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28 March 2012US government demands fast-track of gay rights case 14 This week, the US government requested that a federal appeals court hasten its review of a San Francisco gay rights case and consider harsher scrutiny for discriminatory laws around sexual orientation, including a standard that could legalise same-sex marriage. -
28 March 2012Union for Progressive Judaism supports gay couples marrying in Australia 18 The Australian Union for Progressive Judaism has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill. -
28 March 2012Maltese government set to propose civil partnerships 9 The Maltese government is set to propose civil partnerships for gay couples. -
28 March 2012Gay Chilean man dies in hospital after neo-Nazi attack 26 Daniel Zamudio, a gay 24-year-old Chilean man who was left brain-dead following an attack in Santiago by four alleged members of a neo-Nazi gang, died yesterday in hospital after three weeks in a medically-induced coma. -
28 March 2012Christian group pledge support for gay couples marrying 52 The Progressive Christianity Network (PCN) is the latest British faith-based group to come out in favour of legal recognition of gay marriage. -
28 March 2012Irish president slams homophobia in message to youth organisation 26 Irish President Michael D Higgins has addressed a youth organisation about the evils of homophobia. -
28 March 2012Video: Abercrombie & Fitch’s new campaign featuring gay kiss – and some wrestling 12 Preppy American sports and casualwear retailer Abercrombie & Fitch have released a new promotional video directed by photographer Bruce Weber, which features models wrestling then taking a shower, before indulging in a kiss. -
28 March 2012Man jailed for nine years after homophobic attack in Liverpool 15 A chef has been jailed for nine years this week for an attack on a young man in Liverpool's gay quarter last autumn. -
28 March 2012American military academies celebrate first gay pride events 6 This week saw the first gay pride events being celebrated at military academies in the USA, six months after the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. -
28 March 2012US footballer suspended and fined for homophobic tweet 11 Colin Clark, the Houston Dynamo midfielder who was heard using an offensive homophobic slur against a ball boy, has been suspended for three games and given an undisclosed fine by Major League Soccer. -
28 March 2012Teacher struck off register for sleeping naked next to a 15-year-old student 53 A music teacher, who picked up a 15-year-old schoolboy at a gay bar, took him home, and slept naked in bed next to him, has been suspended from his position, and his name has been struck off the teaching register. -
28 March 2012Reggae star’s Swedish concert cancelled again over anti-gay lyrics 30 Jamaican reggae star Sizzla has been prevented from appearing in Stockholm tonight, despite a go-ahead earlier in the day, in response to a widespread backlash from gay rights activists on account of the anti-gay lyrics in his music. -
28 March 2012Queer feminist poet and essayist Adrienne Rich dies aged 82 9 The pioneering feminist poet, Adrienne Rich, who consistently challenged the myths of the American dream, has died, aged 82. -
28 March 2012Public meeting to discuss MP who asked if Shakespeare would be rewritten if gay couples marry 48 A public meeting is to be held in Thanet after local Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, who has been North Thanet's MP for nearly thirty years, wrote an article describing prime minister David Cameron's plans to introduce civil marriage equality as "almost Stalinist" that would "rewrite history and tradition".
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Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row+
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’6
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe9
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill11
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many6
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill44
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come11
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins47- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 44
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 86
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 30
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'56
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister15- Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his 'aggressive homosexuality community' jibe 9
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
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 marriage86
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 bill64
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-
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'56
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