman detained under US flight rules 16 In the wake of Canada’s continued support of a no-fly rule for anyone who fails to meet gender norms, as subjectively assessed by that country’s border police, a harrowing tale emerges of an incident last year in the United States. -
31 January 2012Comment: The Canadian rule which bans transgender flight 39 Jane Fae examines the rules, introduced last July but only now coming to light, which state that an air carrier “shall not transport a passenger if [...] the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents”. -
31 January 2012Rebel alliance slams Star Wars game over gay characters 32 It could be described as a period of uncivil war, the Family Research Council striking from a hidden base in Washington, DC, attempting to win their first victory against the Bioware gaming empire. -
16 January 2012Canada to fill ‘gap’ on gay marriage 10 The Canadian Justice Minister has reassured thousands of gay couples who have married in his country that their unions will be recognised there, but admitted there is a "legislative gap" in the rules on foreign nationals' marriages.
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13 January 2012Legal groups: Canada’s overseas gay marriages are safe 9 Gay advocacy groups have responded to a statement by a government lawyer yesterday which called into question the validity of thousands of gay marriages between foreign nationals on Canadian soil. -
12 January 2012Up to 5,000 Canadian gay marriages ‘may not be valid’ 59 A lawyer for the Canadian government has said thousands of marriages between overseas gay couples which have taken place in the country since 2004 may not all be valid under domestic law.
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13 December 2011One half of Canadian ‘gay’ penguin couple finds a straight mate 60 One half of Canada's best known gay couples, a pair of African penguins, has found a new mate, of the opposite sex. -
8 December 2011Rufus Wainwright speaks of “manly” album, having “certainly enough gay records” 32 Musician Rufus Wainwright has described a "very manly" tone to his seventh studio album, after always putting on "a lavish spectacle". -
28 November 2011Video: Lady Gaga’s surprise message to Canadian school tackling bullying 13 The students at a Canadian school received a surprise message of congratulation from Lady Gaga last week after writing to her about a pledge they had drawn up to stop bullying. -
25 November 2011Canadian regional tourism board accidentally “bans” gay adverts for China 13 Tourist board of British Columbia official mixes up "may not be promoted" and "must not be promoted" when telling businesses how to promote the region to a Chinese audience.
