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21 June 2012Australia: Census records nearly 34,000 gay couples 22 Data from Australia's 2011 census have been released today and show 33,714 gay couples, 1,338 of whom are married. -
21 June 2012Southern Baptists opposed to viewing equal marriage as a civil rights issue 26 The US Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution at its annual conference criticising marriage equality advocates who have adopted the 'rhetoric of the civil rights movement' and drawn comparisons between discrimination against gay couples and racism. -
21 June 2012Michael Gove: Catholic Education Service ‘blurred’ line between faith and politics with anti-gay marriage petition in schools 36 The Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove has prompted confusion by criticising the Catholic Education Service for 'unintentionally blurring' the line between faith and the illegal promotion of political views by suggesting schools direct pupils to an anti-gay marriage petition, while determining that a school which followed that suggestion acted legally. -
21 June 2012Maine: Equal marriage advocates seek to amend ballot question 6 Supporters of marriage equality rights for gay couples in Maine have said they will ask for the ballot question on marriage to be put to voters later this year to be amended before it is finalised. -
21 June 2012Brazil: Bar warned for discriminating against lesbian couple 1 A bar in the city of Teresina, Brazil was issued with an administrative warning for having discriminated against a lesbian couple. -
21 June 2012Illinois: State refuses to defend ban on equal marriage 6 Twenty-five gay couples in Illinois who filed a lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which outlaws a string of federal benefits for same-sex partners, were told today that the state would no longer defend it. -
21 June 2012Washington state looks set to back equal marriage in referendum 13 In a sign that Washington may be one of the first states to buck the trend on equal marriage referenda, a new poll suggests that voters in the state might approve the measure during the presidential elections this November. -
21 June 2012Republicans won’t reintroduce ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ if elected, one lawmaker says 22 The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee announced today that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) was a settled issue, which neither a Romney presidency nor a Republican-majority Senate would reverse. -
22 June 2012Queensland ‘downgrades’ civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy 100 The Australian state of Queensland will remove gay couples' ability to have children through surrogacy and downgrade civil partnerships to the class of 'registered relationships', after a debate in Parliament last night. -
22 June 2012Stonewall updates gay-friendly university guide 20 Gay rights charity Stonewall has updated its guide to the gay-friendly credentials of the UK's 150 universities. -
22 June 2012Denmark: Newspaper editor refuses to write about gay marriage laws 34 A Danish newspaper editor said he would refuse to include any news about the country's recently-implemented equal marriage laws. -
22 June 2012Study: One in seven UK employees harassed over perceived sexuality in the last year 16 An international study into the experiences of LGBT people living in 21 countries around the world has revealed what it described as "endemic" homophobia in workplaces internationally. -
22 June 2012France: Cohabiting gay men ‘twice as likely to be unemployed as straight counterparts’ 32 French researches say they have determined that men in co-habiting gay relationships are twice as likely to be unemployed as straight men living with a female partner. -
22 June 2012New anti-homophobia award named in honour of Alan Turing 16 Ahead of the centenary of his birth, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation has unveiled a new award in its Homo Heroes series dedicated to gay computer genius and Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing. -
22 June 2012Ugandan minister: Gays have freedom of assembly 5 The Ugandan government has issued a statement following reports of gay rights workshops being broken up and NGOs being dissolved saying gay people have the right to freely assemble in the African state. -
22 June 2012Poll: Obama’s equal marriage support not moving divided public 5 US President Barack Obama's recent declaration in favour of marriage equality for gay couples has not tipped public opinion towards or against the move or his handling of the issues, a recent poll shows. -
22 June 2012Israeli politician criticised over further anti-gay comments 35 Israeli politician Anastasia Michaeli has further attacked Israel's LGBT community amid wide-ranging condemnation and critique. -
23 June 2012Google celebrates 100th anniversary of gay war hero’s Alan Turing’s birth with Doodle 27 Google has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, the gay mathematical genius and codebreaker who not only was the effective inventor of the computer but also a key driver behind the victory over the Nazis. -
23 June 2012Audio: Australian Salvation Army chief: ‘Gay people should be put to death’ 192 In a discussion for Australia's Joy 94.9 FM, a senior official in the Australian Salvation Army suggested that sexually active LGBT people should be put to death. -
24 June 2012Australian Salvation Army apologises for spokesman arguing gays should be executed 53 Following a senior official in the The Australian Salvation Army has apologised after a senior official told an Australian LGBT radio station that gay people should be put to death.
Articles from June 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 bill+
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’2
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many4
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill25
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come8
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 reading46
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
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins41
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 72- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 25
- MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading46
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 19
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'49
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill0
- Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister13
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault133
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-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill61
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
Canada: 'Israeli apartheid' censorship row puts Toronto Pride funding in jeopardy52
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