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1 May 2012Nicaragua enthrones Miss Gay 2012 10 A beauty contest in Nicaragua has crowned a 22-year-old designer as Miss Gay 2012, a competition to choose "the queen of the transvestites." -
1 May 2012Poll: Take part in the PinkNews 2012 UK Political survey 24 As the final two days campaigning are upon us, it's time for the PinkNews.co.uk UK political survey ahead of the London Mayoral and local elections across many parts of the UK. -
1 May 2012Q&A: Paris Lees on launching trans magazine META 8 PinkNews.co.uk speaks to Paris Lees, editor of the new META magazine – a new digital publication devoted to gender and transgender news, discussion and entertainment. -
1 May 2012New York Assembly passes trans discrimination bill for fifth time 10 The Assembly at the New York state legislature has passed an anti-discrimination bill to protect transgender citizens for the fifth time, but the senate may yet stall progress. -
1 May 2012DJ apologises after telling man to have gay daughter ‘screwed straight’ 43 US media company, Clear Channel Inc. -
1 May 2012George Galloway alerted to squatter by ‘bottle of gin and gay video’ 33 Newly re-elected Respect MP George Galloway had said he had to tighten security at his London home after a 'gay video' and a bottle of gin alerted him to the presence of a squatter. -
1 May 2012Convicted murderer ‘killed neighbour after second gay advance’ + A convicted murderer has told a court he killed his neighbour, claiming he became 'very, very angry' after the man made a sexual advance. -
1 May 2012Boy Scouts of America official resigns in protest over expulsion of gay mother 14 A regional official of the Boy Scouts of America has resigned in protest at the expulsion of a gay mother from her son's group for being a lesbian. -
1 May 2012Catholic group: Objections to anti-gay marriage petition in schools are ‘sinister and illogical’ 68 A religious group unofficially representing the Catholic Church in the media has said questions over the legality of promoting the Coalition for Marriage anti-equality petition to schoolchildren are 'illogical and sinister'. -
1 May 2012Law to wipe gay sex convictions given royal assent 60 The Protection of Freedoms Act, which will enable men to wipe the records of thousands of convictions for consensual gay sex under now-repealed laws, has received Royal Assent today. -
1 May 2012Russia: Police arrest gay rights activists in St Petersburg 35 Russian police force have arrested seventeen gay rights activists during a May Day rally in St Petersburg, which recently passed a law that banned what it called 'homosexual propaganda.' -
1 May 2012Romney’s openly gay spokesperson resigns due to anti-gay backlash 44 Richard Grenell, the openly gay man who was appointed as foreign policy spokesperson by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, has resigned from his position, due to fierce opposition from anti-gay conservatives, the Washington Post reports. -
1 May 2012Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to be dropped 11 The so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill, which would have interdicted elementary and middle school teachers from discussion of homosexuality and gender identity, looks set to be dropped without a vote, after a key Republican sponsor announced that he simply would not bring it up, local media organisations report. -
1 May 2012India’s largest transgender festival begins 4 Koovagam, the largest transgender festival in India, and in Asia, has opened in the eponymous village near the south Indian town of Villupuram, roughly 160 km southwest of Chennai.
Articles from 01 May 2012
Top stories
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur14
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’3
David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords36
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people36
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 849
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members3
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years23
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’38
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title10
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
- US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people36
- David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords36
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 14
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth 'dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?' 3
- Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years23
- US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'38
US Radio host: Gays aren't human so aren't protected by the US constitution169
Olympic diver Chris Mears: I have made some good gay friends through Tom Daley29
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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 marriage93
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 bill66
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote62
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58-
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
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