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1 July 2012Irish Deputy Prime Minister: ‘Gay marriage is the civil rights issue of this generation’ 15 The Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) of Ireland, Eamon Gilmore, has told Dublin Pride that the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples the same rights to marry as opposite sex couples. -
2 July 2012Tory MP’s bill calls for partners of gay knights to receive honorary titles 64 A Private Member's Bill is to be tabled at the House of Commons this week calling for honorary titles to be bestowed on the partners of gay knights and peers. -
2 July 2012Amateur footballer banned from matches after threatening gay referee 11 An amateur footballer has been banned from watching or playing in regulated games for the next three years after verbally abusing a gay referee. -
2 July 2012Comment: For those who will never blend in, we will always need Pride 34 Bruno Selun argues that for as long as 'white, heterosexual, able-bodied, middle-class, Christian and masculine' remains the cultural golden standard, the LGBT community will always have something to fight for. -
2 July 2012Casablanca: Gay cruise diverted 28 A gay cruise has been diverted from Moroccan city of Casablanca with organisers saying they were turned away from the port, where homosexuality is illegal. -
2 July 2012Stonewall launches advice leaflets for gay tourists in Britain 40 Gay rights charity Stonewall has launched a series of multilingual leaflets designed to promote gay freedoms in Britain to foreign visitors. -
2 July 2012Edinburgh: Pride marchers demand marriage equality 16 Over a thousand marchers took to the streets of Edinburgh on Saturday marching for gay marriage equality as part of Pride Scotia. -
2 July 2012Elton John criticises Ukraine’s ‘tragic’ anti-gay draft law 4 Sir Elton John has said it is 'tragic' that Ukraine is currently considering laws which would severely curtail the freedom to discuss homosexuality in the country. -
2 July 2012Anderson Cooper publicly confirms he is gay 36 US journalist and television presenter Anderson Cooper has publicly confirmed he is gay. -
2 July 2012Paris pride celebrates commitment to equal marriage and adoption laws 5 Organizers say approximately 700,000 people took place this year in Paris’s gay pride which was exceptionally energised given France’s newly elected socialist government's pledge to swiftly legalise gay marriages and adoption rights. -
2 July 2012Facebook updates marriage icons for gay couples 8 Facebook has updated the icons used to signify key events on the profile timelines of users to include gay couples' weddings. -
2 July 2012Gay Republican Fred Karger ends presidency campaign 7 Gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger has ended his campaign. -
2 July 2012Washington DC Republican committee adds gay-inclusive language 6 The Washington DC Republican Committee (DCRC) has became the first Republican state party to adopt gay-inclusive language into its party platform. -
2 July 2012Mormons in mass resignation over gay marriage and polygamy 52 Around 150 Mormons have quit in a mass resignation ceremony over the church's opposition to gay marriage and polygamy. -
2 July 2012US gay military groups merge 4 Two US gay military groups have announced they are to merge under a new name. -
3 July 2012Mexico City: Gay journalist found dead in elevator shaft 19 Armando Montano, an openly gay apprentice journalist working as a summer intern for the Associated Press in Mexico City, was found dead early Saturday. -
3 July 2012Comment: Reflections on Lima Pride 4 Junior Moya reflects on religious protestors after coming across Lima's eleventh gay pride parade. -
3 July 2012Suffolk: Man fined after threatening transgender neighbour 17 A building worker in Ipswich has been convicted of what is believed to be the first offence officially motivated by transphobia in Suffolk. -
3 July 2012Sir Derek Jacobi: Equal marriage debate a ‘squabble over nothing’ 104 Legendary stage actor Derek Jacobi said he views the debate over equal marriage rights for gay couples as a 'squabble over nothing'. -
3 July 2012Cher appears to leave Twitter after voicing support for anti-gay pastor 42 Tweets sent from Cher's account praising a pastor who said gay people were "not God's best work" have drawn confusion from fans.
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Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down+
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination1
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay9
Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business3
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’10
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store3
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’45
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague3
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes3
- US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay9
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally10- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 45
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12- Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'10
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay15
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'18- Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down0
US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for 'brutal' childhood abuse10
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill50
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
Republican Mike Huckabee: 'Every fear' over same-sex marriage has come true45
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