Partners in Poverty
One year on, civil partnership is being feted as a great success – but there’s a catch: same-sex couples are having their benefits cut.
LGBT Index
Bloody Prejudice
The National Blood Service is stereotyping gay men as modern-day “Typhoid Marys” by rejecting them as donors.
Borat – Parody or Prejedice?
Satirising bigotry or reinforcing it?
Dr Russell Reid Unjustly Accused
Disciplinary proceedings against a leading sex-change doctor bring shame to the medical profession.
Rise in Homophobic Hate Crimes by Religious Extremists
The Gay Police Association is under police investigation, after it exposed a big increase in homophobic hate crimes perpetrated by religious extremists.
Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By High Court
British lesbians married in Canada denied recognition in the UK.
Born Gay or Made Gay? How, Why, and Does it Matter?
BORN GAY OR MADE GAY? New research claiming that sexual orientation is determined in the womb does not add up. Something as complex as human sexual life is bound to evolve from a multiplicity of factors.
Sex abuse – calls for a British Megan’s Law miss the point
Empowering young people is the best protection against abuse
Insignificant Other
Although the Civil Partnership Act is a step in the right direction, it does not go far enough. Mutual care and commitment, not sex, should be the basis of partnership rights.
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged
Lesbian couple married in Canada seek legal recognition in the UK