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26 April 2012Man jailed for assaulting gay man and biting police officer 23 A Nottinghamshire man has been jailed after taking part in a homophobic assault and biting a police officer. -
26 April 2012MP who warned of ‘polygamy and child marriage’ defends anti-marriage equality view 46 Lincoln's Conservative MP has defended his views on marriage equality after telling a constituent the move could lead to polygamy and child marriages. -
26 April 2012Christian Voice opposition ‘boosts North Wales Mardi Gras ticket sales’ 17 Opposition from homophobic Christian Voice leader Stephen Green has reportedly boosted ticket sales for North Wales' Mardi Gras this weekend. -
26 April 2012Shadow foreign minister for human rights speaks out against Ugandan anti-gay bill 14 The Shadow Foreign Minister for Human Rights, Kerry McCarthy MP, has spoken out against the ongoing persecution of gay, bi and transgender people in Uganda. -
26 April 2012Row over legality of Coalition for Marriage presentations in Catholic state schools 44 A row has erupted over correspondence issued by the Catholic Education Service to nearly 400 Catholic schools in England and Wales which asked them to 'draw the attention' of pupils to the Coalition for Marriage's anti-equality petition, first revealed by PinkNews.co.uk yesterday. -
26 April 2012Comment: Encouraging pupils to sign the Coalition for Marriage is shocking, repugnant and probably illegal 72 Richy Thompson of the British Humanist Association says the actions of the Catholic Education Service in asking state-funded schools to draw attention to the Coalition for Marriage may break equality and education laws. -
26 April 2012Live Q&A with mayoral candidate Siobhan Benita 1 PinkNews.co.uk mayoral Q&A with Siobhan Benita -
26 April 2012Iran believed to have executed a ‘gangster’ for engaging in gay sexual activities 27 A young man described as a 'gangster' who is known only by the initials CH M was hanged publicly in Marwdasht, Fars Province, Iran, for allegedly engaging in 'sodomy' with another man. -
26 April 2012US 2010 census reveals gay couples more likely to be interracial 15 Newly analysed data from the US' 2010 census has revealed gay couples are more likely to be interracial in their make-up than straight couples. -
26 April 2012Welsh government to investigate PinkNews exposé that Catholic schools promote anti-gay petition 63 The Welsh Government is to begin an offical investigation after PinkNews.co.uk exposed that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 300 English and Welsh schools to promote the Coalition for Marriage's anti-gay petition which asks the British Government not to go ahead with prime minister David Cameron's pledge to introduce marriage equality in England and Wales
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26 April 2012Live London Mayoral Q&A Transcript: Independent candidate Siobhan Benita 7 Today, PinkNews.co.uk held the first of our Live Mayoral Q&As with the independent candidate Siobhan Benita. -
26 April 2012Robert Spitzer apologises to the gay community for ‘ex-gay’ study 35 The author of the controversial study on 'conversion therapy' for gay men and lesbians, Dr Robert Spitzer, has issued an apology to the gay community, and to those who underwent so-called 'gay cure therapies,' for having made the study public in the first place. -
26 April 2012Comic strip writer: Batman is ‘very, very gay’ 18 In what could provide further fuel for those inclined to psychoanalytical readings of comic strips, a writer who revamped Batman for DC Comics has said that the titular character is "very, very gay." -
26 April 2012Pennsylvania set to get its first openly gay lawmaker 13 Pennsylvania is set to get its first openly gay state lawmaker, as a 33 year old is set to win a Democratic State House primary, leaving him with an open path to election this November, unless an independent candidate decides to compete for the seat. -
26 April 2012Methodist conference to discuss equal marriage and gay clergy 12 The United Methodist Church (UMC), which has at least 12 million followers around the world, is set to debate questions of equal marriage and the ordination of gay bishops as part of its General Conference.
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Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down+
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination1
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay7
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’10
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store3
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’43
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague3
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes3
- US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay7
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally10- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 43
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12- Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'10
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay15
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'18- US: Psychotherapists slam 'gay cure' app still available from Google app store3
US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for 'brutal' childhood abuse9
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
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
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill46
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45-
Labour fear Lord Dear will table a new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill43
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