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20 December 2011Caution follows further homophobic taunts at Brighton football match 10 A London football fan who shouted homophobic abuse at a Brighton football match has been formally cautioned after discussing the incident in an online forum. -
20 December 2011Marcus Bachmann says he would use White House status to back gay marriage ban 22 Marcus Bachmann, husband of Michele Bachmann, has said if his wife were elected he would use his platform to protect the current federal ban on same-sex marriages. -
20 December 2011Comment: Should the law protect us from insults? 271 PinkNews.co.uk reader Stuart Ross discusses his experience of receiving offensive comments online amid the ongoing debate over whether to remove the use of "insulting words" from the offences in the Public Order Act. -
20 December 2011“Ex-gay” group promoted in Caribbean as US arm faces “financial oblivion” 34 A full-page advert denouncing homosexuality and promoting Exodus International, a group which advocates "ex-gay" therapies, has appeared in a Jamaican newspaper amid reports the organisation is facing bankruptcy in the US. -
20 December 2011New York couple receive wedding congratulations from Barack Obama 22 A New York gay couple have spoken of their surprise after receiving a letter of congratulation from President Barack Obama following their wedding. -
21 December 2011Sixth anniversary of the first civil partnerships celebrated today 123 Today marks the sixth anniversary of the official introduction of civil partnerships in England and Wales. -
21 December 2011Zimbabwe MP arrested for claiming Robert Mugabe “practised homosexuality” 63 A female member of parliament in Zimbabwe has been arrested after claiming the president, Robert Mugabe, had a sexual relationship with former president Canaan Banana. -
21 December 2011Malaysian group wants legal probe of “disgraced” Irish civil partnership student 60 A Malaysian religious group is calling for the country's police to intervene after one of their countrymen, who had been missing in Ireland for three years, was found to have entered into a civil partnership at the weekend. -
21 December 2011Lesbian couple sues Hawaii B&B which turned them away for being gay 19 A gay couple from the US are suing a hotel for discrimination, saying the owner denied them a room because of their sexuality. -
21 December 2011Newt Gingrich “told gay Iowan to vote for Obama” 38 A gay man in Iowa says when he asked Republican presidential candidacy hopeful Newt Gingrich how he would engage gay Americans, the politician told him he should support Obama. -
21 December 2011Man serving life sentence tried to strangle gay inmate after relationship 9 A man who is currently serving a life sentence for murdering his brother has been sentenced for trying to kill a gay inmate after a brief relationship. -
21 December 2011US network “will meet LGBT groups” to discuss new show’s effect on trans community 44 US network executives say they will meet with LGBT groups over a comedy which has drawn criticism for its depiction of men dressing as women to find work. -
21 December 2011Exclusive: Scottish Catholic Church uses ‘hate group’ research to fight gay marriage 101 The Scottish Catholic Church has argued against equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, saying "exceptionally hazardous" gay relationships lead to shorter life expectancies, relying on a study which was discredited by its own authors for this purpose ten years ago and a paper authored by the founder of the US Family Research Institute. -
22 December 2011Lesbians become first naval couple to share traditional port kiss 17 Two lesbians in the US have become the first gay couple to share the navy's traditional dockside kiss, when an officer returns home from sea. -
22 December 2011Football stewards “will wear headcams” to prevent homophobic abuse 23 Officials at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium in London have confirmed they will wear head-mounted video cameras to monitor abusive chants at a match tonight. -
22 December 2011Gay Republicans say Newt Gingrich’s “vote Obama” comment was “mischaracterised” 33 Newt Gingrich's suggestion that a gay Iowan voter support US President Barack Obama in next year's elections if he values marriage equality above other issues has been "mischaracterised" according to gay Republican groups.
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22 December 2011Australian Psychological Society backs call for equal marriage rights 15 The Australian Psychological Society has officially given its support to full marriage equality for gay couples, adding the voice of its 20,000 members to the debate. -
22 December 2011Nigerian health minister says bisexuals “pose a challenge” to HIV efforts 15 Nigeria's health minister has warned that bisexual men pose a "challenge" to efforts to tackle the spread of HIV in the country, as the prevalence of HIV among gay and bisexual men in the country was found to have risen. -
22 December 2011Adam Lambert “arrested after fight” at Finnish gay bar 22 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has reportedly been arrested outside a gay bar in Helsinki after a violent fight with his boyfriend. -
22 December 2011Trans woman’s killer found guilty of manslaughter after Tube death 8 The killer of Sonia Burgess, a trans human rights lawyer who was pushed to her death under a Tube train in London last year, has been convicted of manslaughter.
Articles from December 2011
Top stories
Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’11
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities3
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’25
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'11
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play9
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
50 Cent says men who don't sleep with women 'should just kill themselves'123- Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church's opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
- Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault84
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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