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29 May 2012Friend tells court he thought Anders Breivik ‘may have been gay’ 33 A friend of the Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court today he believed the killer may have been gay after he began expressing feminine traits and moved in with his mother, cutting himself off socially. -
29 May 2012Lead singer of Against Me! cheered at first performance since revealing she is trans 10 The lead singer of punk band Against Me! was greeted with cheers at her first stage appearance since announcing she is transgender. -
29 May 2012Second homophobic assault reported in Worcester in two weeks 12 A second homophobic assault has been recorded in the county town of Worcestershire in less than a fortnight. -
29 May 2012Archbishop Vincent Nichols says equal marriage will damage society 133 The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, has warned of 'damaging consequences' to society, and of severing the bonds which bring it together, if equal marriage were introduced. -
29 May 2012First gay couple in the world to marry imagine a dead Berlusconi for artwork 15 A gay couple, who were the first to be married in the world, have created an art installation which is a life-like waxwork of the former Italian premier, Silvio Berlusconi, imagined on a death-bed. -
29 May 2012Dharun Ravi apologises for spying on gay roommate 31 The student who was convicted of using his webcam to spy on his gay roommate during an intimate encounter with another man, and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, has apologised for the first time. -
30 May 2012Ex-BP chief executive: Business is still intolerant of gays 9 Lord Browne, the gay former chief executive of oil giant BP, has said the business world is more intolerant of gays than legal, media or arts professions and that Britain must work 'overtime' to reverse the criminalisation of homosexuality globally. -
30 May 2012Californian ban on ‘gay cures’ for minors may see senate vote today 17 A bill at California's state legislature which would ban attempts to turn gay minors straight through therapy and require adults to be informed of the unproven effectiveness of such treatments is expected to be voted on at the senate later today. -
30 May 2012Former Teletubby: Tinky Winky was not gay 36 An actress who portrayed the Teletubby Laa-Laa has said the children's programme did not contain gay undertones. -
30 May 2012Updated: Robert Mugabe made a ‘leader for tourism’ by UN agency 49 The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, who said gay people 'offend against the law of nature' has been made a 'leader for tourism' by the UN's World Tourism Organisation. -
30 May 2012Illinois citizens to sue for equal marriage rights 9 Illinois residents are to file lawsuits against the state, arguing that the ban on marriages for gay couples is unconstitutional. -
30 May 2012Gay Sports Day to return this year following London Olympics 6 The Gay Sports Day will return for 2012, slipping in to the capital's summer's calendar between the London Olympic and Paralympic games on the August Bank Holiday. -
30 May 2012Daily Mail criticises Nick Clegg’s ‘illiberal’ whipped vote on equal marriage 73 The Daily Mail has published a leader article today criticising the deputy prime minister's intention to whip the party's MPs to vote for legislation removing the ban on gay marriages in England and Wales. -
30 May 2012Gay rugby player Gareth Thomas cover star of Attitude’s annual ‘naked issue’ 22 Gay former professional rugby star Gareth Thomas will appear on the cover of this month's Attitude magazine, its annual 'naked issue', which is to focus on sexual health. -
30 May 2012Scottish footballer Derek Riordan in court over ‘homophobic’ pub incident 10 Scottish Premier League footballer Derek Riordan has appeared in court today in Edinburgh charged with assault in an incident in which he allegedly used homophobic and sexually explicit language against bar staff. -
30 May 2012Video: Oona King comes @Out4Marriage to redress ‘outrageous’ marriage inequality 8 Labour politician Oona King has become the latest to film a video for the Out4Marriage campaign, saying her support is inspired by the fact that her parents' mixed-race marriage would have been illegal in some parts of the US at the time they wed. -
30 May 2012Sky Atlantic to celebrate British gay icons 11 The satellite television channel, Sky Atlantic, is set to broadcast a three-part series on British gay icons, to coincide with Queen's Diamond Jubilee. -
30 May 2012Jim Paratore, pro-gay television producer, dies aged 58 4 Acclaimed television producer, Jim Paratore, who launched the TMZ website and produced The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Rosie O'Donnell Show, has died at the age of 58. -
30 May 2012Maryland: Anti-equality campaigners deliver twice the number of signatures needed for state referendum 23 Opponents of equal marriage in Maryland have provided more than twice the required number of signatures in order to bring forth a statewide referendum on the issue during November's presidential elections. -
30 May 2012Thailand: Trans woman becomes the first to win elections to public office 17 A trans woman has won a historic seat in local elections in Thailand, thereby becoming the first openly transgender person to hold public office in the country.
Articles from May 2012
Top stories
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter ‘doesn’t feel remorse’ for homophobic tweet8
Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track12
MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review9
MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships8
Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review5
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs11
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’59
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs27
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships11
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron3
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault124- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 59
- Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track12
- Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet8
- MPs reject proposal to introduce straight civil partnerships without a full review9
- MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs11
- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs27
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- MPs vote overwhelmingly to hold a speedy review on the future of civil partnerships8
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault124
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'66
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 Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'59
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Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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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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