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19 April 2012National AIDS Trust releases survey of local councils’ HIV social care funding 2 NAT, the National AIDS Trust, launched its survey into local council's funding of HIV care across England today. -
19 April 2012‘Out’ magazine lays off its entire editorial team 8 The US-based gay lifestyle 'Out,' will lay off its entire editorial staff with one month's severance as of tomorrow, Capital New York reports. -
19 April 2012Jessie J denies biographer’s claim that she is a lesbian 34 The pop singer Jessie J has denied the claims of an unofficial biography that she is a lesbian, and that bisexuality was simply a more appealing public identity to assume, saying it's all 'untrue'. -
19 April 2012Marriage equality ‘not a priority’ for US voters 74 Equal marriage is not top among the concerns of voters for the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, a new survey has found. -
19 April 2012Israel’s Masorti Movement will ordain gay men and lesbians as rabbis 15 The Masorti Movement of Judaism in Israel will ordain gay and lesbian students as Conservative rabbis in Israel from the next academic year, it has been confirmed. -
20 April 2012Anglican priest: Jesus was most likely gay, but it is immaterial 192 An Anglican priest has said the relationships between Jesus and his disciple John suggests he was gay, but that is is spiritually immaterial. -
20 April 2012Thanet Council votes to support equal marriage 30 A district council Kent has become the first council in Kent and second in England to vote in favour of the government's proposals for equal marriage, it was announced today. -
20 April 2012Row after Tory MEPs abstain from pro-LGBT amendment vote 55 Labour MEPs have criticised Tories this week for abstaining from a vote at the European Parliament on an amendment strengthening LGBT protections, with Tories accusing them of 'grandstanding' in response. -
20 April 2012Results of inquiry into priest’s accidental gay porn display expected today 26 The results of an investigation into how a Catholic priest in Northern Ireland managed to display images of gay porn to a group of primary school parents instead of instructions on Holy Communion are expected to be released today. -
20 April 2012Submit your questions for London’s mayoral candidates 47 London's leading mayoral candidates have agreed to answer question from PinkNews.co.uk readers ahead of the 3 May elections. -
20 April 2012Vatican criticises nuns’ focus on poverty over equal marriage opposition 55 The Vatican has criticised a group of nuns for challenging settled doctrines and failing to speak out against equal marriage and abortion. -
20 April 2012Chris Evans ‘embarrassed and heartbroken’ by marriage inequality 28 Actor Chris Evans has said he finds the inequality in marriage rights between gay and straight couples 'embarrassing', and predicted that in ten years society will look back 'ashamed'. -
20 April 2012Comment: How our island came to support equal marriage 20 Sheree Bell writes on how the community on the Isle of Thanet drummed up grass roots support to become the second council in England to back equal marriage. -
20 April 2012Tory MP tells constituent marriage equality could mean ‘polygamy and child marriages’ 430 Lincoln's Conservative MP has denied a constituent's request for him to support marriage equality for gay and straight couples and told her that in his opinion, gays have 'exhausted the cause of equal rights'. -
20 April 2012Northern Ireland: Homophobic killer’s appeal refused 11 A man who was jailed for the homophobic murder of a gay man in Northern Ireland has been denied the chance to appeal the judgment. -
20 April 2012Video: Parents and friends of gay Mormons release ‘It gets better’ video 35 Following the popularity and widespread reporting of the 'It Gets Better' video made by Mormon students at Brigham Young University, several parents and friends of gay mormons have joined forces to add another video to the project. -
20 April 2012Walt Disney Studios’ gay chief steps down 3 The head of Walt Disney Studio, Rich Ross, has resigned as chairman of the film-making company, just a month after the film John Carter became one of the company's biggest flops. -
21 April 2012Senior Anglican Clergy: “Church should rejoice” over equal marriage 182 A group of leading clergymen of the Anglican Church have, in a letter to the Times, said that equal marriage is a cause to celebrate, and that the Church of England has "nothing to fear" on account of extending marriage to same-sex couples. -
21 April 2012An influential US rabbi ‘comes out’ as an LGBT ally 8 Rabbi Shmuli Yanklowitz, who was chosen by Newsweek as one of the most influential rabbis in the United States, has declared that he is "coming out of the closet," not as a gay man, but as a "proud ally with those of LGBT orientation." -
21 April 2012Canada: Gay porn interrupts local television news 23 A newscast on a local television station in Hamilton, Ontario was interrupted yesterday by three minutes of hardcore gay pornography, which has drawn equal amounts of humour and outrage across social networks.
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Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow ‘fashionable’ ideas3
UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities7
Bermuda: Anti-discrimination law adopted amid equal marriage controversy1
Gibraltar LGBT activist awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
German Cabinet adopts bill to give gay couples equal tax benefits8
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours list26
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual51
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’6
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list5
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
- Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual51
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'6
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches40- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list26
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 13
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 5
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 2- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list5
- Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right61
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51-
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
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