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Islamic textbooks instruct students to teach gays a lesson

logointern1 — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:30:10 +0000

Concerned with America’s public school system?

When your six-year-old brings home a textbook that specifies “hellfire” as the only correct response to the question “What happens to someone who(...)

UK foreign minister denies gay allegations

logointern3 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:22 +0000

Just days after British Prison Minister Crispin Blunt comes out of the closet, Foreign Secretary William Hague issues a formal statement denying allegations of a romantic relationship with his(...)

UK bartender targeted in anti-gay attack

logointern2 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:00:57 +0000

Gay bartender Dane Holdsorth, 21, claims he was targeted in a violent anti-gay assault Friday night.

According to BBC, while walking home from, Holdsworth was approached by a group of men and(...)

UK Permanently Bars US Homophobes Phelps, Savage

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:05:56 +0000

(London) The British government has published a list of people permanently barred from entering the country for fostering extremism or hatred.

The list includes two well known American gay(...)

Lesbian chosen as UK poet laureate

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:36:01 +0000

(London) Britain on Friday awarded the role of national poet laureate to Carol Ann Duffy – the first woman to hold a post that has been filled by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and(...)

US companies blamed for UK tainted blood scandal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:56:45 +0000

House of Lords member Peter Archer's report called the scandal a "horrific human tragedy" but did not name any specific medical workers or pharmaceutical companies as being responsible for the deaths of around 2,000 hemophiliacs from AIDS or hepatitis C since the 1970s.

Court: Straight man can be victim of homophobia

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:06:38 +0000

(London) Britain’s Court of Appeal has reversed a lower court ruling that had said a man was not entitled to file a homophobic harassment case against his former employer because he is(...)

UK homophobic, racist political party membership posted online

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:15:13 +0000

(London) The leader of the far-right British National party said he will ask police to investigate how his party’s membership list was posted online, despite a court order.

The publication was(...)

Doctor suspended for anti-gay remarks

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:23:27 +0000

(London) A well-known British doctor’s medical license was suspended for one year after a homophobic letter he wrote was published in a medical journal.

In a letter to the editor of Pulse – a(...)