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Beijing's Gay Athletes
 
China Number of gay and lesbian athletes at the 2008 Games is down from 2004 and 2000.


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LGBT rights in New England
 
USA Historic gains on Beacon Hill fueled by legislative leadership, LGBT political power


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Liverpool gayteen murdered in homophobe attack
 
United Kingdom "Mickey loved life and had many friends. He was popular and well-liked. Mickey was the life and soul of the party, a happy, and outgoing 18-year-old man. Mickey was definitely a ’people’s person’. Our world will never been the same without him."


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Financial Melt Down
 
Reference As the world financial markets face a world recession. What are the implications of the credit crunch to our pockets.


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Cheltenham focus
 
United Kingdom Local pride events are becoming even more popular. We take a look at The Gloucester Pride and Cheltenham's EXS venue.


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Cardiff Pride replaces Cardiff Mardi Gras
 
United Kingdom When the Cardiff Mardi Gras committee announced there would be no event in 2008, all looked lost for one of the UK's biggest gay events.

However, members of the LGBT community have joined forces to produce a replacement event.



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You might be able to talk, but can you really speak?
 
USA Breaking the Silence rally brings attention to challenges faced by gay teens


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Scottish Gay Youth Group win grant
 
United Kingdom Dumfries and Galloway LGBT Youth group receive grant. A councillor in south west Scotland has criticised the use of public funds to support a group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.


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MPs tackle School Homophobic bullying
 
United Kingdom MPs from all parties contributed to a debate in the House of Commons yesterday that extensively discussed homophobic bullying.


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Murder Trial Begins For Teen Who Alleges He Was Target Of Homophobic Bullying
 
USA The first degree murder trial began Thursday for a 16-year old who killed his principal last year for allegedly failing to stop the teen from being bullied.


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Southampton gay teen attacked
 
United Kingdom A teenage boy in Southampton was punched in the face in what was described as a homophobic attack on Sunday.



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High school students battle the gay F-word
 
USA At Ross Sheppard High School last week, some of Aron Rosenberg's friends asked another student if he spelled his name with a G or a J.


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London Police act on hate crimes
 
United Kingdom A series of raids by police across London has led to the arrest of 32 people suspected of a range of hate crimes.


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Gay teens rejected by their families often face homelessness
 
Regional Gay teenagers rejected and forced out by their families find themselves thrust into the harsh world of homelessness


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Assembly clashes over gay rights
 
United Kingdom The assembly debated equality for gays and lesbians
An NI assembly motion condemning government plans to introduce equality legislation for gays, lesbians and bisexuals has fallen after a tied vote.


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Church grumbles over anti-bullying in school policy
 
United Kingdom The Catholic Church last night expressed dismay over the appointment of a lesbian and gay group to help run Scotland's new anti-bullying service for schools.


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A 15-year old charged in the Friday shooting
 
USA A 15-year old charged in the Friday shooting death of his high school principal was angry that the man and others at the school had failed to stop classmates from bullying him court documents allege.


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Homophobic bullying on the rise in schools, says charity
 
United Kingdom Homophobic bullying is an "effective and powerful" form of abuse and a growing cause of concern for youngsters, according to research due to be published this week by the NSPCC children's charity.


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Time for a gay schism?
 
United Kingdom It has been a bad month for gay identity. Whatever that is. From gay police to overweight pop idols, it seems everyone has something to say about how best to express their sexuality.


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Petition launched to save gay club
 
United Kingdom The Astoria was sold in June for around £24 million to Derwent Valley developers who intend to turn the venue into shops, offices and flats, but partygoers including the gay community are determined to keep the popular music venue open.


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Homophobic bully named and shamed by local paper
 
United Kingdom A local paper has won the right to name a homophobic bully who assaulted a gay 15-year-old boy.


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The David Bohnett Foundation award Gay Youth Group
 
USA A Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to improving society through social activism, has awarded a grant to Kaleidoscope Youth Center to fund a cyber center at the gay-youth advocacy organization's facility.


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Gay teen shot in Iraq
 
News 14-year-old Ahmed Khalil has been shot, according to witnesses, by Iraqi police officers for being gay.


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Gay National Service
 
Israel Teenage conscripts in Israel will now have the option to volunteer for a gay national service scheme instead of military service.


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End bullying of gay youth
 
News More than 500 people from 75 cities are expected to attend a conference today at Drake University to raise awareness about the bullying and harassment of gay and lesbian youth.


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Anti-gay pastor resigns posts after arrest
 
News An Oklahoma preacher who vehemently opposed gay rights stepped down from his congregation and the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention after being arrested this month for allegedly asking an undercover male police officer for oral sex.


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Letter to Boston Newspaper USA - Protesting bullying of gay youth
 
News We are writing to protest the "Love Won Out" conference that will be in Boston this week. The conference, sponsored by Focus on the Family, promotes the idea that homosexuality is preventable and treatable - that people don't have to be gay. It is aimed at preventing individuals from "embracing this destructive way of life."


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Time magazine - Gay teen article
 
News The cover story of tomorrow's edition of Time Magazine focuses on gay teens in America. In a 5,500+ word article, written by John Cloud, the magazine covers a number of interesting points sure to rouse the ire of social conservatives:



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Cardiff's annual Mardi Gras
 
News More than 40,000 people attended Cardiff's annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday.


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Hong Kong Judge pleads law as unconstitutional
 
China A Hong Kong judge has ruled that laws against gay sex - including one that demands a life sentence for sodomy when one or both men are under 21 years old - are unconstitutional and discriminatory.


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Soldiers join gay pride Manchester
 
United Kingdom Gay and lesbian soldiers joined a gay pride parade in Manchester this weekend as part of an effort to attract more homosexuals to the British Army.


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Gay, young & homeless
 
USA The West 36th Street shelter, run by the Metropolitan Community Church of New York, provides 24-hour emergency night shelter for gay teens ages 16 to 23. The shelter is nearly always filled beyond capacity.


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The tough side of being gay
 
News They get called names in the school halls.

Parents tell them they no longer love them.

And bullies beat them up after school.

All because these local teens are gay.


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Father forces gay teen
 
News The father of a gay teenager who wrote in a Web log that he was being sent against his will to a camp run by a group called “Love in Action International” to "cure" him of his homosexuality is defending his actions.


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Ohioans Ban "Gay-Friendly" Business!
 
Business Toledo, Oh- (Currier Blog) Today Catholics stood outside local summer-time favorite "The Chill" which serves soft serve ice cream treats.


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Defeating California`s Anti-Marriage Amendment
 
USA LOS ANGELES - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Human Rights Campaign today announced they would donate up to $100,000 each as a challenge to raise $1 million by Labor Day to fight a proposed California constitutional amendment that seeks to eliminate all legal rights and protections for same-sex couples and their families, including domestic partnerships and equal marriage rights.


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Won't somebody think of the children?
 
News In 1977, the Miami-Dade County Commission passed an ordinance making it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Anita Bryant, a well-known pop and gospel singer, quickly launched a virulently anti-gay campaign she called "Save Our Children."






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Religious nut attacks pride marchers
 
Israel JERUSALEM - A religious Jew stabbed three people during clashes between dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews and thousands of Gay Pride Parade marchers in central Jerusalem.


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GTR CHAT BIRTHDAY
 
Members Saturday 7 May 2005 come and join in the celebrations of GTR's nineth year with a Chat Birthday. Bring your own drinks and chat all day and evening. From GMT 9am till late.


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Kentucky Ex-Students Seeks Anti-Gay Harassment Suit
 
News Five former Boyd High School students have asked a federal court to let them join the school district in fighting a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a court-ordered anti-harassment training.


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Philanthropist donates $100,000 to gay and lesbian center
 
News A prominent Utah gay and lesbian activist and philanthropist has agreed to match $100,000 in funds to help resuscitate a financially struggling activity center for the state's gay and lesbian community.


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Gay student groups struggle in north Ga
 
News Kerry Pacer, a 16-year-old lesbian growing up in the rural, conservative north Georgia town of Cleveland, was tired of hearing “gay” and “lesbo” shouted at her as she walked the halls of White County High School.



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Jackson Case
 
News Michael Jackson is currently fighting for his freedom in the courts. We examine the position he has put himself in.


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Murder of Black Gay Youth Remains Unsolved
 
News The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation's Black gay civil rights organization, has issued a statement mourning the death of Rashawn Brazell, a 19-year-old Brooklyn resident whose body was grotesquely hacked apart and found in several pieces across Brooklyn last month. Investigators have not classified the Brazell murder as a hate crime and are still searching for a suspect.


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Gayteens Pull Advertising
 
Members This week we removed all of our loss making advertising agency's banners as they failed to provide GTR with any funds.


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Gay club ignites controversy in North Georgia town
 
USA Gay teens in a rural North Georgia school continue to try to form a gay-straight alliance despite mounting opposition led in large part by local fundamentalist churches.


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Graffiti On Tam High Campus
 
USA A North Bay high school is offering a reward to catch the person who painted anti-gay hate messages on campus. Many of the students are furious and are now fighting back.


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Gay student wants bullying to be stopped
 
USA Beatrice Middle School eighth-grader Bryse Patz says he just wants to be treated like everyone else.


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Site news
 
News Over the weekend some minor changes were made to the site.


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Concern over school 'gay' insults
 
United Kingdom Bullying: Gay insults second only to weight insults
The word "gay" is commonly used as an insult in British playgrounds. With homophobia on the increase in schools, should teachers be doing more to stop such name-calling?


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Christian's OTT helpline
 
News When teenager Jeffrey Faircloth wanted a safe place to talk about his growing awareness that he might be gay, he called the National Youth Crisis Hotline – popularized as 1-800-HIT-HOME.


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Youths to demonstrate for gay rights
 
News Chapman Scarborough watched the election results Nov. 3 and saw state after state upholding same-sex marriage bans — 11 of them, most by huge margins.


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School censored report on gay teens club
 
News School students were forced to leave a blank space on the editorial page of their school newspaper after the school's principal ordered teachers to remove two opinion pieces about a new club for straight and gay teens.


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TV presenter offends millions
 
USA On Jan. 11, NBC’s “Today Show” presenter apology back fires.



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I'm the only gay in Springfield
 
USA The Simpsons wants Gay Daffydd, One of the charcters of the award winning UK television comedy series Little Britain.


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Cleburne Texas Gay Teen's Beating
 
USA Three teens charged in the vicious beating last October of a gay high school student pleaded innocent Thursday at their arraignment.



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Council praised for 'gay' policy
 
United Kingdom Manchester City Council has been praised for its attitude towards gay and lesbian members of staff.


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Expulsion Wasn’t End for Gay Student in Texas
 
USA A homosexual student who was expelled last month from Trinity Christian Academy High School in Dallas, Texas, is now facing additional problems at home and says he may be kicked out of his house by his parents due to the media fallout from the incident.


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PFLAG Says Nation's Schools Ignoring Gay Students
 
USA (Washington, D.C.) — Members of PFLAG announced this week that the results of their 2004 National Schools Assessment has found “critical deficiencies” in support for LGBT youth.


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