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13 December 2011Sister of former Australian PM leaves Labor over marriage equality “nonsense” 64 The sister of Australia's former Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has officially left the party over what she termed the "utter nonsense" of gay marriage. -
13 December 2011Newly-crowned Mr Gay Namibia was “mugged for prize money” 17 The holder of the Mr Gay Namibia title says he was mugged outside his home in the African state by attackers demanding the prize money he had won. -
13 December 2011250,000 sign petition against St Petersburg “gay propaganda” law 7 Nearly a quarter of a million people have signed a petition calling on world leaders to hold Russia to account for a draft law in St Petersburg which threatens to silence its gay community. -
14 December 2011House of Lords urged to reject challenge to civil partnership rules tomorrow 70 Religious leaders have written an open letter to the House of Lords calling on them to reject the challenge facing the regulations for religious civil partnerships tomorrow. -
14 December 2011Ghana’s education ministry “optimistic” it can stop homosexuality 96 A spokesman for Ghana's Education Ministry has told the Accra Mail he is confident a programme in which teachers warn students of the "adverse consequences" of being gay will make it "a thing of the past". -
14 December 2011North Cyprus leader: Proposal to repeal anti-gay laws “has been submitted” 10 A Conservative MEP who lobbied the leader of Northern Cyprus to repeal the self-declared state's anti-gay laws said yesterday he had written to her confirming that the proposal had been drafted. -
14 December 2011Australia’s gay finance minister Penny Wong announces daughter’s birth 6 Penny Wong said her partner Sophie Allouache had given birth to a daughter on Sunday morning, a week after a groundbreaking vote by the Australian Labor Party to formally support equal marriage. -
14 December 2011George Clooney to star in second production of Dustin Lance Black’s Proposition 8 play 9 George Clooney has confirmed he will star in the second one-night-only production of Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play. -
14 December 2011Australian lesbians turn down bishop’s offer after school refuses their child 28 A couple in Australia whose child was rejected from a Catholic school because of their sexuality have been offered a place after intervention by the diocese's bishop, but they have turned down the offer. -
14 December 2011Parents of gay US suicide teenager launch charitable foundation in his name 6 The parents of a gay teenager who killed himself last year have launched an anti-bullying foundation named in his honour. -
14 December 2011Study finds 50 per cent of gay people in Malta overestimate discrimination laws 10 A study in Malta has shown that while 60 per cent of respondents experience discrimination in the workplace, half are unaware this is the only area where they are protected. -
15 December 2011Amber Heard: Staying in the closet in Hollywood is a “horribly detrimental lie” 5 Lesbian actress Amber Heard has said people in her profession are dissuaded from coming out in Hollywood and end up becoming part of a "detrimental lie". -
15 December 2011Filipino gays perform updated Christmas carols for Catholic Bishops 11 A group of rights campaigners in the Philippines has lobbied the country's Catholic Bishops Conference with an unusual round of carol-singing, including Jingle Bells rewritten with a human rights theme. -
15 December 2011Rick Santorum blames lower US wedding rates on marriage equality 46 Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has blamed the fall in numbers of married Americans on gay marriage, referencing a survey which did not draw that conclusion itself. -
15 December 2011Northern Ireland gay adoption challenge adjourned over “massive mistake” 42 A judicial review hearing has been adjourned until March after a "massive mistake" was uncovered in a submission made to the House of Lords in 2008. -
15 December 2011Students lobby MSPs as accuracy of marriage opponents’ petition is questioned 11 Students from around Scotland have delivered letters to their MSPs today in support of extending marriage rights, while others are questioning how their signatures appeared on the opponents' petition. -
15 December 2011Former tennis star Margaret Court serves up controversy over gay marriage 93 Margaret Court, once the world's number one female tennis player, well-known for her anti-gay views, has sparked a heated row with other former champions after saying gays were "aggressively demanding marriage rights that are not theirs to take." -
15 December 2011House of Lords rejects peer’s challenge to religious civil partnership rules 118 The motion to reintroduce the ban on civil partnerships in religious premises has been withdrawn by Baroness O’Cathain after it was debated today in the House of Lords.
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15 December 2011US school defends “outing” gay student to his parents to keep him “safe” 35 A school in Utah has defended its decision to tell the parents of a student that he was gay saying it was concerned about bullying. -
16 December 2011UN publishes first global report and recommendations to tackle gay rights abuses 12 The UN's Human Rights Council has published for the first time a document detailing rights abuses against LGBT people around the world, through violence and through discriminatory laws, and a set of recommendations all countries should adopt.
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Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 846
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members+
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years12
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’24
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title4
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage9
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage21
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate33
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote58
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins55- Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 52
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 93
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row8
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed22
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 44
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill65
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59-
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote58
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
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