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9 July 2012Archbishop of Canterbury questions mandate for equal marriage rights 71 The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has questioned the government's mandate for the introduction of equal marriage rights between gay and straight couples. -
9 July 2012China: Wives of gay men ‘defrauded by support website’ 2 Fifty wives of gay men in China say a website set up to provide them with support in their marriage has defrauded them, state media reports. -
9 July 2012Comment: Pride is not the only sin 114 Patrick Cash asks why many gay people don't identify with gay culture, whether the reasons come from the community or the media, and whether now is the time for gays to lead the way again on bravery and honour in society. -
9 July 2012Toronto unveils rainbow cabs to woo gay Londoners for WorldPride 2014 20 Pride Toronto has unveiled a new taxi advertising campaign to promote the host city of WorldPride 2014 to gay Londoners, as the latter city handed over the mantle this weekend. -
9 July 2012Derbyshire Pride postponed after flooding 8 Derbyshire's Pride event on Saturday was postponed at the last minute due to the flooding experienced across the north of England. -
9 July 2012Comment: Pride needs a political motive or it needs a change 110 Ollie McFadden argues that without an enemy in the government, Pride in the UK has lost its political edge and needs to lose its focus on the march in favour of something more inclusive. -
9 July 20123,000 march at incident-free Budapest Pride 6 Budapest Pride 2012 took place safely on Saturday despite earlier threats and the mayor’s unwillingness to support the event. -
9 July 2012Scotland: Schools research shows gay students facing homophobia 5 Pioneering research into Scottish schools reveals homophobic bullying is ‘a daily nightmare’ for over half of Scotland’s school pupils, while a quarter of young gay Scots attempt suicide. -
9 July 2012Newspaper declines to apologise for terminology in intersex story 37 The People newspaper has said there is no difference between the term “hermaphrodite” and “intersex” – and therefore has not apologised for its substitution of the h-word in a story last month. -
9 July 2012Scotland: Symbolic gay wedding marks ‘final push’ for marriage equality 15 A symbolic same-sex wedding was held outside the Scottish Parliament on the morning after the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland “declared war” on equal marriage. -
9 July 2012US: Washington priest who denied communion to lesbian leaves diocese 14 A priest who told a lesbian she could not receive communion at her mother's funeral has left the Archdiocese of Washington. -
9 July 2012US: New Hampshire gay group settles in HIV discrimination lawsuit 2 A gay rights group in New Hampshire has reached a settlement with a town it sued for trying to shut down a home for people with HIV and AIDS. -
9 July 2012HIV treatment ‘hindered by anti-gay laws’ 10 Treatment for HIV around the world is being hindered by anti-gay laws, an independent report says. -
9 July 2012US: Latino groups launch push for marriage equality 4 Leading US Latino groups are backing a campaign to raise awareness of gay rights and marriage equality. -
10 July 2012Polynesia: Anglican Church to take view on gay weddings in 2014 5 The General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has indicated that a decision will not be made on the issue of marriage rights for gay couples until 2014. -
10 July 2012Clare Balding: Being a lesbian may have helped sports presenting career 21 BBC TV presenter Clare Balding said she believes being a lesbian can give her an advantage as a female sports commentator when she is not considered to be distracted by physically attractive male athletes. -
10 July 2012Liverpool FC to march in city Pride parade 18 Liverpool Football Club has announced it will be the first Premier League club in the country to be officially represented at a Pride event, although no footballers have been announced as taking part. -
10 July 2012Poll: Third of gay and trans Canadians in a same-sex marriage 17 A Canadian poll has suggested that 5 percent of the 34 million people living in Canada identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and that a third of those are in a gay marriage. -
10 July 2012Ireland: 734 civil partnerships since introduction last year 26 1,468 gays and lesbians in Ireland have taken advantage of the country's new civil partnerships law, which came into force in 2011. -
10 July 2012US: Washington state marriage equality supporters raise $1m in June + The Washington United for Marriage raised nearly $1 million last month in its bid to keep Washington's recently-passed marriage equality laws on the statute books following news that a public ballot will be held on the issue later this year.
Articles from July 2012
Top stories
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
- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime0
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11- Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss14
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions19
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets29- US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state21
- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final15
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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