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Updated | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:23 PST |
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| BBC under renewed pressure following homophobic slurs against Lindsay Lohan | ||
| Category | Community, Entertainment, UK | |
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| Description: | A BBC TV programme that contained slurs against lesbians has received just 13 complaints, the corporation said today. Gay rights group Stonewall and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell have both criticised the BBC for not taking complaints about homophobia seriously. more... |
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| Comment: We deserve more than an apology from the BBC for their homophobia | ||
| Category | Entertainment, Opinion, Television, UK | |
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| Description: | After the the expose by PinkNews.co.uk that the BBC had broadcast a series of anti-lesbian slurs against Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, My.PinkNews.co.uk reader Nick Henderson believes the BBC must start respecting LGBT rights and stop broadcasting homophobic content. "Every week there seems to be a story on Pink News.co.uk about homophobic content on the BBC, and more often than not there is a follow up story about how the BBC has ignored those complaints." more... |
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| Judge warns Australian teen of danger from "ugly, hairy men" in prison | ||
| Category | Australasia, Law, World | |
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| Description: | A magistrate in Australia has tried to warn a teenager off a life of crime by giving him a stark assessment of life in prison. more... |
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| Dutchman fined for gay "indecency" in Gambia | ||
| Category | Africa, Community, Law, World | |
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| Description: | A 79-year-old man from the Netherlands has been found guilty of indecency with several Gambian men. A court in Banjul sentenced Frank Boers to pay 100,000 Gambian dalasis (£2,500). more... |
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| Comment: Trans discrimination must no longer be tolerated | ||
| Category | Community, Europe, Law, Opinion, World | |
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| Description: | During missions to member states of the Council of Europe, I have been reminded of the on-going discrimination many face on account of their gender identity. more... |
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| Interview: Waiting for Godot with Captain Picard | ||
| Category | Community, England, Entertainment, London, Opinion, UK | |
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| Description: | Last month gay star and acting legend Sir Ian McKellen spent an evening raising funds for vulnerable lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans teenagers. more... |
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| Jersey may become first Crown dependency to introduce civil partnerships | ||
| Category | Community, Law, Politics, UK | |
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| Description: | The government of Jersey is to consider the implications of granting same-sex couples the right to enter into civil partnerships. more... |
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| Stonewall calls on BBC Trust to take homophobia seriously after lesbian slurs | ||
| Category | Community, England, Entertainment, Politics, UK | |
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| Description: | A leading gay rights group has called on the BBC to pay attention to the millions of lesbian, gay and bisexual people who pay for the corporation through the licence fee. more... |
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| British tourists arrested in Bermuda after in-flight homophobic abuse | ||
| Category | Americas, Community, England, Law, UK, World | |
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| Description: | A flight from Manchester to the Dominican Republic had to make an emergency landing in Bermuda when three passengers traded homophobic abuse with cabin crew. more... |
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| California gay marriage ban "invalid" because it targets a minority | ||
| Category | Americas, Community, Law, World | |
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| Description: | Proposition 8, a ballot measure approved by California voters that seeks to deny marriage to same-sex couples, is invalid, a coalition of legal and human rights groups has said. more... |
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