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14 June 2012Exclusive: Home Office website makes equal marriage consultation appear to have closed 24 hours early 29 The Home Office webpage that used to introduce visitors to the Government's proposals to introduce same sex marriage has been 'archived' and placed into the National Archive during the consultation period and more than 24 hours earlier than had been planned. -
14 June 2012Opening marriage to gay couples ‘would improve sexual health’ 60 The HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has said today that allowing gay couples an equal right to marry as straight couples would improve the nation's sexual health. -
14 June 2012Updated: Occupy London protesters could ‘vaporise’ gay cruising on Hampstead Heath 132 A group of anti-capitalist Occupy London protesters took up residence on Hampstead Heath this week and defended the camp, saying it would improve the area by driving out the men who meet there for sex. -
14 June 2012Russian state radio interview with ‘gay cure’ therapist breached UK standards 16 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that an interview with Christian therapist Lesley Pilkington on Russian state radio in which the presenter referred to homosexuality as a 'disorder' to be 'cured' and decried 'aggressive homosexual propaganda' breached the Broadcasting Code when it aired in the UK. -
14 June 2012Kenya: Lesbian ‘held hostage by family’ commits suicide, reports say 6 According to unconfirmed reports a lesbian who was being held hostage by her parents committed suicide in desperation last night in Kenya. -
14 June 2012Law Society backs equal marriage, says faiths will not be forced to marry gay couples 108 The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has lent its support to equal marriage rights for gay couples and called for faiths to be allowed to perform gay weddings if they so choose, saying the European Court of Human Rights has shown it is 'not going to force religious groups to conduct same-sex marriages'. -
14 June 2012Feature: Camping through the Falklands, hidden history of the war’s gay seafarers 58 On the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Falklands War, Jo Stanley writes on the experiences of gay men at work on the merchant ships of the Pacific in 1982. -
14 June 2012Out4Marriage: Ban on religious same-sex marriages may breach human rights laws 14 In its official submission to the Government's consultation on introduce equal civil marriage for same sex couples, Out4Marriage has called on the Government to allow religious institutions to solomise ceremonies should they wish to do so, arguing that a ban would be in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
14 June 2012Costa Rica: Human rights commission head ‘believes sexual orientation can be changed’ 78 The leader of Costa Rica's Commission on Human Rights has reportedly described homosexuality as a sin and said sexual orientation can be changed. -
14 June 2012Apple adds gay couples to emoji icons for iPhones and iPads in iOS6 18 Apple has continued to associate itself with LGBT people with the introduction of same-sex couple related icons or emojis for the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 6. -
14 June 2012Scotland: Glasgow kirk splits from Church of Scotland over gay clergy 46 A church in Glasgow has become the first kirk to split from the Church of Scotland over its decision to appoint openly gay members of the clergy. -
14 June 2012English Defence League plans march in Bristol on same day as LGBT pride 88 The anti-Islamic English Defence League (EDL) will hold a march in Bristol on the same day as the city will hold its gay pride parade, it has been announced. -
14 June 2012Northern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party to hold extraordinary meeting on equal marriage 12 The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has called for an extraordinary meeting of its policy makers in order to affirm the party's position on equal marriage, the BBC reports.
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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
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime0
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions19- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29- Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would 'introduce confusion'23
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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