Section 13 of the Defamation Act 1996, was subsequently enacted to permit an MP to waive his parliamentary privilege.

As a social activist, Bono became a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, promoted National Coming Out Day, campaigned for the reelection of Bill Clinton for US President, campaigned against the Defense of Marriage Act, and served as Entertainment Media Director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

* Defamation Act 1996

In the Republic of Ireland, § 13 of the Defamation Act, 1961 prescribed penalties for blasphemous libel, but did not define the offence.

This is currently enforced through the Defamation Act 2009, section 36.

* The Defamation Act, 2009 which forbids blasphemy ( with intent ) at s. 36.

He promoted the Private Member's Bill that became the Defamation Act 1952.

On 29 April 2009, Ahern proposed a controversial amendment to the Defamation Bill adding the crime of blasphemy to the statute books.

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* 2009, " Dignity and Defamation: The Visibility of Hate ".

* McDowell's Defamation Bill of 2006 proposed a radical reform of Irish defamation law, replacing the torts of libel and slander with one single offence of " defamation " and allowing the press to plead " fair and reasonable publication " as a defence in defamation cases.

" Behind the Kelly / Wilson / Duggan Affair: Anatomy of a Defamation Campaign ", Executive Intelligence Review, 18 March 2005, accessed 5 March 2010.

The Associated Press updated its style-book entries in 2006 " to reflect contemporary usage that's more fair, more accurate and more inclusive ", stated Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Neil G. Giuliano.

British rapper Plan B released a concept album titled The Defamation of Strickland Banks in which he plays a soul singer named Strickland Banks.

These coffee-house clubs soon became hotbeds of political scandal-mongering and intriguing, and in 1675 King Charles II issued a proclamation which ran: “ His Majesty hath thought fit and necessary that coffee houses be ( for the future ) put down and suppressed ,” because “ in such houses divers false, malitious and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of his Majesty ’ s Government and to the Disturbance of Peace and Quiet of the Realm .” So unpopular was this proclamation that it was almost instantly found necessary to withdraw it, and by Anne ’ s reign the coffee-house club was a feature of England ’ s social life.

In the process, the Bill of Rights 1689 was amended by the Defamation Bill which became act by Royal Assent in July 1996.

Defamation is the area of law in which a person's reputation has been unlawfully damaged.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) is a US non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media.

On 21 January 2010, he published his speech to the forum on Defamation Law, in which he spoke of his experiences of false allegations of adultery in the press.

Both the National Italian American Foundation, which dedicated a section of its 2010 Gala Journal to " the Palatuccis " and the Anti Defamation League state in their material that Campagna was one of the " largest camps in Europe " and infer from this imaginary data that the internees were the " thousands " Palatucci had saved.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which had consulted with WWE on the storyline and helped the angle secure mainstream media coverage, denounced WWE for securing GLAAD's assistance under false pretenses.

Shalit was criticized by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) for his review of Brokeback Mountain in which he referred to Jake Gyllenhaal's character as a " sexual predator.

'" In a 2006 study conducted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, it was determined that nine of the 679 lead and supporting characters on scripted broadcast television were gay or lesbian, but Smithers was not included.

His remix was released on both the " She Said " single, and on the deluxe edition of Plan B's The Defamation of Strickland Banks.

He was assumed by Pulteney to be the author of Sedition and Defamation display'd, with a Dedication to the patrons of The Craftsman ( 1731 ).

In May 2012 Djanogly was one of the Ministers that introduced the Defamation Bill and he led on its progress through the House of Commons until it reached Report stage.

The Defamation Bill 1996 was designed to alter the Bill of Rights 1689 and allows an MP to waive his Parliamentary privilege.

On 15 March 2011, a " Draft Defamation Bill " ( CP3 / 11 ) was published by the Ministry of Justice with an accompanying " consultation paper containing provisions for reforming the law to strike the right balance between protection of freedom of speech and protection of reputation.

Riegel's character was awarded the first Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for " Favorite OUT Image of the Year " in 2004.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) was welcoming of the episode, calling it " a ray of light ".

" William Horn from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) thought the episode was a " wonderful " representation of a gay man's life " regardless of whether he's in a relationship in that very moment.

The Blondes were highly controversial, and their depiction of homosexuals was protested by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

The internal suggestion was leaked to the press and the fan club and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation issued a press release praising the decision to make the character the first gay character on the show.

In 1994, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was formed as a national organization.

The GLAAD Davidson / Valenti Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony held in San Francisco.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation held seminars for staff at Columbia Pictures and Carolco.

Defamation — also called calumny, vilification, traducement, slander ( for transitory statements ), and libel ( for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words )— is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation a negative or inferior image.

# made with actual malice ( very similar to that type required by New York Times v. Sullivan in " Defamation " cases );

This same performance also led to an “ Excellence in Media Award ” by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

* " Herbert Spencer: The Defamation Continues ": a vindication by Roderick T. Long

" Lane, who came out publicly after the death of Matthew Shepard, has been a long-time board member of and fundraiser for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, and has been honored by the Human Rights Campaign, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and The Trevor Project for his work in the LGBT community.

* GLAAD Pioneer Award, presented by the Gay & Lesiban Alliance Against Defamation

The GLAAD Media Awards, created by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair and accurate representations of the LGBT community, presented Wainwright with the award for Outstanding Music Album.

* Decade of Deceit: Anti-Semitic 9 / 11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years Later ' by the Anti Defamation League

The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives.

The first GLAAD Media Awards were presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1990 to honor the 1989 season, and were envisioned as a way to recognize various branches of the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

The GLAAD Vito Russo Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

* GLAAD Golden Gate Award, a special award presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

The GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award is a special GLAAD Media Award presented annually by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

The Blondes were taken off television in the same month following protests from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, who threatened to organize a boycott of WCW, claiming that " The character of Lenny is presented with the intention to incite the crowd to the most base homophobic behavior " and " the audience's reaction Lenny Lane and Lodi being physically attacked by other wrestlers gives permission to viewers to do harm to gay people in a very literal way.

The Blondes were taken off television in the same month following protests from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, who threatened to organize a boycott of WCW, claiming that " The character of Lenny is presented with the intention to incite the crowd to the most base homophobic behavior " and " the audience's reaction Lenny Lane and Lodi being physically attacked by other wrestlers gives permission to viewers to do harm to gay people in a very literal way.