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9 April 2012Gay Muslim men have marriage blessed in France 13 Two gay Muslim men have married in France - where marriage between gay people is not yet recognised - with the blessing of an imam. -
9 April 2012Video: Behind the scenes at filming of equal marriage advertisement 9 A behind the scenes video has been released from the making of a viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage (C4EM) and the cause of marriage equality in the UK. -
9 April 2012Anti-discrimination bill in Moldova being challenged by Orthodox Church 19 The Alliance for European Integration (AIE) is attempting to pass an anti-discrimination bill in the Moldovan city of Balti, where the City Council passed an ordinance banning the "propagandising" of homosexuality. -
9 April 2012Study finds high levels of homophobia in Australia’s Arab community 12 A study in Australia has found many gay people in the country's Arabic community have been subject to high levels of homophobic violence and verbal abuse. -
9 April 2012Senator John Kerry seeks to prevent lesbian being deported to Pakistan 8 John Kerry is aiming to help prevent one half of a married lesbian couple in Massachusetts from deported back to Pakistan. -
9 April 2012Anti-discrimination bill results in Anchorage called into question over allegations of voter fraud 6 The recent, much-contested gay rights ballot initiative in Anchorage, Alaska - which would have banned discrimination in the city on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity had it passed - has put the city at the centre of a huge controversy over allegations of voter fraud, disenfranchisement, uncounted ballots and more. -
9 April 2012Capriles recovers from homophobic smear campaign in Venezuelan elections 8 Henrique Capriles, the 39-year-old Venezuelan opposition candidate who was the recent victim of a homophobic smear campaign, has risen in the polls, and is now one per cent below President Hugo Chavez, whose campaign has been affected by his cancer treatment. -
9 April 2012Archbishop panel member says gay people can ‘change’ sexual attraction 100 The Crown Nominations Commission, whose job it is to recommend a successor to Dr Rowan Williams for the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury, includes a leading member of the Anglican Church who believes that gay people can be counselled to suppress and/or change their sexuality, the Guardian reports today. -
9 April 2012Poll: 56 per cent of MPs think equal marriage will become law 110 A cross-party survey of MPs by ComRes has found that only 56 per cent of them believed that the proposals to include same-sex couples in civil marriages would succeed, which reduced to 41 per cent with Tory MPs. -
9 April 2012Obama opposes Minnesota’s proposed anti-marriage equality measure 5 President Obama's campaign group in Minnesota has issued a statement today, saying they will oppose the state's proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as strictly that between one man and one woman. -
9 April 2012India: Gay couple get married, but in uncertain terms 6 A gay couple who were married according to Hindu rites, and had their marriage registered in Uttar Pradesh last month, have fled home, as their marriage has been discovered to be registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, which does not permit same-sex unions. -
10 April 2012Three admit drunken assault after anti-gay taunts 29 Two women and a man have admitted drunkenly assaulting a man outside a gay pub saying they were provoked by his gestures through the window and homophobic taunts. -
10 April 2012Vote to decide theme of Brighton Pride 11 Brighton and Hove locals are to be asked to choose the theme of the city's 2012 Pride event. -
10 April 2012European court rules homophobic cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited to US 66 The European Court of Human Rights has said the anti-gay Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri may be extradited to the US on terrorism charges. -
10 April 2012Devon police appeal for witnesses to driver’s homophobic comments 7 Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Gold Street in the Devon town of Tiverton. -
10 April 2012Comment: Addicted to Grindr 47 The location-aware gay social app Grindr is celebrating its third birthday with 3.5 million users in 192 countries. -
10 April 2012Chaz Bono first trans person to receive GLAAD’s Stephen F Kolzak award 4 Chaz Bono will be the first transgender person to receive the Stephen F. -
10 April 2012Gay MP Stuart Andrew: ‘Ben Bradshaw is the one playing politics’ 110 Conservative MP Stuart Andrew has fired back at Ben Bradshaw's comments that the government's marriage equality plans are 'pure politics', drawing attention the Conservative's equalities manifesto which first mentioned the move before the election. -
10 April 2012Mormon university’s gay students may film It Gets Better video but must stay celibate 17 An It Gets Better video made by students at the Mormon Brigham Young University in Utah did not violate the school's honour code, an official has said. -
10 April 2012Miss Universe to accept transgender contestants 52 GLAAD and the Miss Universe Organization have announced that transgender contests may take part in the international competition.
Articles from April 2012
Top stories
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime+
Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final7- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur3
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’23
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally5
- Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final7
- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime0
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- 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 instructions19
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final15
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
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
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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