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		<title>Australian prime minister challenged on gay marriage by party</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/23/australian-prime-minister-challenged-on-gay-marriage-by-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, has been challenged by his party to pass legislation allowing gay marriage. The Australian Labor Party in the state of Victoria passed a resolution in support of marriage equality last weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Homophobic&#039; Beenie Man concerts axed in Australia and New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/16/homophobic-beenie-man-concerts-axed-in-australia-and-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A string of concerts by Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man have been cancelled after organisers faced a wave of protest from gay rights groups. Big Day Out said his appearance would "mar" the festival for many people.]]></description>
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		<title>Lesbian mothers in Tasmania get legal recognition</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/lesbian-mothers-in-tasmania-get-legal-recognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesbian mothers who are not the biological parents of their children have been granted legal recognition by Tasmania's legislative council.]]></description>
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		<title>Tasmania to give gay couples official ceremonies</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/tasmania-to-give-gay-couples-official-ceremonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay couples in the Australian state of Tasmania will soon be able to have an official ceremony in which to register their relationships.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Australians want marriage, not partnerships</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14045.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey of gay and lesbian Australians has found that the majority would prefer marriage over civil partnerships.]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#039;s HIV rates lowest for ten years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rates of HIV infections in Australia are at their lowest level in ten years, according to new official figures. However, experts have urged caution, saying the change may be due to new data collation methods.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian trans men win court appeal over surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Australian trans men have won a court appeal allowing them to be legally recognised as men without having to have their female reproductive organs removed.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay couples protest Australian gay marriage ban with mock weddings</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13543.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 2,000 demonstrators marched on the Labor Party's annual conference in Sydney, Australia, to protest about the continuing ban on gay marriage.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian prime minister stands firm against gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13474.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramsey Dehani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, has said that while he welcomes debate on gay marriage, he will not support it.]]></description>
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		<title>Men banned from lesbian event in Australia</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13392.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramsey Dehani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A company in Australia specialising in lesbian parties has won a case allowing it to ban men from its events. The judgement comes just days after a row involving a gay bar in Torquay, where a lesbian was turned away.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian survey finds rise in support for gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12832.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey has found rising support for gay marriage in Australia. The research, commissioned by Australian Marriage Equality (AME), showed that 60 per cent of those questioned are in favour of same-sex marriage, compared with 57 per cent two years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>IVF delay for gay parents in Australia</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12830.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nell Frizzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite government legislation to allow gay couples access to IVF treatment in Victoria, Australia, many aspiring parents have had their applications delayed due to a lack of resources.]]></description>
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		<title>First trans man to play competitive football in Australia</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12812.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anish Bhavsar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next season, a 25-year-old trans man will become the first to play competitive football in a men's team in Australia. Will, who did not want to give his full name, has been living as a man for the last two years. 
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		<title>Video: Ramsay apologises to Australian journalist but denies &#039;lesbian&#039; slur</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>V King Macdona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay has apologised for his tirade against Australian journalist Tracy Grimshaw, saying his mother had given him a "bollocking". However, the chef denied calling her a lesbian during his abusive verbal attack on her at a live cooking show.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian prime minister weighs in on Gordon Ramsay&#039;s &#039;lesbian pig&#039; row</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>V King Macdona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has criticised TV chef Gordon Ramsay for calling a journalist a 'lesbian pig'. Rudd dubbed the fiery chef a "lowlife" over the allegedly homophobic comments he made while giving a demonstration at a food show in Melbourne on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Ramsay calls journalist a &#039;lesbian pig&#039;</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12745.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been condemned after calling a leading Australian journalist a "lesbian pig". He made the comment while giving a demonstration at a food show in Melbourne.]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney marks International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12480.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Cullingford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) was marked in more than 50 countries yesterday, May 17th 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbours follows Home and Away with another lesbian kiss</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12382.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian soap Neighbours is to screen its second lesbian kiss following a similar story in rival programme Home and Away.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian government rejects civil unions</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12203.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has rejected a proposal that civil unions should be offered to gay couples. A government spokesperson stated that the decision “reflects the widely held view in the community that marriage is between a man and a woman”.
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		<title>There is nothing shameful about being gay says Wolverine</title>
		<link>http://news.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12121.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has said he isn't gay. The 40-year-old's latest movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens in UK cinemas next week.]]></description>
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