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In conversation: The shadow minister and Europe's only transgender MP

Kate Green meets Anna Grodzka

Shadow equality minister Kate Green sits down with Europe's only transgender MP, Poland's Anna Grodzka, for a chat about gay marriage, transsexual divorces and why Argentinean has some of the best equality laws in the world.

Lucy Meadows death 'could set transgender community free'

MP rails against 'aggressive homosexual community' as gay marriage debate gets heated

Comment: How the press hounded Lucy Meadows

MP rails against 'aggressive homosexual community' as gay marriage debate gets heated

Gerald Howarth: "There are people out there who will be intimidated by this legislation"

A Tory MP prompted outrage when he railed against the "aggressive homosexual community" today, as the Commons debate on gay marriage became increasingly heated.

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Comment: If you support gay marriage, you must support civil partnerships for straight couples

Ian Dunt: 'Gone are the days of 'separate but equal'.'

The government can't have it both ways: Either no-one wants civil partnerships or they will cost lots of money. It can't be both.

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Harman investigates mystery of missing older women TV presenters

Where have all the women gone? Harman probes lack of older women on our TV screens

Broadcasting chiefs face a dressing-down from Harriet Harman in the Commons later, after it emerged just 18% of television presenters over the age of 50 are women.

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'Openly racist' Tory councillor quits over boarding school comments

Stedham, West Sussex, will be the home to 600 pupils from Stockwell if the plans go ahead

The Conservative councillor who feared a 'sexual volcano' at a new boarding school has resigned his party after acknowledging "extremely foolish" remarks.

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Lucy Meadows death 'could set transgender community free'

Transgender community can expect parliamentary debate soon

The tragic death of Lucy Meadows could be a "watershed moment" for Britain's transgender community, her MP has claimed.

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Comment: How the press hounded Lucy Meadows

Jane Fae: "The press, today, are playing a dangerous game: a very dangerous game indeed."

Emails reveal the true extent to which Lucy Meadows was hounded by the press. Like the recovered addict, they are well-behaved only so long as the spotlight is on their behaviour.

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Database of female experts set up to tackle male dominated panels

Commentary on tap: the new website will provide a directory of female commentators

All-male panels at political debates will be harder to justify in future, after a website was created with a database of female experts for producers to contact.

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Comment: Why Britain needs a pro-male party

Mike Buchanan is a former Tory consultant who has now created his own political party

A few weeks ago a new British political party was established, Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them) I'm the party's leader - and this is our plan to change the face of British politics.

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Gay marriage debate as it happened

Gay marriage debate live.

Follow every twist and turn of a bruising and dramatic Commons debate on gay marriage.

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Tory gay marriage divide deepens as reformers warn against 'alienating' voters

"The primary purpose of conjugal marriage is to provide a stable environment for raising children"

Conservative infighting over the coalition's gay marriage reforms is deepening, as Tory MPs defying David Cameron are told they risk alienating voters.

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Comment: Heterosexuals, not gay couples, are undermining marriage

Matt Ashton: Heterosexuals are doing more to undermine marriage than anyone

Heterosexuals are doing more to undermine marriage than anyone.

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Tory chiefs tear into gay marriage plans

Conservative party splitting over gay marriage: A major headache for David Cameron

Local Conservative party chiefs are descending on Downing Street as the party faces a major split on gay marriage.

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Gay marriage bill 'unfair to straight couples'

What about 'opposite-sex' couples?

The coalition's gay marriage bill is unfair to heterosexual couples, a prominent gay rights campaigner has claimed.

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Lords roadblock ahead for gay marriage

Majority of peers think gay marriage bill should "not proceed"

The coalition's plans to legalise gay marriage could hit a stumbling block in the Lords, a poll of peers out today suggests.

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Magazines told to scrap 'fad diets'

Festive indulgences will prompt many to consider crash diets in the new year

Women's magazines should drop articles encouraging miracle weight loss diets from their January issues, a minister has said.

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Gay marriage enemies losing ground, poll suggests

Gay marriage on the horizon: The bill is expected to easily pass in the Commons although it could face obstacles in the Lords.

Voters are increasingly supportive of the coalition's gay marriage plans despite the opposition from some parts of traditionalist England, a new poll shows.

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Bishop compares coalition to Nazis over gay marriage reforms

Gay marriage supporters compared to Nazi approach to religion

The coalition's bid to legalise same-sex marriage will be compared to Nazism by a Catholic bishop later.

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Parliament's gay marriage enemies ready to fight

Gay marriage opponents insist marriage should only be the preserve of heterosexual couples

The fight against same-sex marriage has intensified with a cross-party letter from politicians opposing the coalition's proposals.

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Coalition gives green light for gay marriage

Same sex marriages will become reality under coalition government

A "quadruple lock" will safeguard religious organisations from legal challenges after the legalisation of gay marriage, the culture secretary has pledged.

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Comment: Gay marriage has its queer critics, too

Alex Gabriel: To many of us, 'equal marriage' is an oxymoron

To many of us, 'equal marriage' is an oxymoron. Let's remind ourselves equality and marriage have rarely intertwined.

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Rumble of war between Church of England and parliament after women bishops vote

Women in the Church: MPs asked why women could not be bishops when a woman is at the head of the Church of England.

The House of Common was on course for a clash with the Church of England today, after MPs across the main parties savaged the decision not to allow women bishops.

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Cameron: Church of England needs to 'get with the programme'

Outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said decision had cost Church credibility

David Cameron has refused to intervene after the Church of England voted against allowing women to be appointed as bishops.

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Coalition digs in against boardroom quota for women

Should the EU impose a 40% women quota on all boardrooms?

Women should not be forced into boardrooms via the quota system currently being considered by EU officials, Maria Eagle has said.

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Cold Britannia: Is the recession making us lose our compassion?

Cold Britannia? Even the recession hasn't changed attitudes to unemployment benefit.

The proportion of people who want a more generous unemployment benefit has fallen despite the impact of the recession, according to new research.

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