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Loaded may be sold to Vitality Publishing

Attitude publisher set to buy lads' mag Loaded

The owner of gay magazine Attitude is in talks to buy 'lads' mag' Loaded. Although popular in the 1990s, Loaded has seen its share of the market slip heavily in recent years. It is currently owned by IPC Media.

The small study suggested that costs were a barrier to fertility treatment

Costs are a barrier to lesbian couples conceiving, study finds

A small study of lesbian parents has suggested that many still have to turn to friends or the internet to find sperm donors, despite laws which make it easier for them to use IVF clinics.

The HRC is protesting against Target's donation

US gay group angry at retailer Target's donations to 'anti-gay' Republican

America's largest gay group, Human Rights Campaign, is protesting over Target's $150,000 donation which was used to support a Republican gubernatorial candidate who has opposed gay rights.

Germany's highest court said gay couples should have equality in tax laws

German court says gay couples must have equal inheritance tax rights

The highest court in Germany has ruled that gay couples must be given equal tax inheritance rights. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said that gay couples were currently at a marked disadvantage to heterosexual couples.

Gay couples are suing the state for equal tax benefits (Photo: Photo8.com)

Gay couples sue Alaska over unequal tax laws

Three gay couples are suing the state of Alaska for denying them equality in tax laws. They claim that the state's tax assessment laws discriminate against same-sex couples by denying them equal access to a property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled veterans.

Peter Mandelson was the most powerful gay man in Britain until this year

Banking heir sues for libel over Peter Mandelson story

Nathaniel Rothschild is suing the Daily Mail over a story which claimed he set up a meeting between Lord Mandelson and a Russian billionaire. The newspaper's story, published on May 22nd of this year, was titled "Mandelson, an oligarch and a £500m deal".

Mr Greene won a $600,000 settlement

US gay man wins $600,000 after being denied access to dying partner

An elderly gay man from California has won a $600,000 (£388,144) settlement after claiming he was barred from seeing his dying partner in hospital.

France now recognises British civil partnerships

British man wins French civil partnership tax victory

A French court has ordered that a British man should be returned more than £30,000 he paid to tax authorities after inheriting a home from his civil partner.

The couple were allegedly told to live apart

Lesbian couple told by Swedish bank to 'live apart'

A Swedish lesbian couple who tried to get a mortgage say they were shocked to be told by a bank clerk that they should reconsider their relationship and live apart.

Joe and Neville Temple recently tried to persuade Smile, an offshoot of the Co-op Bank, to add an option for the legal status of Civil Partner to its application forms.

Best of PinkNews: The "ethical" banks that snubbed civil partnerships

As PinkNews.co.uk celebrates its fifth birthday, we take a look back at some of the most important exclusive stories we've broken. Two years after the Civil Partnership Act was introduced, a PinkNews.co.uk investigation found that a number of banks including the "ethical" Co-Operative Bank and its internet arm Smile, failed to add the option of Civil Partner to their application forms.

















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