“Comedians and church leaders have claimed a victory for free speech after Government plans to ban jokes about homosexuals were rejected in the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gay Iranian teenager is to be allowed to stay in Britain because his case is now so notorious that it would be dangerous to deport him to Tehran.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gay Iranian teenager faces deportation from Britain and execution in his home country after a Dutch court refused to hear his asylum claim.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death faces being forcibly returned after losing the latest round in her battle to be granted asylum.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mehdi Kazemi is a gay teenager from Iran. He sought sanctuary in Britain after his boyfriend was hanged for homosexuality. So why is Britain so determined to send him back to Tehran – to almost certain execution?”
The Independent, 6th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A senior police officer has been denied promotion to chief inspector level because he posted personal information about his gay lifestyle on the social networking website Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Archbishop of York last night led a powerful cross-party attack by peers on plans to make it easier for lesbian couples to become parents through fertility treatment.”
The Independent, 20th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s leading Roman Catholic churchman gives warning today that the role of a father in a child’s life will be undermined by legislation to make it easier for lesbian couples to become parents to test-tube babies.”
The Times, 19th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An ex-magistrate who says he was forced to resign because he would not place children for adoption with gay couples has lost his appeal.”
BBC News, 31st October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Christian magistrate was forced to resign because he refused to place children for adoption with gay couples, an employment appeal tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Christian magistrate who claims that he had to quit the bench because he objects to adoption by gay couples is taking the Government to court today.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children who call their classmates ‘gay’ risk being arrested for committing a hate crime even if they do not know what the word means, a leading charity warned last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government is to make it a crime to incite hatred because of a person’s sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, Jack Straw announced last night.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Bishop of Hereford faced calls for his resignation last night after an employment tribunal ruled that he had discriminated against a gay youth worker because of the man’s sexuality.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior woman judge has called for same-sex couples who have children by artificial insemination to be legally recognised as the parents.”
The Times, 19th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The vast majority of Britons support new legislation to protect gays from discrimination and would not mind if a member of their family was homosexual, a survey showed on Wednesday.”
Reuters News, 23rd May 2007
Source: http://uk.reuters.com
“Scotland Yard’s reaction to killings and attacks on gay, lesbian and transsexual people has historically been blighted by “institutional” homophobia, according to a report. A review of how detectives handled 10 murders of gay men or transsexuals says that in some cases inquiries were hampered by lack of knowledge, reliance on unfounded stereotypes and personal prejudices. Of the cases examined in a process sanctioned by the Met, four remain unsolved.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In a better world, Adrian Barlow would be here to talk about his accomplishments as a lawyer. The recognition would not be undeserved: the son of a pathologist, raised in Huddersfield, Barlow read law at Cambridge before rising through the ranks of Simpson Curtis – later Pinsent Masons – to become a partner at only 31. Now, at 44, he is global head of Pinsent Masons property group, responsible for 150 fee earners and £20 million in revenues, boasting clients such as BT and Royal Mail. Instead of discussing his day job, however, we are here to talk about his sexuality.”
The Times, 4th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A passionate defence of gay rights written more than two centuries before homosexuality became legal has been discovered.”
The Times, 26th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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