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1 April 2012Catholic Cardinal: Church will relax its approach to civil marriages for gay couples (April Fools) 116 Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien is to make a sermon today where he is expected to announce a partial u-turn in the Catholic Church's opposition of civil marriage equality for gay couples. -
1 April 2012Schwarzenegger to replace Mickey Rourke as gay rugby player Gareth Thomas in film 40 Following Mickey Rourke's decision to pull out of his role as gay Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas in a new biopic, Arnold Schwarzenegger has emerged as his replacement to star in the film. -
1 April 2012Alleged male sexual assault at Prince Harry’s airbase 55 Military police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a soldier at the Wattisham air station near Stowmarket, Suffolk. -
1 April 2012Gay people in South West of England ‘living in daily fear’ 23 Many gay and lesbian people in South West England are living in constant fear of discrimination and abuse, according to a regional survey by a local LGBT charity. -
1 April 2012Comment: Why can’t gay couples feel safe enough to hold hands everywhere in the UK? 110 Ethan Bourne asks why in a supposedly tolerant country like the UK, being visibly gay seems only to be acceptable in certain areas. -
2 April 2012Suffolk Pride returns for 2012 with funding plea + After a hiatus in 2011, Suffolk Pride is returning this year with a plea for members of the local community to help fund the event. -
2 April 2012Comment: What is ‘gay’? 89 As we abandon terms like 'gay marriage,' and seek greater equality and assimilation in society, Edmund Broch asks a question that is all the more fundamental. -
2 April 2012Gay men warned over dysentery risk 34 An increase in cases of dysentery caused by shigella infection has been identified among men who have sex with men around the UK, according to preliminary findings from a Health Protection Agency (HPA) investigation published last week. -
2 April 2012Catholic priest projected gay porn to ‘horrified’ primary school parents 115 A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland is under investigation after accidentally displaying a series of gay porn images to parents at a primary school meeting. -
2 April 2012Jobs: PinkNews.co.uk freelance reporters and editors + PinkNews.co.uk is looking for freelancers to join the books of the UK’s most-read LGBT publication. -
2 April 2012Attitude’s eighteenth birthday issue calls for equal marriage 37 Attitude magazine is celebrating its eighteenth birthday with a call for equal marriage rights for gay couples. -
2 April 2012First EU-wide survey on life for gay, bi and trans citizens opens 17 Gay, bi and transgender adults from around the EU and Croatia are being asked to take part in the first European LGBT survey of its kind. -
2 April 2012Comment: The real issues in stories of the priest, the porn and the memory stick 54 Having had a giggle at the expense of the Catholic priest who accidentally displayed gay porn to a roomful of primary school parents, Jane Fae says, we should address the real issues the story raises: bigotry and quick condemnations. -
2 April 2012Potential new EU member states told to improve gay and trans laws 13 Last week, the European Parliament adopted its annual enlargement progress reports for Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. -
2 April 2012Comment: Continued LGBT discrimination at the BBC would let down a new generation 62 As a public service broadcaster, the BBC is failing to meet some important obligations, and if things don't change a new generation may be forced to suffer the consequences, David Mason argues. -
2 April 2012Austria: Partnered gay man allowed to serve in a Catholic parish council 16 A gay man in registered domestic partnership has been allowed by an Austrian Cardinal to serve on a local parish council, in a decision that overrules an earlier ban on doing so. -
2 April 2012Gay couples file suit against DOMA in New York 5 Five married couples, wherein one partner had a non-US nationality, have filed suit in New York today against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), arguing that it denies gay men and lesbians the right for permanent residence, as it is available to heterosexual couples, thereby violating equal protection under the constitution. -
2 April 2012Anchorage set to vote on Proposition 5 8 Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, is set to vote tomorrow on Proposition 5, which would, if approved by the voters, outlaw discrimination in employment and housing against gay men and lesbians, and in addition, extend protections to transgender people. -
2 April 2012Australia: Poor mental health among LGBT people 31 Almost 80 per cent of LGBT Australians have suffered from intense anxiety in the past year alone, according to a new survey released today. -
3 April 2012Stonewall funds 1000 London bus adverts for equal marriage 101 Gay rights charity Stonewall has announced a thousand London buses will carry its equality message in April during the government's consultation on how to implement marriage for gay couples.
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‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final+- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden+
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state19
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur1
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law8
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’22
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally5
Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’28
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights6
- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions16
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill37
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters20- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the 'justification and display of homosexuality'28
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62
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
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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