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10 May 2012Chile passes hate crime bill in the wake of gay man’s killing 13 In the wake of a national outcry over the homophobic killing of a young man, the Chilean Congress has approved an anti-discrimination bill that outlaws discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, gender, and/or sexual orientation. -
10 May 2012Leon Panetta: Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ going ‘very well’ 7 The US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, said today that the repeal of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) policy, which prohibited openly gay personnel from serving in the military, has not affected military morale or readiness. -
11 May 2012Cuba: President’s daughter praises Barack Obama’s support for equal marriage 13 The daughter of Cuba's president praised US president Barack Obama yesterday after he came out in support of equal marriage rights for gay couples. -
11 May 2012Bristol Palin criticises Obama for listening to children on marriage 84 Bristol Palin, daughter of former Governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has criticised Barack Obama for letting his children's views contribute to his support of marriage for gay couples. -
11 May 2012Church of Ireland withdraws controversial marriage motion from debate 9 A motion to affirm the Church of Ireland's view of straight marriage as being the "only normative context for sexual intercourse" has been removed from this week's General Synod meeting after it provoked complaints. -
11 May 2012New Zealand prime minister ‘not opposed’ to marriage for gay couples 20 New Zealand's prime minister has said he is 'not personally opposed' to allowing gay couples to marry, but added that it was not part of the government's legislative programme. -
11 May 2012Colombia: Partner of gay Catholic priest wins pension rights 11 The gay partner of a deceased Catholic priest has been told he is allowed to have his lover's pension, despite the cleric's vow of chastity. -
11 May 2012US advisory panel recommends Truvada drug be marketed for HIV prevention 124 An FDA panel in the US has approved the administration of the drug Truvada to at-risk but uninfected people in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV, though experts warn condoms must remain the 'bedrock' of such efforts. -
11 May 2012David Walliams, Stephen Fry and The Saturdays come @Out4Marriage 13 Celebrities including Stephen Fry, Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams and The Saturdays have already pledged their support of introducing equal marriage in the UK. -
11 May 2012Comment: A U-turn on equal marriage would set the Tories back years 34 Matthew Todd writes that he has watched the Conservative party’s evolution with nervous optimism and that if those MPs now speaking out against marriage equality have their way, the 'dark and divisive' instincts of Conservatism will be revealed to a new generation. -
11 May 2012Comment: Barack Obama joins an unstoppable global trend towards equality 13 President Obama has, at last, moved with the flow of history and an unstoppable global trend towards equality, writes Peter Tatchell. -
11 May 2012University of Wolverhampton students to host equal marriage support day 44 Students at the University of Wolverhampton who launched an 8,500-strong petition in favour of marriage equality for gay and straight couples will be holding an awareness day next week. -
11 May 2012Man who put up ‘gay free zone’ posters in London sentenced over al-Qaida material 65 Mohammed Hasnath, the man fined for putting up stickers in east London declaring it a 'gay free zone' has been jailed for possessing material from terrorist group al-Qaida. -
11 May 2012Video: ‘Insanely homophobic’ public hearing on anti-discrimination in Lincoln, Nebraska 143 A startlingly homophobic and inaccurately graphic video of a woman testifying at non-discrimination ordinance hearings in Lincoln, Nebraska, has gone viral in the LGBT blogosphere, within a day of its being put online. -
11 May 2012Poll: 51% of Americans agree with Obama’s support of equal marriage 13 More than half of Americans have said that they approve of President Obama's support for equal marriage, though 60% of the respondents also said that this announcement would have no bearing on their voting decisions, according to a Gallup/USA Today poll released this evening. -
11 May 2012Costa Rica: Vice Presidents endorse equal rights for gay couples 4 The vice presidents of Costa Rica, Alfio Piva and Luis Liberman have said, in an interview with Amelia Rueda, that gay couples deserve the same rights as heterosexuals, though they stopped short of endorsing equal marriage. -
12 May 2012Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy 203 Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy. Four men named 'Saadat Arefi', 'Vahid Akbari', 'Javid Akbari' and 'Houshmand Akbari' are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran. -
12 May 2012Law Society bans anti-equality conference organised by World Congress of Families 67 The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has banned a conference organised by the World Congress of Families, an organisation that considers only a heterosexual marriage as the centre of a "natural family." -
12 May 2012Australia: Victims of a Facebook hate group sue the military 7 Just as Australian military marks the twentieth anniversary of making it possible for gay men and women to serve openly in the military, the victims of a Facebook hate page that revealed and threatened gay members serving therein, have filed a law suit over the army's handling of the scandal. -
12 May 2012North Carolina Governor denounces Amendment One 36 The Governor of North Carolina, Democrat Beverly "Bev" Perdue, has denounced the recent passage of Amendment One, which outlaws all civil unions outside heterosexual marriage, which she said made the state "look like Mississipi."
Articles from May 2012
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MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill9
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come6
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading15
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading45
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons8
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’45
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties16
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage66
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’27
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins37- France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 66
- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading45
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 94
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63- Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'45
- London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 16
David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: 'I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!'33
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage66
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Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill63
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
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