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Comment: We deserve more than an apology from the BBC for their homophobia

After the the expose by PinkNews.co.uk that the BBC had broadcast a series of anti-lesbian slurs against Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, My.PinkNews.co.uk reader Nick Henderson believes the BBC must start respecting LGBT rights and stop broadcasting homophobic content.

"Every week there seems to be a story on Pink News.co.uk about homophobic content on the BBC, and more often than not there is a follow up story about how the BBC has ignored those complaints."

The broadcaster said that the complaint would be circulated to BBC executives

EXCLUSIVE: BBC accused of homophobia over Lindsay Lohan slurs

BBC3 programme The Most Annoying People of 2008, which listed bisexual actress Lindsay Lohan has been branded as homophobic by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell following complaints to the broadcaster by a PinkNews.co.uk reader.

Graham Norton has a £6m BBC deal

Graham Norton to replace Terry Wogan as host of Eurovision

Gay comic Graham Norton is to replace Sir Terry Wogan as the British host of Eurovision. The appointment comes just days after Norton attempted to quash rumours he would replace Sir Terry.

John Barrowman was encouraged to get his

John Barrowman apologises after "exposing" himself on Radio 1

Gay actor, John Barrowman has apologised after he "exposed" himself on a BBC Radio 1 programme. The star of the Doctor Who spin off Torchwood undid his trousers after encouragement from the presenters of the youth programme Switch

Wanda Sykes in the movie Evan Almighty

Curb Your Enthusiasm star "proud to be a black woman, and proud to be gay"

Comedian Wanda Sykes has spoken publicly of her pride at being a black lesbian.

Stephen Fry in Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Utah (Photo: BBC Pictures)

Preview: Stephen Fry In America – Mountains And Plains

Stephen Fry travels the entire length of America, a country that could nearly have been his home, as his road trip across all 50 States continues. He travels from the northern to southern borders, where he sees the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains and the prairies – "America's Breadbasket".

Jerry Lewis on an earlier television appearance

Comedian Jerry Lewis under fire after calling cricket a "fag's game"

The veteran American comedian Jerry Lewis is under fire after he made what has been described as an anti-gay slur, little over a year after he was forced to apologise for a similar remark.

Stephen Fry and Rebecca Wilson at ëBody Farmí facility, Knoxville, Tennessee  (Photo:BBC Pictures)

Preview: Stephen Fry in America- taking the bus to Clarksdale

Stephen Fry follows the mighty Mississippi River from its southern-most tip in Louisiana through to its source in the snowy wastes of Minnesota, on the border with Canada, as he continues his road trip around every state in the USA.

Ellen DeGeneres got married in August

Ellen buys airtime to plead for gay marriage

A leading lesbian entertainer has bought $100,000 (£58,300) of TV airtime in California to ask the state's voters to support gay marriage.

Lord Andew Lloyd Webber will pen the UK's entry

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Graham Norton to team up for Eurovision talent search

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat composer, Lord Andew Lloyd Webber has said that he will attempt to write a winning UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. A new BBC show presented by gay comic Graham Norton will find a musician to sing the entry.

Stephen Fry watching a turkey being deep fried for Thanksgiving dinner in Quitman, Georgia (Photo: BBC Pictures)

Preview: Stephen Fry In America – The Deep South

"I'd rather be curled up in a snowy cabin with a hot whisky or, quite frankly, a Horlicks than I would spend half an hour in this rotting place." Stephen Fry exclaims after visiting the USA's southern states in his six part BBC series.

Matt Lucas as Mark & David Walliams as Tom (Credit: HBO/BBC)

Preview: Little Britain USA

Gay comedian Matt Lucas and David Walliams' multi-award-winning comic creation, Little Britain, is returning to television this Friday with a brand new series, Little Britain USA.

Tovey appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas special

Gay star tipped as next Doctor Who

One of the most popular programmes on the BBC could soon have an out gay star as its leading man.

Julian Clary recently published his first novel

Julian Clary to celebrate 25 years in showbiz

Julian Clary will discuss his life and career later this month at a special event to mark his 25 years as an out gay performer.

Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics features a song by A Christmas Poo

Russian authorities target South Park over Christian references

Regional prosecutors in Russia have started legal proceedings against a TV station for broadcasting an episode of US cartoon comedy South Park.

















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