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2005

March 31:  UK:  Equality Bill Excludes Gay Rights - Blair Vetoed Inclusion of Gay Rights to Appease Muslims, OutRage! Claims.  Protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been excluded from five key provisions of the government’s new Equality Bill, OutRage! claims.
March 29:  USA:  Gay Day Weekend in Florida Attracts Companies Targeting Gay Men, Lesbians.  With more than 115,000 guests expected, the Gay Day weekend is becoming a key event for companies targeting gay men and lesbians.
March 29:  USA:  I Say – Not Gay! Comment.  Word is reaching us that a line in the lyric of the Tony Bennett classic hit and signature song I Left My Heart in San Francisco has been re-written because it contains the "G" word.  Before getting into the verse of San Francisco’s unofficial anthem, Bennett and countless others have always crooned in the refrain: “The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay”.
March 26:  UK:  TV Review: Series Which Has Earned Cult Status With Gays Is as Good as Ever.  The Doctor has returned.  Not the same Doctor I first got to know many decades ago in flickering black and white when the BBC scared the living daylights out of kids who, pretending not to watch, had their eyes glued to “the box” from behind the nearest sofa.
March 22:  UK:  Lighthouse Gala Auction Raises Record £250,000 for HIV Charity.  Joan Rivers “sold” herself twice last night (Monday) at the annual Lighthouse Charity auction, which raised a record £250,000 for the Terrence Higgins Trust, the leading HIV and sexual health charity in the UK.
March 20:  UK:  Brighton Greens to Call for Education Guidance.  Green Party councillors in Brighton & Hove are to challenge the council to show its support for the LGBT community by issuing all education workers in the city with up to date guidance on LGBT issues.
March 20:  USA:  DignityUSA Calls for Apology From San Diego Bishop.  The leadership of Dignity USA is calling on Bishop Robert Brom of the Diocese of San Diego, California, to apologize to the family of John McCusker, a local gay business owner and community activist, as well as to the GLBT community in San Diego for turning the untimely death of John into a chance to twist church law and wrongfully denying him a Mass of Christian Burial.
March 18:  UK: Durex and MHRA Issue Advice on Counterfeit Condoms.  Durex and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are working together to advise people that a quantity of non-Durex condoms in fake Durex packaging have been supplied to some pharmacies and retail outlets in the UK.
March 17:  UK:  Beenie Man UK Tour Off - It's Nothing To Do With Us, Say Campaigners.  The UK tour by Jamaican reggae singer Beenie Man has been cancelled, according to BBC Radio 1’s “urban news” web page.  And the Stop Murder Music Campaign and Outrage! have categorically denied that the cancellation was anything to do with them.
March 16:  UK:  Protesters Accuse Top Bank of Racism and Homophobia.  Supporters of gay Muslim employee Sid Saeed picketed a business conference, organised by Deutsche Bank, at the Great Eastern Hotel in London, this morning.
March 15:  USA:  Connecticut’s Civil Union Bill Will Have Positive Impact on State Budget.  Today, two national think tanks released a study finding that giving marriage rights to same-sex couples will have a positive impact on the state budget of Connecticut.
March 15 Africa:  Youth Meet to Discuss Ways of Fighting HIV/AIDS.  An Africa-wide youth organisation is holding a five-day conference in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to draw up a plan of action for the continent's youth to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.
March 14:  UK:  HBOS Foundation Finances HIV Debt Relief Scheme.  The HBOS Foundation is to donate £80,000 to Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) to fund an innovative debt advice project for people living with HIV, it was announced today.
March 12:  UK:  Dave Allen:  His Place in UK Gay History.  Dave Allen, who died in his sleep on March 10 at the age of 68, will be best remembered as perhaps the greatest Irish comedian to grace television and the stage in the United Kingdom.  But he did have a serious side, reflected in a handful of television documentaries he presented.
March 11:  UK:  Three Years For Gay Stabbing Too Lenient, Say Activists.  A Londonderry man has been jailed for three years at Crown Court for stabbing a gay man during a homophobic attack in the city.  But gay activists in Northern Ireland consider the sentence too lenient.
March 10:  UK:  Sir Ian McKellen Set for Coronation Street Role.  Actor Sir Ian McKellen is expanding his curriculum vitae to include television “soap”.  He is to appear in the UK’s longest-running soap, “Coronation Street” which first aired in 1960 and is well over 6,000 episodes old.
March 9: UK:  THT Launches New Gay Youth Group for Nuneaton.  Terrence Higgins Trust is launching Godiva Young Gays and Lesbians (GYGL) Nuneaton, a support group for young people under 25 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) or unsure of their sexuality.
March 4:  Africa:  Scenarios Look at How AIDS Could Shape Africa’s Future.  By 2025, Africa and the world could face three very different scenarios for AIDS. And depending on the actions taken today, up to 43 million HIV infections could be averted over the next 20 years.
March 3:  South Africa:  Capacity Shortfalls Undermine HIV Roll-Out, EU Official Says.  A lack of capacity in South Africa's healthcare system is a serious challenge to the government's plan to roll-out a free treatment programme for its HIV-positive citizens, a European Union (EU) official told PlusNews.
March 3:  UK:  Derby To Raise LGBT Awareness in May.  Derby is to stage its first ‘gay pride’ style event aimed at raising awareness about the area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
March 3:  UK:  Livingstone Thanks Anti-Gay Group for Support.  The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is at the centre of a new controversy after revelations that he sent a message of gratitude to an organisation set up to campaign against gay Muslims, in which he says “your support is very much appreciated”.