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Danny Miller wins two awards for gay teen role on Emmerdale
Actor Danny Miller has won two awards at last night's TV Choice Awards for his portrayal of a teenager struggling to come to terms with his homosexuality on top British soap opera Emmerdal


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Spain is to launch official gay lottery this Christmas
Spain's official Christmas lottery, whose first prize of €3,000,000 'El Gordo’ or 'the fat one' is to go gay this year. The La Bruixa d’Or lottery administration office in Sort, Lérida, is to launch a special ticket for the draw called 'Gay Luck.'


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Hague's former advisor took part in taxpayer funded trip despite lack of official role
It has emerged that Christopher Myers, who resigned as a special advisor to William Hague following online rumours that he was having a gay affair with the minister took part in a taxpayer funded trip, before he had an official role with Mr Hague or the Conservative Party.


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Olympic medallist Stephanie Rice apologises for homophobic tweet
Australian Olympic swimming gold medallist Stephanie Rice has apologised for a homophbic message posted on the social media platform Twitter. Following the Wallabies' win over South Africa on Saturday, Ms Rice tweeted: ''Suck on that faggots!''


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Lady Gaga 'training' to become a minister to perform gay marriages
Popstar Lady GaGa is reportedly training to become an ordained minister in order to perform gay marriages for her LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) fans. According to British tabloid, the Daily Star, the bisexual singer has been spurred on by the continuing row over gay marriages in California.


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Travel: The Pink Lake festival closes after four days captivating Wörthersee
The Pink Lake LGBT festival, held around Lake Wörthersee in Austria closed this evening after four days of activities and parties. In what is a stunningly beautiful setting, the Pink Lake festival offers something unique to the thousand or so people who attend the event every year.


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Comment: Is Ed Miliband the leader to advance LGBT equality in Britain?
The Labour party has been a good friend of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community within Britain. Under their 13 years in power, our lives became unquestionably better. As LGBT Labour members tell PinkNews.co.uk they will back Ed Miliband, we lay out the challenges ahead if he wins.


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Ed Miliband tops PinkNews.co.uk poll of LGBT Labour members while Diane Abbott tops Labour voters poll
Ed Miliband is to secure backing of gay Labour party members while Diane Abbott scores well with gay Labour voters
An exclusive poll for PinkNews.co.uk, Europe's largest LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) news publisher has revealed that Ed Miliband looks set to win the support of LGBT members of the Labour...


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T-Mobile customers complain at 'blocking' of gay websites
Exclusive: Customers of T-Mobile have complained that the mobile phone network bars access to gay websites. T-Mobile, one of the UK's largest mobile phone networks, appears to block gay-related content as unsuitable for under-18s.


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Openly gay minister Alan Duncan tells media to "back off" covering William Hague gay rumours
Alan Duncan, the first Conservative MP to voluntarily come out as gay has told media to "back off" covering William Hague, his wife and rumours of a gay affair with a 25-year-old aide. He described the way the foreign secretary's personal life has been covered as "contemptible".


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Britons apathetic to Pope visit but disagree with state funding
A poll suggests that three quarters of Britons believe the taxpayer should not have to fund part of the cost of Pope Benedict’s forthcoming UK visit. The survey found that only 24 per cent of respondents were actively opposed to the visit, but the majority disliked the idea of state funding for it.


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Miss Universe 2010 supports gay marriage
The winner of Miss Universe 2010 has come out in support of gay marriage. Mexican beauty queen Ximena Navarrete said she had lots of gay friends and there was "no reason we should want to set them aside".


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Homophobic teen who initiated murder cleared of assault
A Scottish teenager who initiated the murder of a gay man was cleared of a vicious street assault this week. Alexander Kindred, now aged 18, was 15 when he claimed that council worker James Kerr, 51, had made sexual advances to him in a park.


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California state won't be forced to defend Prop 8
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney-General Jerry Brown will not be forced to defend the state's ban on gay marriage.


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UUP contender Tom Elliott says he won't attend gay pride marches
A contender for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party has said he would not attend gay pride marches or GAA games. Tom Elliott said it was a "personal issue".


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