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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 94 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civil partnership rules 118 The motion to reintroduce the ban on civil partnerships in religious premises has been withdrawn by Baroness O’Cathain after it was debated today in the House of Lords. -
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. -
16 December 2011Last chance to nominate for our list of the most influential LGBT Twitter users + Today is the last chance to tweet your nominations for the most influential LGBT figures on Twitter, as submissions close at 5pm (GMT) this evening. -
16 December 2011US study: Equal marriage rights improve health of single gay men 13 A US study of the effect of equal marriage rights claims gay and bisexual men lead healthier lives when those rights are introduced, regardless of whether they have a partner. -
16 December 2011Labour MEPs pledge support for Equal Love campaign in Europe 44 All Labour's representatives at the European Parliament have signed their support for the Equal Love campaign, which aims to allow equal access for gay and straight couples to civil partnerships and marriage. -
16 December 2011Gay Wikileaks soldier Bradley Manning’s pre-trial hearing begins today 73 The pre-trial hearing of Bradley Manning, the gay soldier accused of sending sensitive documents to the Wikileaks website, begins today in the US state of Marlyand. -
16 December 2011Christopher Hitchens dies after cancer battle, aged 62 38 Atheist author and journalist Christopher Hitchens died last night, aged 62, at a hospital in Texas after suffering from pneumonia brought on by oesophageal cancer. -
16 December 2011Twitter reacts angrily to Will Young receiving gay slur tweet 109 User who insulted singer's sexuality later complained that it was impossible to "say anything to famous people these days, it's only twitter [...] All their fans on you like a ton of bricks." -
16 December 2011Peter Tatchell offers to testify for demoted Christian housing manager 101 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said today he would be happy to testify in defence of the Christian housing manager demoted for expressing his views on gay marriage. -
16 December 2011Mississippi mayor’s gay shop receipts force him to come out 39 The mayor of the fourth-largest city in Mississippi has been forced to come out of the closet after the receipts from his expenses claim included a visit to a gay "lifestyle store and sex shop". -
16 December 2011Video: Gay couple being told they will become grandparents goes viral 12 A video of a gay couple being told they are going to become grandparents has become a viral hit on Youtube a year after being uploaded to the site. -
19 December 2011Interview: Joe McElderry on The X Factor, coming out and winning Popstar to Operastar 20 2009's X Factor winner talks to Laurence Watts about life after the competition, the publicity around his coming out and plans for a fourth studio album.
Articles from 2011
Top stories
Anti-equal marriage opponent Lord Dear withdraws bill amendments+
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 equality4
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?51
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
- Archbishop of York: Would the Church of England rather bless 'sheep and trees' than gay couples?51
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 equality4
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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