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LONDON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Fewer gay couples in Britain are taking advantage of civil partnership laws, and more are splitting up, the Office of National Statistics reports.
YORK, England, July 31 (UPI) -- Quakers have become the first mainstream religious denomination in England to sanction gay marriage, a human rights campaigner says.
MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- Police in Moscow Saturday detained about 40 people, who allegedly had taken part in an unsanctioned gay pride parade, officials said.
LONDON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Two U.S. anti-gay preachers have been banned from entering England, officials said.
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Catholic Church of England and Wales warned Roman Catholic priests against using language in their parishes that might offend gay and lesbian worshipers.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The improved freedom and security in Iraq do not extend to the homosexual population, who are subject to a sexual cleansing campaign, evidence shows.
MOSCOW, May 27 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists trying to raise support for gay pride parades were beaten and pelted with eggs and garbage, then arrested in Moscow Sunday.
TIPTON, England, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A pub in Tipton refuses to quit serving a faggot pie named after British television personality Michael Barrymore, saying the name's all in good fun.
LONDON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British police are investigating alleged homophobic lyrics in songs by at least four well known Jamaican dancehall singers.
LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man, known for lyrics inciting violence against gays and women, apologized for his music, saying he meant no harm.