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5 December 2011Students suspended as case closes on gay New York teen’s suicide 6 As incidents of bullying had not been brought to the school's attention attention until after Jamey Rodemeyer died and the police investigation began, students are only now able to be disciplined by the school board. -
6 December 2011Department for Education refutes “Clause 28″ claims for free schools and academies 48 The wording of a clause in the model funding agreement for UK free schools and academies has prompted a controversial comparison with infamous Section 28 legislation. -
6 December 201160,000 petition Nigerian President not to sign anti-gay law 56 Activists have delivered a copy of a 60,000-strong global petition addressed to the Nigerian President, urging him not to sign in new laws that target gays. -
6 December 2011Australian church which sacked pro-gay marriage pastor “hardly Christian” 17 Rev Matt Glover, a pastor who supports a marriage equality campaign for Christians, has been sacked from his position at a Baptist Church in Melbourne, the group Australian Marriage Equality says. -
6 December 2011Call for views on gay marriage before Scottish consultation closes 10 The Equality Network is calling for equal marriage supporters to have their say in the government's public consultation on extending marriage rights to gay couples before Friday's deadline. -
6 December 2011Londoners set record for most HIV tests on World AIDS Day 9 Londoners set a new world record on World AIDS Day 2011 for the most HIV tests administered in 8 hours. -
6 December 2011Petition launched to pardon gay codebreaker Alan Turing 98 A petition has been launched asking the government to issue a formal pardon to the gay mathematician Alan Turing. -
6 December 2011Chinese zookeepers give gay penguin couple a chick 17 A pair of gay penguins in China have been given a baby chick by zoo staff. -
6 December 2011Video: 8-year-old’s controversial message to Michele Bachmann 40 The parents of an 8-year-old boy have posted a video to Youtube of him telling Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann his gay mother does not "need fixing". -
6 December 2011Head teacher of US school saves “gay apparel” lyric in Christmas carol 14 The head of a US school has intervened to ensure students carry on singing the original lyrics to the Christmas carol "Deck the Halls". -
7 December 2011Elio Di Rupo, Europe’s second openly gay government leader sworn in 27 Elio Di Rupo has been named the new, openly gay, Prime Minister of Belgium, after the country went a year and a half without a government. -
7 December 2011Obama pledges aid and asylum support for overseas gay rights 14 New instructions issued by the Obama administration call for US government agencies to consider gay rights when deciding aid and asylum cases. -
7 December 2011New “rainbow coalition” to back marriage equality in Scotland 23 Amnesty International, the Scottish NUS and the Equality Network are among groups forming a coalition this morning to back the proposal for same-sex marriage. -
7 December 2011Rick Santorum: “Equal” education about gay life “a hit to family and faith” in US 62 US presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a group on his campaign trail in Iowa that gay marriage would damage "family and faith" by forcing schools to teach children about gay and straight relationships equally. -
7 December 2011Hillary Clinton: Being gay is not ‘a western invention, but a human reality’ 112 Hillary Clinton has delivered a groundbreaking speech to a United Nations summit in Geneva following the US' declaration that its agencies will challenge the criminalisation of gay acts and identity overseas. -
7 December 2011Anti-gay bullying campaigner Roger Crouch was found hanged, inquest hears 35 An inquest into the death of Roger Crouch, the anti-gay bullying campaigner who was honoured for his work protecting teenagers from homophobic bullying after his son committed suicide last year, has heard he was found hanged. -
7 December 2011The Proof of Love wins Green Carnation gay book prize 4 The winner of the 2011 Green Carnation Prize, announced today, is Catherine Hall's The Proof of Love. -
7 December 2011Scottish Episcopal Church “bound by canons” to oppose gay marriage 62 The Church's General Synod has said it is currently bound by the canons which define marriage as being between a man and a woman, but said it has not yet had time to run a "full debate" on the issue of gay marriage internally. -
8 December 2011Nominate your LGBT voices for our 2011 list of the most influential Twitter users 6 Whose voice has the most authority on Twitter when it comes to LGBT life? PinkNews.co.uk has teamed up with PeerIndex to draw up a list, and we need your nominations: simply tweet your nominees' usernames and the hashtag #pinkpeople2011. -
8 December 2011Australia lifts ban on certificates for gay couples marrying abroad 12 The Australian government has lifted a ban which hindered the ability of gay couples to marry overseas.
Articles from 2011
Top stories
US: Illinois equal marriage group pledges $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage+
South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality3
US: Advocates hope to get equal marriage question on 2014 Arizona ballot+
US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics5
Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless ‘sheep and trees’ than gay couples?49
European Parliament express concerns on lack of gay rights provision in trade treaty3
US: Baltimore Pride features mass same-sex wedding+
Lord Hylton anti-equal marriage ‘union’ amendment withdrawn16
Ian McKellen, Elton John and David Furnish become new faces of Pride London2
Lord Dear tells PinkNews reader: ‘I want to improve the equal marriage bill and I’m not homophobic’25
- Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?49
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally16
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment56- US: Russian gay people urge boycott of 2014 Russian Winter Olympics5
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful'18
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317- Lord Dear tells PinkNews reader: 'I want to improve the equal marriage bill and I'm not homophobic' 25
- South Australia to debate motion to formally congratulate New Zealand for marriage equality3
Live blog: Highlights from the House of Lords committee on same-sex marriage14
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage103-
New 'Gay Marriage No Thanks' group launches with 'ten good reasons' to oppose equal marriage85
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual84
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Maria Miller tables Public Order Act amendment protecting critics of equal marriage65
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill62
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill61-
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list56-
Lib Dems' Baroness Williams to support anti-equal marriage 'union' amendment56
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