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<title>my.PinkNews.co.uk / Published News / gay politics</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Costa Rican Christians protest against gay marriage]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Costa_Rican_Christians_protest_against_gay_marriage/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Costa_Rican_Christians_protest_against_gay_marriage/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday some 20,000 people from around Costa Rica dressed in white t-shirts paraded down a main street in San José to express their opposition <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Concern for gay Iranian refused asylum in Cyprus]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Concern_for_gay_Iranian_refused_asylum_in_Cyprus/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Concern_for_gay_Iranian_refused_asylum_in_Cyprus/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Commissioner of Administration in Cyprus has warned that a gay Iranian man faces death in his homeland if he is deported.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Iris Robinson reported to police over child abuse comments]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Iris_Robinson_reported_to_police_over_child_abuse_comments/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Iris_Robinson_reported_to_police_over_child_abuse_comments/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Northern Irish MP has been reported to police over comments she made comparing homosexual acts to the sexual abuse of children.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dutch politician wants gays to be given constitutional protection]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Dutch_politician_wants_gays_to_be_given_constitutional_protection/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Dutch_politician_wants_gays_to_be_given_constitutional_protection/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An MP in Holland will use this Saturday's Amsterdam Pride to highlight the ways in which the country's government still discriminates against sexual <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video: McCain compares Obama to Britney and Paris Hilton]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_McCain_compares_Obama_to_Britney_and_Paris_Hilton/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_McCain_compares_Obama_to_Britney_and_Paris_Hilton/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_McCain_compares_Obama_to_Britney_and_Paris_Hilton/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With less than one hundred days left before Americans head to the polls to elect the next President of the United States, things are getting decidedl<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lib Dems claim Equality Bill contains &quot;blatant prejudice&quot; against trans people]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Lib_Dems_claim_Equality_Bill_contains_blatant_prejudice_against_trans_people/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Lib_Dems_claim_Equality_Bill_contains_blatant_prejudice_against_trans_people/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats have accused the government of &quot;leaving the door open to discrimination&quot; against trans people.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Carolina tourism director speaks up for gay tube adverts]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/South_Carolina_tourism_director_speaks_up_for_gay_tube_adverts/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/South_Carolina_tourism_director_speaks_up_for_gay_tube_adverts/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amid the row about adverts in London promoting South Carolina as a gay destination, the head of the state's tourism agency said yesterday he wanted t<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Tory candidate pleads guilty to harassing opponents]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Former_Tory_candidate_pleads_guilty_to_harassing_opponents/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Former_Tory_candidate_pleads_guilty_to_harassing_opponents/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A former parliamentary candidate for the Conservative party has pleaded guilty to criminal damage and harassment at St Alban's Crown Court.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India's gay prince charms EuroPride]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Indias_gay_prince_charms_EuroPride/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Indias_gay_prince_charms_EuroPride/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of people braved pouring rain in Stockholm on Saturday at this year's colourful EuroPride parade.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Council apologises to gay group over cruising row]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Council_apologises_to_gay_group_over_cruising_row/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Council_apologises_to_gay_group_over_cruising_row/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bristol city council has admitted that is misrepresented its own lesbian, gay and bisexual group's views about removal of bushes from an area known f<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tebbit's claims about gay parenting not backed by &quot;credible evidence&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tebbits_claims_about_gay_parenting_not_backed_by_credible_evidence/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tebbits_claims_about_gay_parenting_not_backed_by_credible_evidence/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Tory peer who claimed that &quot;adoption by homosexual couples is unsatisfactory for the child&quot; is wrong, said Britain's leading gay equality organisat<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prison gang rape of Mafia 'poet' prompts government response]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Prison_gang_rape_of_Mafia_poet_prompts_government_response/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Prison_gang_rape_of_Mafia_poet_prompts_government_response/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Sicilian Mafia's &quot;honour code&quot; doesn't bar members from being poets, but a jailed suspect's penchant for writing verse led his fellow mobsters to<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[President Bush's homophobia makes my blood boil says Lauper]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/President_Bushs_homophobia_makes_my_blood_boil_says_Lauper/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/President_Bushs_homophobia_makes_my_blood_boil_says_Lauper/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[During a stop on her True Colours tour recently, gay rights advocate Cyndi Lauper blasted President George W Bush, calling him homophobic and anti-Am<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama and McCain battle for vital female vote]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_and_McCain_battle_for_vital_female_vote/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_and_McCain_battle_for_vital_female_vote/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_and_McCain_battle_for_vital_female_vote/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Given that women have held the key to deciding every Presidential election since 1968, it appears that both the Republican and Democratic presumptive<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ad standards authority investigating homophobic advert]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Ad_standards_authority_investigating_homophobic_advert/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Ad_standards_authority_investigating_homophobic_advert/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A newspaper ad placed in the Belfast News Letter ahead of the city's Pride event is being investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Petition on Downing St website calls for review of gay asylum policy]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Petition_on_Downing_St_website_calls_for_review_of_gay_asylum_policy/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Petition_on_Downing_St_website_calls_for_review_of_gay_asylum_policy/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Petition_on_Downing_St_website_calls_for_review_of_gay_asylum_policy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LGBT Greens have launched a petition on the Downing St website to push urgent review of Home Office approaches to asylum for gay, lesbian, bisexual a<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moscow Pride organisers invite Boris]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Moscow_Pride_organisers_invite_Boris/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Moscow_Pride_organisers_invite_Boris/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Moscow_Pride_organisers_invite_Boris/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Organisers of Moscow Gay Pride have invited the mayors of three leading European capitals to take part in Gay Pride events in the Russian capital in <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger to decide on honour for assassinated gay politician]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Schwarzenegger_to_decide_on_honour_for_assassinated_gay_politician/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Schwarzenegger_to_decide_on_honour_for_assassinated_gay_politician/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Schwarzenegger_to_decide_on_honour_for_assassinated_gay_politician/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Governor of California has been sent a bill that would make the anniversary of the birth of Harvey Milk a &quot;day of significance&quot; in the state's ed<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama pledges support for gay families]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_pledges_support_for_gay_families/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_pledges_support_for_gay_families/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The presumptive Democratic party nominee for President of the United States has pledged to work towards the elimination of discrimination against LGB<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video: Paris Hilton responds to McCain ad with &quot;bid&quot; for White House]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_Paris_Hilton_responds_to_McCain_ad_with_bid_for_White_House/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_Paris_Hilton_responds_to_McCain_ad_with_bid_for_White_House/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Video_Paris_Hilton_responds_to_McCain_ad_with_bid_for_White_House/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain used the images of poptart celebrities Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in a new ca<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lesbian politician to co-chair Obama LGBT committee]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Lesbian_politician_to_co-chair_Obama_LGBT_committee/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Lesbian_politician_to_co-chair_Obama_LGBT_committee/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Lesbian_politician_to_co-chair_Obama_LGBT_committee/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the US Presidential race tightening, Barack Obama is stepping up his efforts to reach out to the gay and lesbian community.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Less than 1% of civil partnerships end in 'divorce']]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Less_than_1_of_civil_partnerships_end_in_divorce/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Less_than_1_of_civil_partnerships_end_in_divorce/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Figures obtained by PinkNews.co.uk show that less than 250 lesbian and gay civil partnerships have  ended in a dissolution.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysian political leader pleads not guilty to sodomy charge]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Malaysian_political_leader_pleads_not_guilty_to_sodomy_charge/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Malaysian_political_leader_pleads_not_guilty_to_sodomy_charge/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim been bailed by a court in Malaysia after pleading not guilty to charges of sodomy. His trial will begin on September <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Democratic convention platform short on LGBT issues]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Democratic_convention_platform_short_on_LGBT_issues/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Democratic_convention_platform_short_on_LGBT_issues/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:41 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Democratic National Committee sent a draft of the party's 2008 platform to committee members yesterday that incorporated planks from the platform<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hollyoaks actor calls on Iris to resign over gay comments]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Hollyoaks_actor_calls_on_Iris_to_resign_over_gay_comments/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Hollyoaks_actor_calls_on_Iris_to_resign_over_gay_comments/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:21 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Hollyoaks_actor_calls_on_Iris_to_resign_over_gay_comments/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An actor who plays a bisexual character in a TV soap for teenagers has spoken out against an MP at the centre of a homophobia row.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mayor Boris Johnson diverts Soho Pride funds to fight homophobic bullying]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Mayor_Boris_Johnson_diverts_Soho_Pride_funds_to_fight_homophobic_bullying/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Mayor_Boris_Johnson_diverts_Soho_Pride_funds_to_fight_homophobic_bullying/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:07:21 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A £10,000 grant from City Hall to a central London Pride event has been withdrawn. Soho Pride has been held in August for the last five years.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama is &quot;only hope&quot; for gays serving openly in US military]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_is_only_hope_for_gays_serving_openly_in_US_military/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Obama_is_only_hope_for_gays_serving_openly_in_US_military/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:08:18 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Democrats convening the first congressional hearing on the military's &quot;Don't Ask, Don't Tell&quot; policy since its enactment 15 years ago say electing Ba<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DUP members defend Iris' right to express her homophobia]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/DUP_members_defend_Iris_right_to_express_her_homophobia/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/DUP_members_defend_Iris_right_to_express_her_homophobia/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:08:18 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Two leading members of the Democratic Unionist Party have come out in defence of their colleague Iris Robinson.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gay advocacy groups get consultative status at United Nations]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gay_advocacy_groups_get_consultative_status_at_United_Nations/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gay_advocacy_groups_get_consultative_status_at_United_Nations/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:08:18 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Two sexual orientation and gender identity rights groups have been given consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSO<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homophobic politician in gun drama]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Homophobic_politician_in_gun_drama/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Homophobic_politician_in_gun_drama/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Homophobic_politician_in_gun_drama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the second time in two months, anti gay Oklahoma representative Sally Kern was stopped from entering the state capitol with a firearm, saying she<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vanity Fair parodies Obama 'terrorist' magazine cover]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Vanity_Fair_parodies_Obama_terrorist_magazine_cover/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Vanity_Fair_parodies_Obama_terrorist_magazine_cover/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Vanity Fair has stepped into the fray over a controversial New Yorker Magazine cover featuring a cartoon Barack Obama as a terrorist by issuing their<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gay asylum seekers to be discussed at Lib Dem conference]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gay_asylum_seekers_to_be_discussed_at_Lib_Dem_conference/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gay_asylum_seekers_to_be_discussed_at_Lib_Dem_conference/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gay_asylum_seekers_to_be_discussed_at_Lib_Dem_conference/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rights for LGBT asylum seekers will be one of the primary focuses at the Lid Dem conference to be held in Bournemouth in September.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gays to show their Pride in a city with nine BNP councillors]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gays_to_show_their_Pride_in_a_city_with_nine_BNP_councillors/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gays_to_show_their_Pride_in_a_city_with_nine_BNP_councillors/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Gays_to_show_their_Pride_in_a_city_with_nine_BNP_councillors/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stoke on Trent's third annual Pride march has come under fire from local BNP supporters. One disgruntled local branded Pride &quot;a disgusting 'thrusting<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tory councillor charged with having gay sex in a public toilet]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tory_councillor_charged_with_having_gay_sex_in_a_public_toilet/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tory_councillor_charged_with_having_gay_sex_in_a_public_toilet/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<category>gay politics</category>
<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tory_councillor_charged_with_having_gay_sex_in_a_public_toilet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Conservative councillor in Harrow has appeared in court charged with engaging in sexual activity in a public lavatory. Robert Benson did not enter <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[German court rules forced divorces for trans people unconstitutional]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/German_court_rules_forced_divorces_for_trans_people_unconstitutional/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/German_court_rules_forced_divorces_for_trans_people_unconstitutional/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<category>gay politics</category>
<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/German_court_rules_forced_divorces_for_trans_people_unconstitutional/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A ruling by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has been hailed as a major victory for the trans community.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US Congress holds first hearing on gays in the military]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/US_Congress_holds_first_hearing_on_gays_in_the_military/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/US_Congress_holds_first_hearing_on_gays_in_the_military/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/US_Congress_holds_first_hearing_on_gays_in_the_military/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the United State House of Representatives Armed Services Committee's Military Personnel Subcommittee held the first hearing into a possible<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report shows &quot;significant progress&quot; for gays in Ireland]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Report_shows_significant_progress_for_gays_in_Ireland/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Report_shows_significant_progress_for_gays_in_Ireland/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:37 UTC</pubDate>
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<category>gay politics</category>
<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Report_shows_significant_progress_for_gays_in_Ireland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A forum that advises the Irish government on equality and social inclusion has said that there has been progress on gay rights in the past five years<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigerian activist granted asylum in the UK]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Nigerian_activist_granted_asylum_in_the_UK/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Nigerian_activist_granted_asylum_in_the_UK/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:37 UTC</pubDate>
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<category>gay politics</category>
<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Nigerian_activist_granted_asylum_in_the_UK/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Davis Mac-Iyalla, a leader of the gay Christian movement in Nigeria, has been granted asylum in the UK. Mr Mac-Iyalla, 36, is the leader of Changing <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tatchell claims Protestant icon William of Orange was bisexual]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tatchell_claims_Protestant_icon_William_of_Orange_was_bisexual/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tatchell_claims_Protestant_icon_William_of_Orange_was_bisexual/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:37 UTC</pubDate>
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<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Tatchell_claims_Protestant_icon_William_of_Orange_was_bisexual/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland Protestants who are anti-gay are hypocrites because King William of Orange had male lovers, a leading gay rights activist has claime<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian prosecutors decline to take action against homophobic governor]]></title>
<link>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Russian_prosecutors_decline_to_take_action_against_homophobic_governor/</link>
<comments>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Russian_prosecutors_decline_to_take_action_against_homophobic_governor/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:07:37 UTC</pubDate>
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<category>gay politics</category>
<guid>http://my.pinknews.co.uk/gaypolitics/Russian_prosecutors_decline_to_take_action_against_homophobic_governor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation has decided not to start criminal proceedings against the Governor of the Tambov regi<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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