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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". -
29 March 2012Rick Santorum angers gay rights campaigners with pink bowling ball ‘joke’ 35 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has angered gay rights activists in the United States after he told a boy not use a pink bowling ball during a campaign photo opportunity at a Wisconsin bowling alley. -
29 March 2012Tory MEP begs David Cameron not to contintue his ‘bizarre attempt to redefine marriage’ 90 The Conservative MEP for South West England and Gibraltar has written to his party leader and prime minister, David Cameron, to complain about the Government's proposals to introduce civil marriage equality. -
29 March 2012Welsh vicar resigns over Church’s homophobic attitudes to gay couples marrying 32 A vicar in Monmouthshire, Wales, has stepped down from his position over what he says is the Church's homophobia surrounding gay couples marrying. -
29 March 2012Law proposed in Kansas will allow religious to veto anti-discrimination laws 61 A bill was passed in Kansas yesterday that its opponents claim legalises discrimination against LGBT persons. -
29 March 2012Police in Delhi shut down gay photography exhibition 16 A photographic exhibition celebrating gay life which opened in Delhi last week has been closed by the police following an anonymous complaint that its content was obscene. -
29 March 2012Sir Elton John says he plans to father a second child 39 Sir Elton John has revealed he has plans to become a father again by the end of the year, hoping for a sibling for his for 14-month-old son Zachary. -
29 March 2012Possible end to blood ban on gay men in Israel 4 In Israel next month, a Health Ministry advisory committee on transfusion medicine will consider whether to amend the clause that forbids gay men donating blood, following a similar change here in Britain. -
29 March 2012Comment: Do alternative parenting arrangements work? 18 Same-sex parenting and "alternative families" are currently being hotly debated following a widely publicised dispute between the two lesbian mothers and the gay father of a two-year old boy (the 'DN v MD and AR [2012]' case). -
29 March 2012St Petersburg ‘gay propaganda’ law could become nationwide Russian policy 21 Earlier this month, the governor of St Petersburg signed into law a bill making it an offence to "promote" gay or transgender personal identities in the city. -
29 March 2012US scientific study claims male dolphins are bisexual 18 Research scientists at the University of Massachusetts have concluded that male dolphins conduct intense social relationships and are found to engage in extensive bisexuality. -
29 March 2012Multi-millionaire City analyst wins ‘gay divorce’ appeal but must pay vast settlement 22 A millionaire City analyst has won his appeal against a West End actor in a landmark gay divorce. -
29 March 2012Christian Voice: Mice infestation at Tesco store is divine retribution for gay pride support 90 A Tesco Metro store has been forced to close due to a mice infestation, but according to the extremist Christian Voice organisation, it's linked to the company's support for LGBT rights. -
29 March 2012Carson Daly apologises for gay joke 40 The American broadcaster, Carson Daly, best known for hosting shows on MTV and NBC, was forced to apologise today after suggesting, in his radio show in Los Angeles, that gay people would not have been brave enough to restrain the pilot who recently went 'berserk' on a flight to Las Vegas. -
29 March 2012Teacher sues Lamar University for ‘forcing’ her to attend a gay show 41 A theatre and dance teacher in Texas has filed a law-suit on Lamar University, claiming that the college disciminated against her on grounds of religion, when she failed to attend a gay show. -
29 March 2012Transphobic ad against Alaskan Proposition 5 criticised 12 Supporters of Proposition 5, which would expand the anti-discrimination laws in Anchorage, Alaska, to include sexual orientation and gender identity in its legislative field, have criticised an advertisement released by opponents, calling it ‘dehumanizing.’ -
30 March 2012European Parliament stands up for free movement of LGBT persons in EU 16 The European Parliament unveiled yesterday their annual report on EU citizenship, which stated that same-sex couples and their families still face considerable hurdles inside the European Union. -
30 March 2012Nepal to host national LGBT games 10 This September, Nepal is set to host the country's first - and indeed Asia's first - national games for LGBT persons. -
30 March 2012Comment: Why Christian Concern should be ejected from the University of Oxford 46 “It is time to stand up to a militant homosexual lobby who are unable to tolerate difference of opinion and who seek to coerce behaviour and thought.” So said Andrea Minichiello Williams, CEO of Christian Concern (and various other anti-LGBT lobbying organisations) of which an offshoot, the so-called “Wilberforce Academy”, is currently being hosted by Exeter College, Oxford as a private commercial booking. -
30 March 2012Connecticut man alleges past gay relationship with American baseball star 21 A man in Hartford, Connecticut is being investigated by the police after allegedly threatening Carl Pavano, an American baseball star who plays for Minnesota Twins, with the revelation that the pair had an gay relationship in high school.
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Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business3
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’7
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store1
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’37
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague2
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes2
US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for ‘brutal’ childhood abuse4
US Supreme Court not to decide on DOMA or Prop 8 cases today+
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership+
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'16
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill44
Republican Mike Huckabee: 'Every fear' over same-sex marriage has come true43
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay9- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 37
Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a 'homophobic radio z-lister'10
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317- US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for 'brutal' childhood abuse4
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
France: Gay rights campaigner, 18, left brain dead after far-right attack67
Ann Widdecombe: I wouldn't have enjoyed serving under David Cameron because of equal marriage65-
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
Priest causes row by calling Justin Welby a 'wanker' on Facebook for equal marriage opposition55
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Tory Lord Jenkin: The Lords equal marriage vote was a victory for common decency51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
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