The Minister for Equality and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman has denied a newspaper report that she would fight for the leadership of her party. The Daily Telegraph claims that Ms Harman has told friends that she would run for the leadership of the Labour Party in the event of a backbench revolt against the Prime Minister.
Brian Paddick, the former Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London is fronting a campaign to encourage lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) couples to hold hands in public.
The Openly gay Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, Rhonda MP Chris Bryant, has criticised the Conservative party over a poll which suggested that 71 per cent of Tory candidates for the next election support the right of religious adoption agencies to refuse gay couples.
Stevie Wonder’s musical career spans 49 years, and his list of musical accolades is longer and more impressive than Jeff Stryker’s... CV.
De Oeverlanden park in Slotervaart, southwest of Amsterdam, now has information signs which point out where the gay cruising spots are.
It was a glittering, glamorous turn out at last night's 51st Annual TV Week Logie awards. There was pandemonium, as fans lined up in the cold for hours outside Crown Casino just to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars.
(Russia) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “Bok o Bok” which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg from today and last until Sunday finally did not open after Fire Department Inspectors closed the place due to problems with fire security. In a phone interview to Project GayRussia.Ru, Organiser of the festival Irina Sergeeva said that the clubs “The Place” and “Sochi” where the screenings of the films were supposed to take place, were closed due to fire security reasons.
(USA) - As part of Bibi's outreach to our communities, Bibi|SF will be hosting talks on various issues affecting queer South West Asian, North Africans (aka Middle-Easterners). Its first engagement is with Arsham Parsi of the IRanian Queer Organization on Thursday, June 26 at the SF LGBT Center.
(USA) - Gay human rights activists in San Francisco staged a speak out at the Russian consulate on May 16, in conjunction with IDAHO events around the planet. Before showing up at the consulate, the group sent emails to the staff explaining their reason for coming -- to press the government to grant parade permits to Moscow's Gay pride event.
‘They kill people like us,' says gay Iraqi msnbc.com - Cheryll Simpson Baghdad police didn't respond to inquiries from NBC News about the attacks, but the surge in violence has gained attention by the international media. In a letter to Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki in April, Amnesty International called for "urgent and ... |
Forum gathers on hallowed ground for gay rights Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Inga Saffron As noted by several of the speakers who addressed the Philadelphia branch of the international civil-rights organization, it's been a roller-coaster year for gay rights. A rural Midwestern state unexpectedly legalized same-sex marriage (Iowa), ... |
'Gay' man exhumed in Senegal cemetery Independent Online, South Africa The men were freed on April 20 following an international outcry from rights groups. Last week, a group of Muslim religious leaders in Dakar announced they had set up an Islamic Front for the Defence of Ethical Values in response to the ruling. ... |
A monthly gay radio show on Kapiti and Horowhenua's Coast Access Radio 104.9FM aims to educate and entertain the local community, says its host.
Candlelight Memorials in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Invercargill will bring together communities hit hard by HIV and AIDS on Sunday 17 May.
NZ and UK HIV experts are reassuring HIV+ people that it appears they are at no greater risk from Swine 'Flu than the general population.
A new national poll suggests that a majority of Americans oppose legalizing same sex marriages â€" but there’s a vast generational divide on the issue. Fifty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday say that marriages between gay or lesbian couples should not be recognized as valid, with 44 percent suggests [...]
New England has been at the center of the debate over granting marriage rights and responsibilities to same-sex couples. Vermont became the first state in the nation to grant those rights in 2000 when it adopted civil unions. Four years later, Massachusetts became the first state to give gay and lesbian couples full marriage rights. [...]
Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, sat down for an lengthy interview with Christianity Today to discuss his views on the future of the Republican party. Wurzelbacher took the opportunity to speak out against gay marriage, which he says is wrong. The unlikely conservative spokesman went so far as to say he doesn’t allow openly [...]
The New Zealand Blood Service is defending donor rules after claims by a gay community that they are "unnecessary and unfair". 
A Northland support network is considering dishing out free condoms at travellers' hostels and other places people meet - and sleep - together. 
John Key has been getting into the groove at Auckland's Big Big Gay Out at Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier. It wasn't the Prime Minister's first visit to the event so the flair and frivolity did not come as a shock. 
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