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Plus there are FREE subscriptions to Gay.com Personals for a year up for grabs for 20 lucky people who fill in the survey! http://uk.gay.com/survey/ ________________________________________________________________________ YORKIE BARS DEFINITELY NOT IN PINK The new advertising campaign for the Yorkie chocolate bar, which was launched in 1976, has been described as sexist and homophobic. http://uk.gay.com/news/5353 AUSTRALIAN "ACTED OUT OF LOVE" IN HELPING GAY EX-LOVER DIE A man from Melbourne, Australia father acted out of love when he helped his HIV-positive ex-lover commit suicide, a Supreme Court judge was told. http://uk.gay.com/news/5352 MANCHESTER GAY MAN SACKED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMAN A gay cleaning manager from Manchester has been sacked for sexually harassing a female security guard. http://uk.gay.com/news/5351 LONDON'S MAYOR SAYS POLICE CHIEF VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC WITCH-HUNT London's Mayor Ken Livingstone has said police chief Brian Paddick was the victim of an "orchestrated campaign"which was "highly homophobic, intrusive and personal". http://uk.gay.com/news/5350 STATESMAN TAKES HIV TEST, URGES ZAMBIANS TO DO SAME Former Zambian leader and African statesman Kenneth Kaunda has taken a public HIV test and asked other politicians and the people of Zambia to do the same to halt the spread of AIDS. http://uk.gay.com/news/5349 "EX-GAY" MINISTRY MOVING US HQ Exodus International, the "ex-gay" ministry, has moved its US headquarters from Seattle to Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando, Florida, as of mid-March. http://uk.gay.com/news/5348 US LAWMAKERS ENDORSE GAY BILL, MISS DEADLINE A Connecticut state legislative panel in the US voted Monday to support extending limited legal rights to same-sex couples, but it failed to meet an administrative deadline for delivering the decision. http://uk.gay.com/news/5347 PURPLE IN THE PARK TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW Tickets to Purple In The Park 2002 will be going on sale from tomorrow Thursday 28th March 2002. http://uk.gay.com/news/5346 ARCTIC GIVES AWAY CARIBOU FLAVOURED CONDOMS Caribou flavoured condoms are to be given away in Arctic Canada to stop the spread of HIV. http://uk.gay.com/news/5345 AFRICAN CLERICS AGAINST PRO-GAY ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Anglican clerics in Africa are campaigning against a pro-gay becoming the next Archbishop of Canterbury, which could dent the chances of liberal Archbishop of Wales, Dr Rowan Williams. http://uk.gay.com/news/5344 LIBRARY PORN BATTLE GOES TO COURT The US bid to control pornography in libraries, which activists believe is a conspiracy by the right to stop the public accessing information they deem unsuitable, such as gay and abortion issues, has hit the courts. http://uk.gay.com/news/5343 NAPSTER STAYS SILENT A US federal appeals court has declared that Napster's free online file-swapping service must remain silent. http://uk.gay.com/news/5342 SCHOOL BANS GAYS AT PROM A Roman Catholic high school in Ontario, Canada, has banned a 17-year-old gay student from taking his boyfriend to the Grade 12 prom. http://uk.gay.com/news/5341 HIV PROTEIN MAY CAUSE DRUG SIDE EFFECTS A protein made by the HIV virus could be responsible for the harmful side effects that can occur in AIDS patients taking certain drugs, researchers report. http://uk.gay.com/news/5340 GRAHAM NORTON SUPPORTING LIZA MINNELLI Graham Norton is to support Liza Minnelli when she plays London next month. http://uk.gay.com/news/5339 ANTIDEPRESSANTS MAY INHIBIT HIV POSITIVE RESISTANCE TO CANCER Antidepressant tablets may inhibit the body's natural treatment of certain types of cancer, scientists said today. http://uk.gay.com/news/5338 ROMAN CATHOLIC SEMINARY ASKS PROSPECTIVE PRIESTS IF THEY ARE GAY The largest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States is asking prospective priests if they are gay or HIV positive. http://uk.gay.com/news/5337 CARJACKERS TARGET GAY HAUNT IN EAST LONDON Carjackers are targeting a gay haunt in east London, where one gay man has already been held at gunpoint and robbed of his VW convertible. http://uk.gay.com/news/5336 HOLLAND: GAY-HATE FINE DEMANDED A Rotterdam public prosecutor this week demanded that a Muslim pay a fine for making discriminatory comments against gays. http://uk.gay.com/news/5335 US: JUDGE MOORE DEFENDS HIS 'EVIL' COMMENTS Two days after the Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama dismissed a complaint filed against him, the chief justice of the state Supreme Court, Roy Moore, spoke on Saturday about his controversial remarks in a lesbian mother's custody case. http://uk.gay.com/news/5334 ________________________________________________________________________ GAY.COM COMPONENTS FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE: Webmasters - 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