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2 August 2012Russian social network only allows users to post straight relationships 10 Russia’s leading social networking site has come under fire from gay rights activists for the lack of a same-sex relationship status option. -
3 August 2012Maryland: Poll suggests 54 percent will keep equal marriage at referendum 10 A poll released by marriage equality advocates in Maryland suggests voters may keep the state's new laws in a ballot later this year, allowing them to come into effect in 2013. -
3 August 2012Comment: Christians, we should have been first to back equal marriage 66 Mastin Kipp, founder of The Daily Love, says Jesus' message was 'about Love, not rules and regulations', and argues Christians should be the first to let their neighbours marry. -
3 August 2012Tom Daley gay hate tweet footballer arrested 296 A footballer in South Wales has been arrested following an anti-gay tweet about Olympic divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield. -
3 August 2012Ohio: Two killed after car hits LGBT street event 3 Two people have died from injuries sustained when a car, whose driver police say had been under the influence of alcohol, hit attendees of a an LGBT street event in Cleveland, Ohio, last weekend. -
3 August 2012New Hampshire: Chick-fil-A manager to sponsor gay pride festival 28 A manager at Chick-fil-A, a company opposed to equal marriage rights for gay couples, has come out as co-sponsor for a gay pride event next week. -
3 August 2012Video: Trailer released ahead of Doctor Who return 19 Series 7 of Doctor who is almost upon us, writes Neil Spring. -
3 August 2012Obama nominates gay man as US Air Force Under Secretary 8 President Obama intends to appoint a gay man for the role of Under Secretary of the US Air Force. -
3 August 2012Protest against Northern Irish gay blood donation ban 20 Calls for the Northern Irish Health Secretary to step down were voiced at an angry protest against the ban on gay blood donation in Londonderry. -
3 August 2012Comment: The need to reform gay blood donation is as pressing as ever 22 Chris Ward led a campaign within the Liberal Democrats to end the ban on men who had had sex with men donating blood. -
3 August 2012US band Train speak out about anti-gay website’s use of song 12 San Francisco band, Train, are “upset” that their song “Marry Me” was used on a New Zealand website set up in opposition gay marriage. -
3 August 2012Scotland: SNP activist resigns over ‘undemocratic’ equal marriage decision 38 Robert Stewart, an SNP volunteer for 22 years has resigned over Scottish party leaders’ decision to push forward on marriage equality for gay couples in Scotland. -
3 August 2012Travel: Barcelona’s ten-day Circuit Festival returns (part two) 14 Danny Hilton talks to Tes Cuadreny (Communication Manager & Girlie Circuit Director) about Circuit Festival Barcelona – in the second of two parts, we get the lo-down on Circuit rival events, Girlie Circuit and smash some Circuit party stereotypes. -
5 August 2012Singer Mika: If you ask me ‘am I gay?’, I say yeah! 32 Three years after he told the world that he is bisexual, BRIT award-winning singer and songwriter Mika now says that he is gay. -
5 August 2012Catholic Bishop: Government should make incest legal if it really believes in equality 191 A senior Catholic Bishop in Scotland has stunned equal rights campaigners by suggesting that if the Scottish Government truly believed in equality it would make incest and polygamy legal. -
5 August 2012Elton John: ‘Madonna is a fairground stripper whose career is over compared to Lady Gaga’ 53 Sir Elton John has continued his long running feud with Madonna by labeling her a “fucking fairground stripper” whose “career is over”. -
6 August 2012Poll: Gay men take twice as many holidays 37 A new poll suggested gay men take double the national average number of holidays each year. -
6 August 2012Annual Men’s Health survey ‘assumes readers are straight’ 46 A fitness magazine for men has been accused of ignoring its gay and bisexual readers after its annual reader survey assumed all respondents were straight. -
6 August 20128,000 sign year-long petition against restrictions on gay blood donation 10 A petition calling for the government to lift the ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men, which it did partially last year by allowing donations from those who have not done so for a year, has attracted 8,000 signatures.
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6 August 2012London: Police urge ‘extreme care’ to gay club drug users after death in Vauxhall 59 Police have urged recreational drug users in the capital to be 'extremely careful' after a man died and two others were hospitalised this weekend after nights out at Vauxhall's gay clubs.
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Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row5
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’13
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe11
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill11
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many8
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill45
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come12
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins48- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote41
- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 45
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 87
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 32- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row5
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister16
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage87
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59-
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
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