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 Posted - 05/15/2007 : 13:22:17
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Tuesday's update May 15 of the most visited pages on www.PinkNews.co.uk
Judges to decide on gay marriage in Connecticut
The debate over same-sex marriage rights in Connecticut could soon be decided by the state Supreme Court.
The arguments from both sides were wrapped up in court yesterday, but the decision will probably be months in coming. !
Eight same-sex couples originally filed the lawsuit in August 2004. They believe that when they were denied the ability to marry, their rights to equality were violated.
The couples have been together between 13 and 31 years.
Gay customer considers legal action over BT survey
When a you are upset by a homophobic online survey do you? a) ignore it or b) try to contact the offending organisation to express your distaste.
BT's recent online customer survey, despite being only two questions long, managed to offend twice with possible answers: "pronounced husband and wife" to the first question and "scoring a date with the opposite sex" for the second, with no gay equivalent.
Nurses win record compensation after sacked for being gay
Two nurses who won a record six-figure compensation claim after they were sacked because of their sexuality have still not received their compensation.
Margaret Durman, 55, and Penny Smith, 41, were both fired in September 2005 by Barchester Healthcare for misconduct.
The two were wrongfully accused of allowing the physical and sexual abuse of residents at a care centre.
An employment tribunal later them innocent of any wrongdoing, and slated Barchester Healthcare for sexual orientation discrimination.
Party goers arrested and tortured in Iran
Eighty young men have been arrested at a birthday party in Iran under suspicion of being gay.
Last Thursday, security forces in Isfahan stormed a birthday party and arrested every person there. The party goers were beaten with batons before they were taken into custody.
As yet there is no evidence to support the idea of the men being gay. The men are being held for participating in a party with alcoholic drinks, music and dancing.
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Posted - 05/18/2007 : 06:20:52
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Friday's May 18 update of the most visited pages on www.PinkNews.co.uk
Youth demo against homophobia at Polish embassy
Young human rights activists including many Poles staged a demo outside the Polish embassy as part of yesterday's International Day Against Homophobia.
The demonstration, organised by the British Youth Council (BYC) was well attended with organisers saying that at least 70 people came for the two hour event.
Young activists including young gay Polish people who now live in Britain and activists from Scotland took part.
New embryo bill will ease lesbian IVF
The government is to undertake a major relaxation of in vitro fertilisation rules in a new proposed bill.
Some key elements included allowing hybrid animal-human embryos for testing, rules which could actually make it easier for single people and lesbians to receive fertility treatment, and it would give equal parenting rights to same sex partnerships.
Comment: Farewell to Falwell, saying goodbye to hate
It was June 2004 and I was covering Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Pride Festival.
I stood watching the parade of proud members of our GLBT community march through the streets.
As the parade came to an end the parade watchers were invited to follow the parade down the route and into the park that was holding the festival, our festival, a safe haven for our community to be free.
UK government commits to gay rights across the world
Foreign Office Minister Ian McCartney today affirmed Britain’s commitment to the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality.
He announced the development of a new UK strategy on international LGBT rights on the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)
There are 85 countries in the world where homosexuality is illegal, and in nine countries the death penalty is used as a punishment.
The full articles can be read by logging on to www.pinknews.co.uk
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| davidt
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Posted - 05/23/2007 : 07:06:48
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Date: 23/05/2007 13:26:18
To: t0mki@blueyonder.co.uk
May 23.....
Wednesday's update of the most visited pages on www.PinkNews.co.uk
Turned away from homeless shelter for being gay
A Chicago woman denied access to a city-funded homeless shelter on a cold November evening because she is a lesbian is challenging the discrimination she experienced.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois recently announced the filing of complaints with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the State of Illinois Department of Human Rights on behalf of Michelle Wang.
London Tory leader announces civil partnership
The head of one of London's leading local authorities has publicly come out and announced he is to enter into a civil partnership.
Sir Simon Milton is the leader of Westminster council and close to Conservative leader David Cameron.
He is expected to be offered a seat in the Lords and possibly a job in government if the Tories win the next election.
Survey reveals most Brits support gay rights
A in-depth survey of more than 2,000 people from all backgrounds, ages and religious beliefs across Britain has found that the vast majority of them are not homophobic.
Britons are on the whole comfortable with gay people and believe that discrimination against gay, lesbian and bisexual people should be tackled.
Only one in 20 people said they don't like lesbians and gay men.
Lesbian candidate a first for Japan
Japan’s second largest political party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), announced that Kanako Otsuji, the first openly lesbian politician in Japan, will be one of the party’s official candidates for this summer’s National Diet (parliament) election.
Ms Otsuji, 32, was elected as an Osaka Assembly Member in April 2003.
In August 2005, she came out of the closet in her book Coming Out and marched in the Tokyo Pride Parade along with about 2,500 people.
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| davidt
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Posted - 05/24/2007 : 10:18:25
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Thursday May 24 update of the most visited pages on www.PinkNews.co.uk
Trans mayor and mayoress take office in Cambridge
A woman who has transitioned sex has been elected to the largely ceremonial role of Mayor of Cambridge.
Jenny Bailey, 45, is a Liberal Democrat councillor.
She chose her partner Jennifer Liddle, 49, who also underwent gender reassignment surgery, to serve as Mayoress.
The couple have both served as councillors on Cambridge City Council.
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Mary Cheney gives birth to a baby boy
The daughter of US Vice President Dick Cheney has given birth to a baby boy. Samuel David Cheney weighted a healthy 8lbs 6oz.
While the birth of a grandchild for Mr Cheney would not at first seem a matter of public controversy, Mary Cheney is gay.
Conservative and Christian groups have questioned whether Ms Cheney and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, will make suitable parents.
US retains ban on gay blood
The American government has said there will be no change to the policy that bans anyone who ever had sex with another man from giving blood for life.
Last year the Red Cross and US blood donation centres protested that the lifetime ban for any male who had same-sex contact before 1977 was outdated.
Yesterday the federal Food and Drug Administration said on a statement on its website that the policy, dating from 1983, remains in force.
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Irish election could bring same-sex partnerships
The people of the Republic of Ireland are voting today in the country's general election.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern asked the country's President to dissolve Parliament at the end of April.
The result of today's poll is expected to be very close.
Dismissal of gay Arab speakers riles US Congress
Members of the US House of Representatives have requested an investigation into Arabic speakers dismissed from the Army for being gay.
Around 40 Congressmen and women signed a letter to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, that the continued loss of such "capable, highly skilled Arabic linguists continues to compromise our national security during time of war."
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| davidt
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 11:44:01
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Date: 30/05/2007 18:40:58
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Today's most visited pages on www.PinkNews.co.uk
Northern Ireland minister calls gay people repulsive
A minister in the government of Northern Ireland has caused outrage with homophobic comments made in a magazine interview.
Ian Paisley Jnr, who is the son of the Democratic Unionist First Minister, told Hotpress magazine that lesbians and gay men harm society.
Mr Paisley, who was once dubbed the "baby dinosaur of the 21st century," has been criticised by gay equality organisation Stonewall.
Teletubbies safe from Polish probe
Poland's ombudsman for children's rights has said she will not be asking state psychologists to examine the BBC children's programme Teletubbies for a gay subtext.
Ewa Sowinska has been widely mocked since she said in a magazine interview that the popular show might not be suitable for public television because one of the ostensibly male characters, Tinky Winky, carries a handbag.
Ms Sowinska is a memb! er of the League of Polish Families, a political party which is part o f the country's coalition government.
Men accused of injecting HIV+ blood into rape victims
Dutch police have confirmed they are holding three men who they suspect of using so-called "sex parties" to rape men and inject them with HIV infected blood.
Reuters reports that AIDS groups in the city of Groningen approached police about the parties after receiving tipoffs.
Two of the ac! cused are reported to have confessed to injecting their victims against their will with their blood. Both tested positive for the virus.
Swedes invite Moscow mayor to a gay day out
City councillors in Stockholm have invited the Mayor of Moscow to the city's gay Pride festival in August.
Their tongue-in-cheek invite comes in the wake of the Russian's ban on similar public displays by LGBT people ! in his city.
Stockholm city council Green Party leader Yvo nne Ruwaida hit upon the idea of showing Mayor Yuri Luzhkov how Pride is celebrated on the other side of the Baltic Sea, and she was backed by councillors from other parties.
US lesbians take on mortgage lenders
A lawsuit has been filed in a New York federal court on behalf of a same-sex couple after the self-described "America's number one home loan lender" refused to add one partner to the other's existing mortgage and ! then threatened to foreclose on their home.
Adola DeWolf, 49, a teacher for juveniles in the justice system, and Laura Watts, 42, a college administrator, have been in a relationship since 2004.
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Okay this is a long one so I aam going to put it in two differnet journals.
This article was found in the Greenville News(SC) in the Metro section of today's paper.
Picture headline: Gay rights group protests at BJU
the police had to ask Pastor Stan Craig to move away from members of Soulforce.
3 arrested at campus gate(headline of article)
Preachers with bullhorns shouted hellfire across Wade Hampton Boulevard at gay rights activists who stood silently in front of Bob Jones University on Wednesday, as traffic rumbled by on the impenetrable gulf between the two.
Three members of the group Soulforce were arrested briefly for attempting to walk onto the campus of the fundamentalist Christian school, which had told them they weren't welcome.
"Bob Jones University did not choose today's visit by Soulforce and took no delight in the protests and counterprotests at the perimeter of our campus," said Carol Keirstead, chief communications officer for the school.
"BJU is pleased that we were able to defend the authority of Scripture, demonstrate Christ-like love and compassion, and present a clear gospel message."
The university set up a table with sandwiches and chips for the protesters and a letter from school president Stephen Jones in an envelope with each group member's name printed on it.
The protesters refused the food, however, sending it to a homeless shelter instead.
"It's a gesture that seems very empty at this point," said Mandy Matthias, a Soulforce coordinator.
The Lynchburg, Va.-based group, which includes young people from across the country, is visiting -- or attempting to visit -- 32 colleges and universities where openly homosexual students aren't allowed to enroll.
Two groups of 25 each, one traveling the eastern part of the country and the other the West, have been arrested for trespassing numerous times since March 8, when they began their tour.
The group visiting BJU had 43 arrests before coming to Greenville, Matthias said.
Soulforce had asked BJU for permission to come on campus to discuss homosexuality and the Bible with students. BJU denied the request, saying it believes the Bible is clear on the issue and there's no room for dialogue.
Two of the students arrested were carrying works of art they had made that they said expressed the pain they have felt as a result of anti-gay prejudice and "spiritual violence." They said they wanted to present the pieces to the BJU art museum, one part of this private school that is open to the public.
The third student arrested tried to walk onto campus while reading from a list of 57 "theses" outlining the group's position on the Bible and homosexuality and its complaints against BJU. The gesture, at this staunchly Protestant institution, was patterned after Martin Luther's 95 theses that sparked the Protestant Reformation.
The three were handcuffed and led to a paddy wagon waiting inside the university's main entrance, where they were ticketed and released after about 15 minutes.
Members of Soulforce acknowledged later that they had asked police to use handcuffs to symbolize that this was an actual arrest.
Capt. G.S. McLaughlin of the Greenville Police Department said the three were charged with trespassing after notice, an offense that carries a penalty of 30 days in jail or a fine of $500, plus court costs and assessments of up to $700.
Charged, according to tickets, were: Amanda Beth Harris, 22, of Lonoke, Ark.; Katherine Leigh Higgins, 24, of Minneapolis, Minn.; and Bronwen Rose Tomb, 23, of New London, Conn.
The event drew a variety of protesters and counterprotesters, with police keeping those they deemed to be "picketing" separated on the sidewalk in front of the campus. But there was some mingling between people of opposing viewpoints, and a few tense arguments, but no violence.
Soulforce members read from the Bible and sang "Amazing Grace" as the three who were arrested returned to their ranks.
About 30 men in suits lined both sides of the street outside the university's main entrance, most of them carrying signs, and some of throwing verbal daggers at the Soulforce members in voices that grew increasingly hoarse.
"You may call yourself gay, but the most you'll ever be is queer in the sight of God," one megaphone-amplified preacher shouted at the group from across the four-lane highway.
Some of the preachers were hurling brimstone at BJU as well as at the protesters, saying the university should have done more than simply deny the group entrance to campus.
"We believe Bob Jones Sr. would have been out here with all his students standing with us," said Nate Ellis, a student at Georgia Bible College who stood at the gate wearing a placard with passages of Scripture on his front and back.
Soulforce members said this, the 10th stop on their tour, was the first time they had been greeted with such a reception.
"I think it's really sad, and the really sad thing is that they're doing this in the name of Christianity," said Soulforce member Jarrett Lucas of Philadelphia.
Keirstead, the university spokeswoman, said BJU didn't initiate contact with any of the counter protesters and discouraged local people from protesting the protesters.
"Those who have responded to Soulforce with name-calling or ridicule do not represent Bob Jones University, nor do we believe they represent a biblical approach to a group such as Soulforce," she said.
Members of Soulforce kept their vigil in front of the school for about five hours, mostly in silence or in song. They held a brief news conference and answered questions about their lives and beliefs in interviews.
Bronwen Tomb, one of the three who was arrested, said her artwork, which depicted two gagged soldiers in a jeep, represented her tortured feelings about being kicked out of the Coast Guard after acknowledging that she was a lesbian.
Asked what she thought about the preacher across the street, she said, "He's not saying anything that we all haven't heard a thousand times and thought about a lot.
"It would be nice if he would stop and listen to what we have to say."
Not all of the evangelists were of the shouting variety. A few mingled quietly with the group, some kneeling to pray for them as they sang "Jesus Loves Me."
"We want to reach them and lead them out of this destructive lifestyle," said Ante Pavkovic, who came from Charlotte with a group called Operation Save America.
Scott Bradford, a member of Faith Free Presbyterian Church in Greenville, engaged two members of the group in an in-depth theological debate after the loud preachers had left.
"You're never going to get through to somebody standing out here telling people 'You're going to hell, you're going to hell,'" Bradford said.
Less than a mile away from BJU, a new billboard went up to coincide with the Soulforce visit, announcing a program offered by Spartanburg-based Truth Ministry, a group that says it helps homosexuals become heterosexuals through Christ's healing power.
"Change is possible, because I have not only seen it but I have experienced it myself," said McKrae Game, executive director of the organization.
The Rev. Donna Stroud, pastor of Metropolitan Community Church, a gay-accepting congregation in Duncan, said she doesn't believe that anyone who is truly homosexual can change his or her orientation and believes the group uses guilt to manipulate people.
"I think his approach and his words are just as hateful as those guys down the street (preaching)," she said. "They're just doing it in a different way."
Soulforce members said they planned to spend the Easter weekend in Charleston and Myrtle Beach before heading to their next protest stop at Montreat College in North Carolina next Tuesday.
"I think that we have made our point," Matthias said.
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| davidt
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Posted - 06/29/2007 : 07:11:48
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29th June 2007 12:19
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In a chilling reminder of the attack on Soho eight years ago, the Metropolitan police have confirmed that nails were packed with gas cannisters found in a car bomb this morning.
The vehicle was crashed and then abandoned on Haymarket in central London, part of the route for tomorrow's London Pride parade.
The BBC reports that police were alerted by an ambulance crew who spotted smoke coming from the car.
There was concern that the entire Pride event, including performances in Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square, would have to be cancelled.
However, no explosives were discovered in the car, which was subjected to a controlled explosion.
It is in the process of being removed from Haymarket now. The area remains sealed off.
Pride organisers say that tomorrow's events, including the parade, will go ahead as planned. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part.
It is unclear who was responsible for the car bomb, if Haymarket was the intended target, or if the bomb was connected to the Pride parade.
London's gay community has been targeted by bombing before.
David Copeland, now 30, terrorised London's minority communities for thirteen days in the spring of 1999.
Bombs in Brixton and Brick Lane caused serious injuries.
The nail bomb he planted in gay pub the Admiral Duncan, in London's Old Compton Street, killed three people and injured eighty.
Copeland was 22 when he carried out his 13-day hate campaign.
When he was captured, his lawyers tried to claim he was mentally ill and he was tried on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He chose the first gay pub from an alphabetical list and on Friday 30th April 1999, his nail bomb ripped through the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho.
Andrea Dykes, 27, who was four months pregnant with her first child, died in the bomb, along with her friends, Nick Moore, 31, and John Light, 32.
They were having a drink in Soho before attending a West End musical.
Mr Light was to be the baby's godfather. Andrea's husband, Julian, was seriously injured.
Some of the wounded had limbs amputated.
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| JodyWoo
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Posted - 10/11/2007 : 08:58:44
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I enjoy reading this thread... I hope you start posting in it again. It's been a while since you last posted any news articles.
*hugs*
Jody
My tears run down like razorblades
And no, I'm not the one to blame
It's you or is it me?
And all the words we never say
Come out and now we're all ashamed
And there's no sense in playing games
When you've done all you can do
But now it's over, it's over, why is it over?
We had the chance to make it
Now it's over, it's over, it can't be over
I wish that I could take it back
But it's over
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| davidt
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Posted - 10/11/2007 : 09:53:46
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Sorry about that Jody!
From www.pinknews.co.uk
Scotland considers new law to protect gays
Scotland's lawmakers are set to consider new laws to protect gays after a private members bill was lodged in Holyrood yesterday calling for violence towards gay and disabled groups to be treated as seriously as violence against religious or ethnic groups.
The Sentencing of Offences Aggravated by Prejudice (Scotland) Bill, proposed by Patrick Harvie, a Scottish Green MSP, would bring Scotland into line with England and Wales, where courts have been able to impose tougher sentences for offences committed due to the victims disability or sexual orientation since April 2003.
There are no guarantees that enough MSPs will support the bill, but it appears to have received a warm welcome from the government.
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Ken: UK anti-discrimination law 'not working'
London's Mayor, Ken Livingstone, has launched an attack against Britain's anti-discrimination law on the day the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is established.
The Commission brings together a number of anti-discrimination commissions into one equality body designed to enforced anti-discrimination legislation and offer employers, public sector bodies and individuals practical advice.
But the mayor claims that the current level of legal protection is inadequate.
Irish government criticised by own Equality Authority over gay teachers
The Irish Equality Authority has accused the Irish Government of hypocrisy over its commitment to gay rights after claims it is refusing to change laws that discriminate against gay teachers.
The 1998 Employment Equality Act gives religious schools an exemption over discrimination law if employing someone will in it's view undermine the school's religious ethos. More than ninety per cent of teachers are employed by Catholic and other religious schools.
Doctors acquitted on charges of infecting thousands with HIV
Monday morning in Alberta,. Canada and a judge acquits four doctors, a New Jersey company and a former Red Cross official of criminal charges regarding a tainted blood scandal in the 1990’s.
Because of improper screening, over 20,000 Canadians were infected with the Hepatitis C and HIV virus from a controversial medical blood product.
The charges brought stated that Dr. Roger Perrault, Dr. John Furesz, Dr. Donald Boucher, and Dr. Michael Rodel had distributed an HIV infected blood clotting agent known as 'Factorate' to hemophilia patients through the Canadian Red Cross.
Police adopt softly-softly approach on public orgies
American police adopted a distinctly relaxed approach to this year's Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, taking little notice of the hundreds of men baring their genitals on every street corner.
Orgies of men fellating and fondling each other in the street provoked laughs and photographs from curious onlookers but no police action, according to reports.
Two reporters for Americans for Truth about Homosexuality documented prevalently older men walking down the street completely naked, men masturbating in public with groups of visitors watching them, men and women beating each other with whips, women walking around with their breast exposed and a large smattering of gay and straight master-slave couples.
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| JodyWoo
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Posted - 10/11/2007 : 09:58:17
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With LGBT, it seems like there are a lot of people who think it's terrible and argue and fight about it and a lot of people who just prefer to ignore it.
That blood thing though, that's terrible. So many people getting infected... goodness gracious...
Thanks for posting, Grandpa Dave!
*hugs*
Jody
My tears run down like razorblades
And no, I'm not the one to blame
It's you or is it me?
And all the words we never say
Come out and now we're all ashamed
And there's no sense in playing games
When you've done all you can do
But now it's over, it's over, why is it over?
We had the chance to make it
Now it's over, it's over, it can't be over
I wish that I could take it back
But it's over
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| davidt
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Posted - 10/11/2007 : 10:00:36
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From www.pinknews.co.uk
Elton John closes exhibition after child pornography probe
An exhibition of photographs from Sir Elton John's personal collection has been closed, a week after one of the works of art was removed by police in a child pornography probe.
The gay star asked the Baltic Centre to close the exhibition of the work of the renowned American photographer Nan Goldin just nine days after it was opened. Police seized Klara and Edda Belly Dancing which features two semi naked young girls playing.
Tatchell slams Gibraltar over gay rights
Outspoken human rights activist Peter Tatchell has slammed the Gibraltar government over its failure to ensure equal rights for the LGBT community on the Rock.
Speaking at the end of a local fact-finding mission yesterday, Mr Tatchell said: "The people of Gibraltar are wonderful, but the government appears tobe drifting towards autocracy.
"It is failing to respect the human rights of its own citizens, especially gay people, the disabled and immigrants," he said.
UK Peer challenges Russian Patriarch over gay rights
Lib Dem peer Lord Russell-Johnston fought back today when Russian Patriarch Alexy II called homosexuality an "illness" at an international human rights conference.
Addressing international MPs at well-respected human rights watchdog the Council of Europe, the Patriarch said: "This [homosexuality] is an illness, a change, a distortion of a human person."
Lesbian coach forced me into sex, girl tells court
An award winning tennis coach threatened to wreck the career of a promising 13 year old pupil unless she continued to have sex with her, Liverpool Crown Court heard today.
Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) coach Claire Lyte, 29, denies five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a child, and claims the allegations have been made up by the girl's mother.
But the alleged victim says her coach threatened to throw her out of the Loughborough LTA academy if she revealed the affair to anyone.
Kylie turns into a drag queen
It appears Kylie Minogue was so mesmerised by London's club scene that she decided to turn herself into a drag queen for her new music video, Two Hearts.
Following a DJ set in East London's Boombox during London Fashion Week, the pop diva, enamoured by the weird and wonderful get-ups on display, set out on the circuit looking to establish her new look.
She is said to have quickly made two new friends in the shape of queens Tasty Tim and Princess Julia.
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From: PinkNews.co.uk
Date: 11/10/2007 12:55:51
To: t0mki@blueyonder.co.uk
Subject: Thursday - Rise in prosecutions for homophobic crime
www.PinkNews.co.uk lunchtime update
Rise in number of prosecutions for homophobic crime
The Crown Prosecution Service today released figures which show that 822 cases were identified as having a homophobic element in 2006-07.
478 resulted in a guilty plea and a further 124 resulted in conviction after trial. The CPS said the conviction rate rose from 71% to 73.5% and that "homophobic crime is being tackled head on, and with success." The statistics cover all 42 CPS Areas in England and Wales.
Massive cocaine binge killed gay Count
A German aristocrat famed for his libertine lifestyle died from a massive overdose of cocaine, an inquest has heard.
In July Count Gottfried von Bismarck was found dead in his apartment in Chelsea, west London, by an estate agent selling the property. It is thought he had been dead for up to three days.
Professor Sebastien Lucas, who performed the autopsy, told Westminster coroner's court yesterday that von Bismarck's corpse had the highest level of cocaine he had ever seen.
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| davidt
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Posted - 11/08/2007 : 07:34:02
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A quote from Pink News .....
8th November 2007 12:35
Tony Grew
After weeks of delay, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been passed by the US House of Representatives.
It passed by 235 to 184 - 35 Republicans joined 200 Democrats and 35 Republicans voted for the bill.
159 Republicans were joined in voting against by 25 Democrats, many of whom were angry that protections for trans people had been removed from the bill.
ENDA, which would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire or promote a person based on sexual orientation, now goes to the Senate.
The decision to remove trans people from the scope of the legislation caused anger among the LGBT community in the US, with many demanding an "all or nothing" stance on ENDA.
Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian Congresswoman who tried to reinstate trans protections, said:
"As in all movements, achieving success is a process, and today’s legislative accomplishment marks a milestone, but certainly not the end, of our quest.
"I offered an amendment because I strongly believe that we must prohibit job discrimination against people because of their gender identity.
"Those left behind by this bill deserve to hear, on the floor of the House, that they are not forgotten and our job will not be finished until they, too, share fully in the American Dream."
The White House has already indicated that the President will veto ENDA if it makes it through the Senate.
Many of the House Democrats elected for the first time last November do not want ENDA to include protections for trans people, fearful of a backlash from conservatives.
This is the first time since 1994 that legislation that protects LGB people at work has been brought to the House. Pioneering rights activists first tried to pass similar laws in 1974.
"History teaches us that progress on civil rights is never easy," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday.
"It is often marked by small and difficult steps."
ENDA's supporters in the Senate will need the votes of 60 of the 100 Senators rather than a simple majority to overcome expected Republican attempts to kill the legislation.
Currently 17 states have protections for LGB people; eight of those states extend that protection to trans people.
In 1996 similar legislation failed in the Senate by one vote.
87% of the top Fortune 500 companies in the US already provide protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The US military and religious organisations are excluded from the legislation, which also does not force employers to extend benefits to same-sex partners.
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| davidt
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From: PinkNews.co.uk
Date: 08/01/2008 14:14:32
To: t0mki@blueyonder.co.uk
PinkNews.co.uk update
Students protest against gay blood donor ban
Student activists are putting pressure on the Canadian Blood Services to put a stop to its blood donor ban on sexually active gay men, despite the company having recently said it would not lift the ban.
On their donation form, the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) bar any man who has had sex with another man since 1977, even if only once.
The Canadian Federation of Students began to put pressure on CBS last year.
Archaeology museum celebrates LGBT History month
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is running an open evening as part of LGBT History month to explore sexuality and gender in the ancient world.
There will be a discussion on the subject, entitled 'Beyond Isis & Osiris: Alternate sexuality in Ancient Egypt', hosted by Dr Debbie Challis, followed by an opportunity to explore the museum, which is located on the University College London Campus in central London.
Sweden: Gay man's attacker may have struck before
A Swedish man arrested last weekend for beating up a gay man might be responsible for more homophobic attacks, Stockholm police said.
The suspect, aged 35, allegedly attacked a 44-year-old man who was found injured in his home. The man was arrested at 5pm on Friday.
The victim suffered injuries that might leave him permanently disabled, although he is now in a stable condition.
On screen lesbian kiss upsets Egyptian academics
A lesbian sex scene in an Egyptian film has outraged religious scholars, who are telling people not to watch the 'sinful' movie.
An Islamic Studies professor at Cairo University wants the Egyptian authorities to prosecute the director and both actresses involved in the scene, Ghada Abdel-Razeq and Sumaya Al-Khashab.
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Date: 09/01/2008 14:39:00
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Subject: Wednesday - MP aims to repeal blasphemy laws
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MP aims to strike down blasphemy laws
A Liberal Democrat MP has attached an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would abolish the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel.
Dr Evan Harris' proposal is backed by 27 MPs will be debated today. It is supported by civil rights groups, Humanists and some Christian organisations.
Last year Christian Voice attempted to bring a private prosecution for blasphemy against the director general of the BBC after Jerry Springer: The Opera was screened.
Canada bans organ donation from gay men
Men who have sex with men in the last five years of their life will no longer be accepted as organ donors under new rules from Health Canada.
Families will also be interviewed about potential donors’ exposure in increased risk, such as travel or time spent in jail, under new rules that came into force in December.
Gary Levy, head of Toronto University's transplant programme, told CBC News that he had not been informed about the new rules.
Police top gay employers list in Scotland and Wales
Lothian and Borders police has been named the most gay-friendly employer in Scotland.
The force came 11th in the UK list, up from 80th in 2007.
Stonewall published its 2008 Workplace Equality Index (WEI) today.
It showcases Britain’s top 100 employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Hillary comes back to win New Hampshire poll
As the last of the votes roll in, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton have been predicted as the winners in the New Hampshire primary results.
Clinton prevailed over Iowa caucus winner Barack Obama by a small margin, while McCain is the projected winner with a significant lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
With 96 percent of precincts reporting in, Clinton currently leads Obama 39 percent to 37 percent with Clinton projected as the overall winner.
Church refused property insurance over gay-friendly stance
A Protestant church in the US state of Michigan has been deemed too risky for property insurance because of its denomination's support for gay rights.
The West Adrian United Church of Christ, a small church in Adrian, Michigan which has weathered controversies since it was established in 1836.
It was turned down by Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, because of its national governing body's approval of gay marriage.
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The rift between church and state in Spain showed no signs of healing today after the country's government said it would not accept "moral guardianship" from anyone.
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said that the Church could no longer impose its morality on the country.
Last week the Prime Minister of Spain responded to Roman Catholic leaders after they criticised government policy supporting gay marriage, easier divorces and abortion.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero spoke out following comments made the previous Sunday in Madrid at a Catholic Church rally led by Cardinals and Bishops.
Clearly angry, Mr Zapatero defended his government's policies, saying they were supported by the "immense majority" of the Spanish population and that everyone had rights in Spain, whether they belonged to a religion or not.
A spokesperson for Mr Zapatero's PSOE Socialist party added that in a democratic environment there was no place for legislation regarding faith.
Jose Blanco, secretary of the party's federal executive, went further, referring to the Church hierarchy "and their lies" and reminding them that "lying is a sin."
In 2005 Spain legalised gay marriage.
Pope Benedict XVI addressed the rally on Sunday 30th December by a videolink from Rome.
He told the crowd, estimated at 150,000 people, that the family is "based on the unbreakable union of man and woman and represents the privileged environment where human life is welcomed and protected from the beginning to its natural end."
The Archbishop of Mardid claimed that the government's family policy was a retrograde step for human rights.
The Zapatero government introduced full gay marriage in Spain in 2005 and the main opposition party, Partido Popular, has said it does not intend to overturn it.
However, some PP politicians have hinted they may "return" to the issue.
The Socialists and PP are only a few percentage points apart in opinion polls.
Many commentators have viewed the rally, which was supported by PP, as an attempt by the Church to affect the outcome of March's general election.
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