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Although the fight for gay rights can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century, 27 June 1969 marks the birth of the modern gay liberation movement that has continued to the present day.

We take a look back at the Stonewall riots and the state of gay rights around the world today.

We take another look at what’s been happening on our Pink Triangle blog.

Stuart Hartill learns that free speech isn’t always to be found where you’d expect it.

The antics of one particular political party force ordained minister Neil Richardson to ask himself: Do I belong in a church or not?

The Anglican Church entered the recent European Union election campaign by calling on the UK electorate not to vote for the British National Party. Mike Foxwell was quick to point out their hypocrisy.

On 27 June 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. The gay men inside didn’t meekly comply, but fought back. John Lauritsen looks back to a seminal moment in gay and social history.

A groundbreaking open letter from the Homosexual Students of Iran was sent to the Student Movement of Iran on the International Day Against Homophobia. We feature the whole letter, translated into English by Saghi Ghahraman with the help of Mike Foxwell.

ScotsGay editor and militant atheist John Hein casts a jaundiced eye over the antics of Scotland’s principal God botherers at their annual jamboree on The Mound.

You could be forgiven for thinking there’s little interest in the wider region that is Europe, if the pathetic turnout at the recent Euro Elections is anything to go by. But there’s plenty to interest the LGBT community, and all’s not as well as it could be, as Colin de la Motte-Sherman tells us in the first article in a three-part series.

Colin de la Motte-Sherman reports on a march that went ahead in the Latvian capital, Riga, in spite of attempts to prevent it.

A small, independent Danish game publisher, Dema Games, is being sued over trademark legalities by the notorious Catholic organisation, Opus Dei, well known by its mention in the Dan Brown novel (and subsequent movie) The Da Vinci Code. Dema Games’s managing director Mark Rees-Andersen reports.

Peter Welleman, whose cartoons have been featured in G&LH, is a very talented master of illustration. He works as a freelancer in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In this interview – conducted by Eric Geers of the Amsterdam-based Gay & Night magazine, Welleman tells us how his dream of becoming a well-known illustrator came true.

We take a look at a new book by Crystal Tompkins titled Oh The Things Mommies Do!. The book is a playful celebration of lesbian mothers and their children.

Here is another in our series of reprints of articles from earlier issues of the print version of G&LH.

This article, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by Warren Allen Smith, first appeared in the print version of G&LH, Summer 2004.

Warren Allen Smith recounts some little-known facts about the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

The award-winning director Evgeny Afineevsky talks about his latest movie, Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

This month’s selection of topical ’toons.

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