BBC News Video Clips Commander Brian Paddick Addresses Lambeth Rally "All I want to do is to come back and serve the people of Lambeth" (:50) The BBC's Penny Wrout Report on Brian Paddick Rally "Those speaking in support included a rabbi and a minister" (1:48) BBC News Audio Clip Commander Paddick Interviewed on Today Program "What has my sexuality got to do with my ability" (5:10) |
Gay Comm. Brian Paddick 'victim of Anti-Gay Press' PC John Jeffrey, a former colleague, of police chief Brian Paddick claimed his old boss has fallen victim to homophobia in the media. |
How Smears Brought Top Gay Cop Brink of Ruin Mar 24: Long campaign by anti-gay colleagues led to removal of Brian Paddick, but, the community he led wants him back.Gay Cop Victim of 'Institutional Bias' Mar 24: Brian Paddick, the police commander moved from his job last week after tabloid revelations about his private life, is a victim of institutional homophobia, said the body representing Britain's gay police officers. Both March 24th Articles are posted in this one file. |
Mar 25: The gay police commander attacked for his liberal drugs policy has claimed he is the victim of a homophobic witch-hunt. Paddick said his opponents were angry about the decision not to arrest people holding small amounts of cannabis, but, policy was much too popular and effective to attack. |
Gay Police Chief Faces Sex and Drugs Inquiry Mar 18: Commander Brian Paddick, who heads 800 police in Lambeth, South London, was carpeted over comments he had made on a radical website about anarchism, his former lover claimed that he regularly smoked cannabis. The Commander, who has led a new softly-softly approach to cannabis in south London, has denied smoking the drug himself, but is reported to have admitted watching James Renolleau, a French former model with whom he had a five-year relationship, smoke it. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens, will investigate newspaper allegations one of his police chiefs smoked cannabis. There are three articles on allegations in one file. Mar 19: The Embattled Gay Commander is Supported by the London Mayor. Original Article ~ March 2: Gay Police Chief Faces Showdown With Boss. |
US Urges End Gay Persecution & Relese Imprisoned Mar 22: A bipartisan coalition of 37 members of U.S. House of Representatives send a letter to the Egypt's President urging the end to persecution of gay men and release of those already imprisoned. This letter responds to reply by the Egyptian Ambassador, to August 3rd, 2001 letter addressing Egypt's arrest of 52 gay men. TBC News Article and copies of both March 20 & August 3rd letters. Recent Related Articles: Mar 20: Cashman In Talks With Egypt Government To Free Gays. Mar 14: Egypt Officially Brands Homosexuality 'Perverted'. Mar 12: 5 More Gay Egyptians Sentenced To Prison With Hard Labor. TBC's GLBT Comprehensive Special News Report "Gay in Egypt." |
Scotland's Catholic Leader Attacks Gay Parents April 17: Archbishop Mario Conti has attacked gay couples who seek parental rights, claiming they are being "selfish". The leader of Scotland's Catholics said children would become inevitable victims of moves to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married heterosexual parents. |
Catholic Church Vs Homosexuals News Australia's Highest Court Awards Lesbians Right to Fertility Treatment April 18: Australia's highest court unanimously rejected a Catholic Church bid to ban single women and lesbians from receiving fertility treatment. The seven justices of the High Court Australia dismissed a challenge by Catholic Bishop's Conference to prevent a single woman, from receiving fertility treatment in the southern state of Victoria. |
Gay BBC News Presenter Christopher Price Found Dead April 24: Singer Kylie Minogue led tributes to BBC presenter Christopher Price, 34, who was found dead in his London home. Christopher the regular frontman of entertainment bulletin Liquid News, shown nightly on digital channel BBC Choice and weekly on BBC One. "We will miss his journalism as well as his wit, and he was a sparky and entertaining colleague as well as a much-loved presenter on screen," said Roger Mosey, the head of BBC television news. Included, Video Clip Link BBC's Nick Higham "Christopher Price fitted Liquid News like a glove" |
Zimbabwe Broadcast Chief Caught in Gay Sex Scandal. April 2: Zimbabwe government plans to investigate allegations Alum Mpofu, the chief executive of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. in compromising situation" with a man. |
Australian Court Backs Gay Dad Donor April 6: A Lesbian couple has been ordered by a court to allow access for the gay donor dad to the child he fathered. |
Scottish Lesbian Couple Make Legal History Win Parental Rights April 8: Anger and outrage from church leaders and family campaigners over a lesbian couple given full parental rights. This backlash follows news of a landmark ruling, that was made in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Which means the women and their children are considered a family unit by the law and won the same parental rights over their children as married heterosexuals. |
China Gays Step Out, With One Foot in Closet April 12: Gone are the days when gays in China's cities lived completely closeted lives, the Galaxy Club whose large glass doors open unapologetically onto the lobby of a government office building is a giddy, liberated kind of place. |
Roger David Casement was surrounded by contorversy, was he an Irish Patriot, Hero, Martyr, Traitor, and/or a homosexual? The debate may continue on somethings, but, the debate on his preference for sexual partners has been authenticated, men, young men. This outing of Sir Roger came about, as he was declared the undisputed author of the black diaries. The diaries detail dozens of homosexual encounters, which chart Sir Rogers prolific homosexual activity at a time when such exploits were not only discreditable but illegal. Those who wanted to discredit him, they leaked the passages to the public. While those who didn't want to see Sir Roger's charactor blackened, denounced them as forgeries. It's one of those gay legends for the homo history books. For a few more outings of "Homo's in History" click here. |
The first Gay Men and Lesbian Couples to Wed Gay Couples Are Getting Hitched in Germany Augest 2, 2001: Germany recognizes gay marriages as legal, Gay Couples are getting married all across the country. Gay History was made as the first German Gay Male and Lesbian couples have become Husband and Husband and Wife and Wife by law. Our Gay German Sisters and Brothers tie the knot. Those who say never wanted to see thie happen, can not undo, or untie, what is now legal. Germany became the second country that same-sex marriages/unions are recogonized by law. August 4th., 2001: Gays and Lesbians Germans becomes stars over night. The Netherlands became first to grant legal status to same-sex marriages. Since the Dutch government passed legislation in September 2000, giving gay and lesbian marriages complete parity of rights with non-gays ones. There has been 386 same-sex marriages, with 232 male and 154 female couples getting hitched. The push is on for Austria to follow Germany as to be next to make same-sex marriages legal. Read about events surrounding the Dutch passing the sam-sex marriage legislation, read the articles in our GLBT Rights section, under international news. Two Northern Ireland Gay Men recently tied the knot, in what is being called the first gay wedding in Northern Ireland. The Catholic Bishop who married the two, said he hs been holding same-sex weddings for the past ten years. View a video clip from news report interviewing Bishop Pat Buckley. |
Gay Reforms Will Help Children. August 4, 2001: Children would receive better protection from pedophiles under measures lowering to 16 the age of consent for gay men, Attorney-General Jim McGinty said yesterday. This being just one of the sweeping changes in an effort to end discrimination against gays and lesbians by a raft of laws by the Legislative Assembly. "By lowering of the age of consent the Government would restrict a defence that pedophiles could use in court", McGinty said. West Australia has the most restrictive and discriminatory laws in Australia. Changes being proposed will bring Australia closer to achieving equality for Gays and Lesbians in all aspects of their lives. Article by The West Australian. |
*Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality Andy Jennings, Chairman Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality (TORCHE) said: "We have seen two members of the Shadow Cabinet, who have publicly spoken on the needs and problems faced by gay people. Oliver Letwin MP, the Home Secretary, and John Bercow MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury of the Shadow Cabinet Conservative Party, have called for gay partners to be given many of the legal rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples. |
Australia Melbourne Chief Police Commissioner Christine Nixon will be leading a contingent of 30 gay and lesbian cops in a OZ Pride parade. But, the officers involvement is not without controversy. The officers will all be paid for the day, a fact that has rankled some politicians. National Party leader Peter Ryan joined in the condemnation of Nixon's pandering to special interests. Cheif Police Commissionor Christine Nixon > |
Norway Per-Kristian Foss, Norway's Gay Conservative Finance Minister Marries Longtime Partner. Norway's Finance Minister Creates a Moment in Gay History, installed as Temporary Prime Minister, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Were Abroad. Photo Credit Gay.Com > |
United Kingdom *UK To Grant Gay and Lesbian Couples Adoption Rights. *UK Transgendered To Win Marriage Rights. *Lords Are To Decide on Transgender Marriage Case. Click Here to read the three articles. Photo Credit The Data Lounge. > |
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United Kingdom *UK To Grant Gay and Lesbian Couples Adoption Rights. *UK Transgendered To Win Marriage Rights. *Lords Are To Decide on Transgender Marriage Case. Click Here to read the three articles. Photo Credit The Data Lounge. > |
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Norway Per-Kristian Foss, Norway's Gay Conservative Finance Minister Marries Longtime Partner. Norway's Finance Minister Creates a Moment in Gay History, installed as Temporary Prime Minister, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Were Abroad. Photo Credit Gay.Com > |
Australia Melbourne Chief Police Commissioner Christine Nixon will be leading a contingent of 30 gay and lesbian cops in a OZ Pride parade. But, the officers involvement is not without controversy. The officers will all be paid for the day, a fact that has rankled some politicians. National Party leader Peter Ryan joined in the condemnation of Nixon's pandering to special interests. Cheif Police Commissionor Christine Nixon > |
*Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality Andy Jennings, Chairman Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality (TORCHE) said: "We have seen two members of the Shadow Cabinet, who have publicly spoken on the needs and problems faced by gay people. Oliver Letwin MP, the Home Secretary, and John Bercow MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury of the Shadow Cabinet Conservative Party, have called for gay partners to be given many of the legal rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples. |
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Gay Reforms Will Help Children. August 4, 2001: Children would receive better protection from pedophiles under measures lowering to 16 the age of consent for gay men, Attorney-General Jim McGinty said yesterday. This being just one of the sweeping changes in an effort to end discrimination against gays and lesbians by a raft of laws by the Legislative Assembly. "By lowering of the age of consent the Government would restrict a defence that pedophiles could use in court", McGinty said. West Australia has the most restrictive and discriminatory laws in Australia. Changes being proposed will bring Australia closer to achieving equality for Gays and Lesbians in all aspects of their lives. Article by The West Australian. |
The first Gay Men and Lesbian Couples to Wed Gay Couples Are Getting Hitched in Germany Augest 2, 2001: Germany recognizes gay marriages as legal, Gay Couples are getting married all across the country. Gay History was made as the first German Gay Male and Lesbian couples have become Husband and Husband and Wife and Wife by law. Our Gay German Sisters and Brothers tie the knot. Those who say never wanted to see thie happen, can not undo, or untie, what is now legal. Germany became the second country that same-sex marriages/unions are recogonized by law. August 4th., 2001: Gays and Lesbians Germans becomes stars over night. The Netherlands became first to grant legal status to same-sex marriages. Since the Dutch government passed legislation in September 2000, giving gay and lesbian marriages complete parity of rights with non-gays ones. There has been 386 same-sex marriages, with 232 male and 154 female couples getting hitched. The push is on for Austria to follow Germany as to be next to make same-sex marriages legal. Read about events surrounding the Dutch passing the sam-sex marriage legislation, read the articles in our GLBT Rights section, under international news. Two Northern Ireland Gay Men recently tied the knot, in what is being called the first gay wedding in Northern Ireland. The Catholic Bishop who married the two, said he hs been holding same-sex weddings for the past ten years. View a video clip from news report interviewing Bishop Pat Buckley. |
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Roger David Casement was surrounded by contorversy, was he an Irish Patriot, Hero, Martyr, Traitor, and/or a homosexual? The debate may continue on somethings, but, the debate on his preference for sexual partners has been authenticated, men, young men. This outing of Sir Roger came about, as he was declared the undisputed author of the black diaries. The diaries detail dozens of homosexual encounters, which chart Sir Rogers prolific homosexual activity at a time when such exploits were not only discreditable but illegal. Those who wanted to discredit him, they leaked the passages to the public. While those who didn't want to see Sir Roger's charactor blackened, denounced them as forgeries. It's one of those gay legends for the homo history books. For a few more outings of "Homo's in History" click here. |
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China Gays Step Out, With One Foot in Closet April 12: Gone are the days when gays in China's cities lived completely closeted lives, the Galaxy Club whose large glass doors open unapologetically onto the lobby of a government office building is a giddy, liberated kind of place. |
Scottish Lesbian Couple Make Legal History Win Parental Rights April 8: Anger and outrage from church leaders and family campaigners over a lesbian couple given full parental rights. This backlash follows news of a landmark ruling, that was made in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Which means the women and their children are considered a family unit by the law and won the same parental rights over their children as married heterosexuals. |
Australian Court Backs Gay Dad Donor April 6: A Lesbian couple has been ordered by a court to allow access for the gay donor dad to the child he fathered. |
Zimbabwe Broadcast Chief Caught in Gay Sex Scandal. April 2: Zimbabwe government plans to investigate allegations Alum Mpofu, the chief executive of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. in compromising situation" with a man. |
Gay BBC News Presenter Christopher Price Found Dead April 24: Singer Kylie Minogue led tributes to BBC presenter Christopher Price, 34, who was found dead in his London home. Christopher the regular frontman of entertainment bulletin Liquid News, shown nightly on digital channel BBC Choice and weekly on BBC One. "We will miss his journalism as well as his wit, and he was a sparky and entertaining colleague as well as a much-loved presenter on screen," said Roger Mosey, the head of BBC television news. Included, Video Clip Link BBC's Nick Higham "Christopher Price fitted Liquid News like a glove" |
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Catholic Church Vs Homosexuals News Australia's Highest Court Awards Lesbians Right to Fertility Treatment April 18: Australia's highest court unanimously rejected a Catholic Church bid to ban single women and lesbians from receiving fertility treatment. The seven justices of the High Court Australia dismissed a challenge by Catholic Bishop's Conference to prevent a single woman, from receiving fertility treatment in the southern state of Victoria. |
Scotland's Catholic Leader Attacks Gay Parents April 17: Archbishop Mario Conti has attacked gay couples who seek parental rights, claiming they are being "selfish". The leader of Scotland's Catholics said children would become inevitable victims of moves to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married heterosexual parents. |
US Urges End Gay Persecution & Relese Imprisoned Mar 22: A bipartisan coalition of 37 members of U.S. House of Representatives send a letter to the Egypt's President urging the end to persecution of gay men and release of those already imprisoned. This letter responds to reply by the Egyptian Ambassador, to August 3rd, 2001 letter addressing Egypt's arrest of 52 gay men. TBC News Article and copies of both March 20 & August 3rd letters. Recent Related Articles: Mar 20: Cashman In Talks With Egypt Government To Free Gays. Mar 14: Egypt Officially Brands Homosexuality 'Perverted'. Mar 12: 5 More Gay Egyptians Sentenced To Prison With Hard Labor. TBC's GLBT Comprehensive Special News Report "Gay in Egypt." |
Egypt Egypt Court Rules the "Damanhour Five" Not Guilty! April 13: Five men convicted, march 11, of consensual homosexual conduct, sentenced three years' imprisonment and three years' probation. Damanhour appeals court, found the "Damanhour Five" not-guilty of all charges. |
Gay Police Chief Faces Sex and Drugs Inquiry Mar 18: Commander Brian Paddick, who heads 800 police in Lambeth, South London, was carpeted over comments he had made on a radical website about anarchism, his former lover claimed that he regularly smoked cannabis. The Commander, who has led a new softly-softly approach to cannabis in south London, has denied smoking the drug himself, but is reported to have admitted watching James Renolleau, a French former model with whom he had a five-year relationship, smoke it. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens, will investigate newspaper allegations one of his police chiefs smoked cannabis. There are three articles on allegations in one file. Mar 19: The Embattled Gay Commander is Supported by the London Mayor. Original Article ~ March 2: Gay Police Chief Faces Showdown With Boss. |
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Mar 25: The gay police commander attacked for his liberal drugs policy has claimed he is the victim of a homophobic witch-hunt. Paddick said his opponents were angry about the decision not to arrest people holding small amounts of cannabis, but, policy was much too popular and effective to attack. |