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23 March 2012Public invited to equal marriage forums over coming month 87 Members of the public are being invited to consultation events around England over the next month to discuss how best to introduce equal marriage rights. -
23 March 2012Kent MP: If gays marry, will Shakespeare be in danger? 168 A twice-divorced Kent MP has questioned whether allowing gay couples to marry will result in Shakespeare being rewritten to redact gender-specific words like 'husband' and 'wife'. -
23 March 2012Nepal’s first gender-neutral public toilet to be unveiled 4 Nepal's first openly gay MP has secured the opening of the country's first gender-neutral toilet. -
23 March 2012Video: Stephen Schwartz’s It Gets Better anthem released 28 Written and performed by the 275 members, the piece was set to music by Stephen Schwartz and begins with an unflinching look at the desperation felt by many young people coming to terms with their sexuality but features the positive message that the experiences awaiting adults mean it gets 'more than better'. -
23 March 2012Catholic Archbishop ‘invites 80 MPs’ for equal marriage talks 76 More than eighty MPs have reportedly been invited to meet the Catholic Archbishop of Southwark to discuss the equal gay marriage proposals being publicly consulted on by the government. -
23 March 2012Stonewall unveils Facebook Timeline of key gay events since 1989 4 Stonewall had relaunched its Facebook page utilising the new timeline facility to record key moments for the gay community's struggle for equality since its foundation in 1989. -
23 March 2012Video: Ban Ki-moon’s gay and trans rights speech remixed 1 The speech made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Human Rights Council discussion on gay and transgender protections earlier this month has been given a remix by AllOut.org. -
23 March 2012Gay Sikhs invite Lord Singh to WorldPride after marriage ‘attack’ comment 25 A group for gay and transgender Sikhs in the UK has written to the prime minister and Lord Singh to protest the latter's comments about equal marriage being a 'secular attack' on religion and to invite him to WorldPride. -
23 March 2012Peter Tatchell and Sun’s Dear Deidre columnist new FFLAG patrons 5 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Deidre Sanders of The Sun's agony aunt column Dear Deidre and psychologist Professor Ian Rivers have become patrons of FFLAG. -
23 March 201237,000 sign petition to thank Starbucks for equal marriage support 19 More than 37,000 people have signed a petition to thank coffee giant Starbucks for its equal marriage support after marriage opponents called for an international boycott. -
23 March 2012Chile: Lesbian judge whose sexuality ‘put daughters at risk’ wins legal battle 7 A gay judge has won a custody case against the Chilean courts which had taken away her three daughters in 2004 believing her sexuality to put their development 'at risk'. -
23 March 2012Madonna may be arrested in St Petersburg 41 The author of the St Petersburg anti-gay bill has said that he would want Madonna charged under that law, should she speak out against it during her forthcoming concert in the city. -
23 March 2012Dharun Ravi denies responsibility for suicide of gay room-mate Tyler Clementi 23 In his first interview since being convicted on fifteen charges last week, Dharun Ravi has denied acting out of homophobic hatred, and has said that he never felt uncomfortable with Tyler Clementi’s sexuality. -
23 March 2012The BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is launched 10 The 26th annual London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is being launched at the BFI tonight, with a wide range of films from around the world, but with only one new British Film in the list. -
23 March 2012US student sues school over gay prom policy 23 A high school student from Atlanta has filed a federal lawsuit against his school, alleging that the administrators removed him as student body president, after he proposed to make the prom more inclusive to LGBT students.
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Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come3
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading6
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading36
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister12
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’37
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties12
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage61
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’17
Humanist wedding amendment withdrawn over concerns of human rights convention breach12
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins37- France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 61
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading36
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 93
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet19
David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: 'I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!'32
George Michael's lucky escape after falling out of a car travelling at 70mph7
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage61
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
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