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30 August 2012Uganda: Play banned by authorities for gay storyline 4 A Ugandan play tackling the difficulties of being gay in the country has been cancelled, ahead of a planned run at the country's National Theatre in Kampala. -
30 August 2012Republican Senator of Utah disagrees with Romney over marriage equality ban 15 The Senator of Utah, who is Mitt Romney’s most high-profile Mormon supporter in the US Senate, has come to blows with the new presidential candidate on amending the Constitution to ban marriage equality. -
30 August 2012Catholic college teacher in New Zealand suspended over marriage equality views 9 A teacher at a Catholic college in Whangarei, New Zealand, has been suspended and students allegedly threatened in a row with the college's principal over marriage equality. -
30 August 2012Judge suggests Detroit lesbian couple challenge state’s marriage equality ban for full parenting rights + A federal judge in Detroit this week suggested a lesbian couple challenge the state of Michigan's ban on marriage equality - which is preventing them both being registered as their children's parents. -
30 August 2012New Government-funded Catholic faith school proudly announce they will not teach any gay ‘nonsense’ 116 A newly-opened faith school in Cornwall has hit back at critics who they claim are seeking to "undermine" them for their anti-LGBT stance. -
30 August 2012Support for marriage equality among African-Americans in Nevada has increased over a quarter 2 According to a poll, support for marriage equality among African-American voters in Nevada has increased just over a quarter since President Obama said in May that he supports such unions. -
30 August 2012Maori organisation in New Zealand support marriage equality bill 3 New Zealand's Maori child advocacy organisation Ririki has said they are in favour of MP Louisa Wall’s marriage equality bill. -
30 August 2012Arizona lesbian couple found dead in likely murder-suicide 6 A lesbian couple from Arizona have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. -
30 August 2012Tasmania: equal marriage bill passes in first stage of parliament 20 Tasmanian advocators of equal marriage celebrated today, as a bill to legalise same-sex marriage was passed in the first chamber of parliament. -
30 August 2012Warning made to US churches that collecting money for anti-equality causes is not allowed 8 Churches in Washington have been reminded that they are not to act as intermediaries by taking donations for political causes, including a group attempting to overturn the legalisation of equal marriage in the state. -
30 August 2012Interview: Joe McElderry on his new album, love and Perez Hilton 14 The pop star talks to Laurence Watts about his new album, Whitney Houston’s death and why he’d like you to follow him on Twitter. -
30 August 2012GLAAD index names best and worst in LGBT friendly broadcasting 3 The sixth annual Network Responsibility Index has been published by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and includes details of networks and shows which have accurately reflected, or not, the LGBT community through their broadcasting. -
30 August 2012Egypt: Leader of “gay sex network” arrested by police 3 Egyptian police have arrested a man from Cairo based on the accusation that he was the head of a "gay sex network". -
30 August 2012Brazil: Gay father granted full “maternity” leave 7 A government agency in Brazil has granted the full allotment of "maternity" leave to a gay man in a civil partnership, who has adopted a child.
Articles from 30 August 2012
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Maria Miller: I am happy to accept Labour’s amendment on a speedy civil partnerships review4
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs9
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: ‘There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage’26
Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships3
Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron2
Lib Dem MPs encouraged to vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill+
Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’4
Brittney Griner: University basketball coach told me not to come out1
Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert: MPs should vote for Labour amendment to equal marriage bill3
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121- Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 26
- Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'4
Downing Street will decide tactics for equal marriage bill after vote on straight civil partnership amendment42- Amendment to allow civil registrars to opt-out of same-sex marriages defeated by MPs16
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions22- UK: The simple state of play on the same-sex marriage bill and civil partnerships amendments6
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion134
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault121
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'90
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'72
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
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
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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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