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13 April 2012Brighton Pride 2012 announces theme 2 A public vote has decided the theme of Brighton Pride 2012 as The United Colours of Pride. -
13 April 2012Ken Livingstone publishes LGBT manifesto for London 47 Ken Livingstone has published an LGBT manifesto ahead of the London mayoral election next month, promising support for London's Pride event, a zero tolerance approach to hate crime and opposition to cuts in LGBT organisations' funding. -
13 April 2012Analysis: The multi-million pound ‘gay divorce’ 6 Brenda Long writes that though civil partners can be assured the principles of dissolution are the same as divorce, this brings its own set of issues. -
13 April 2012Russia rejects gay rights in G8 statement 48 Russia has formally distanced itself from endorsing LGBT rights, even going so far as refusing to recognise such rights, in a joint statement released by G8 foreign ministers. -
13 April 2012Library of Congress employee sacked after “liking” pro-gay Facebook page 19 A gay auditor at the US Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, has sad that his pressing the "Like" button on a Facebook page that promoted gay adoption led to workplace harassment, discrimination, and eventually his sacking. -
13 April 2012Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie give up on waiting for marriage equality and get engaged 47 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have finally decided to abandon their pledge not to marry until every couple in the United States can do the same, gay or straight. -
13 April 2012US gay hate-crime law leads to its first indictments 12 In the first set of indictments that follows from a federal hate crime law which protects against attacks motivated by sexual orientation, two women from Kentucky have pleaded guilty to helping in the kidnap and assault of a gay man. -
14 April 2012Mayoral hustings: Boris Johnson vows to re-enter GLA in Stonewall index, Ken Livingstone quotes Muhammed’s sermon of tolerance 213 Incumbent Mayor of London Boris Johnson promised to re-enter the Greater London Authority in Stonewall's Employer Index and defended his decision not to publish an LGBT manifesto, while Ken Livingstone quoted from the last sermon of the prophet Muhammed in a bid for cultural understanding at the charity's mayoral hustings today. -
14 April 2012Deputy First Minister of Scotland handed petition against equal marriage by her own constituents 88 More than 1,000 Catholic constituents of the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, have signed a petition calling for her to oppose changing the law to allow gay couples to marry. -
15 April 2012Lord Carey: Christians ‘vilified’ and ‘driven underground’ by British Courts 112 In a written submission to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has said that Christians are being "vilified" by British courts and "driven underground." -
15 April 2012St. Andrews: LGBT students protest during sermon by anti-gay Cardinal O’Brien 81 In addition to a silent protest that greeted Cardinal Keith O'Brien at the University of St Andrews today, some members of the university's LGBT group staged a walk-out as soon as the Cardinal began his sermon. -
15 April 2012Gay rights activists angry at Obama’s refusal to sign anti-discrimination order 30 LGBT activists have reacted angrily to President Obama's decision not to sign an executive order that would have outlawed workplace discrimination on the grounds of sexuality and gender identity. -
15 April 2012Paul Iacono comes out as gay 17 The star of MTV's now defunct show "The Hard Times of RJ Berger," Paul Iacono, has come out as gay. -
15 April 2012Video: “Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron (CCOKC)” 42 A group of former child stars have made a spoof video, called "Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron," or CCOKC, where they attack Kirk Cameron for the anti-gay comments he made during an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN. -
16 April 2012Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’ 51 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'. -
16 April 2012Michael Cashman MEP meets Northern Cyprus leaders over anti-gay law 8 Last week, openly gay MEP Michael Cashman met leaders and non-governmental organisations in the northern part of Cyprus, advocating for the decriminalisation of homosexuality. -
16 April 2012Gay dean: Leak culprit should be found before new Archbishop of Canterbury appointed 22 The Church of England's most senior openly gay cleric has said the source of leaked documents which cost him an appointment as Bishop of Southwark must be found before a replacement for the Archbishop of Canterbury is decided. -
16 April 2012Hunger Games star to get GLAAD honour for pro-gay stance 27 Josh Hutcherson, one of the stars of the dystopian teenage battle epic The Hunger Games will receive the GLAAD's Vanguard Award for his pro-gay equality stance. -
16 April 2012Call to complain over ‘startlingly homophobic’ Daily Mail column 124 Thousands of people have been asked to complain about a 'startlingly homophobic' opinion piece published on the Daily Mail's Mail Online website as part of a Facebook campaign. -
16 April 2012Higher fees ‘prohibiting civil partnership ceremonies in religious buildings’ 76 The fees religious premises must pay before they can hold civil partnerships have been called 'prohibitive', with churches, synagogues and mosques required to pay ten times more to host gay civil partnership ceremonies than they do to host straight weddings.
Articles from April 2012
Top stories
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’+
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill3
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’3
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many4
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill31
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come11
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading12
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading50
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister14
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins44- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 31
- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading50
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 79
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault134
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 22
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'53- US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill3
- Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and 'get back to governing' 3
Olympic diver Chris Mears: I have made some good gay friends through Tom Daley29
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault134
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage79
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill62
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-
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'53
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