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24 October 2012Chris Kluwe: First openly gay NFL player will have ‘biggest marketing opportunity in 50 years’ 1 Equal marriage advocate and NFL Football player, Chris Kluwe has spoken about the possible marketing and endorsement opportunities, surrounding the first openly gay NFL player, whoever that may be. -
24 October 2012Northern Ireland attorney general isolated over gay adoption + The UK Government is seeking to distance itself from Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin’s decision to intervene in a European court case involving gay adoption laws. -
24 October 2012US: Judges hear gender reassignment appeal from incarcerated trans woman + Attorneys representing a trans woman prisoner made an appeal today to a court in Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to win her gender reassignment surgery. -
24 October 2012Parental rights to be extended for LGBT families in the Netherlands 5 The government in the Netherlands is looking to change the law to take into account its 25,000 LGBT families, and issues faced by step-parents or sperm donors. -
25 October 2012US: Equal marriage opponent leader downplays ‘deserving of death’ comment by pastor 19 The leader of the group in opposition to equal marriage becoming legal in the state of Maryland, downplayed a pastor's reading from a scripture which said gay people were "deserving of death". -
25 October 2012Adam Barta: Equal marriage debate with Angelina Pivarnick brought ‘outpouring of support’ 2 Adam Barta, who defended equal marriage in a heated debate with an ex-Jersey Shore cast member, has said that he has seen a huge amount of new support for equal marriage, as a result of the controversy. -
25 October 2012Kentucky: 2 men acquitted on gay hate charges 11 Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins have both been found guilty over charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap in connection with the assault on a gay man in Kentucky but not of breaking US federal hate crime laws. -
25 October 2012Manchester: LGBT hustings for police commissioner candidates 1 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF) has announced that those running to become the first elected police and crime commissioner for Greater Manchester are due to take part in a hustings event for the LGBT community. -
25 October 2012Scissor Sisters announce ‘hiatus’ at London gig 8 The Scissor Sisters closed their UK tour last night in London and announced an indefinite hiatus at their Camden Roundhouse gig. -
25 October 2012Scotland: Man attacks barman in row over gay porn 18 A man accused of hitting a gay barman over the head with a bottle in an alleged row about gay pornography has avoided jail. -
25 October 2012Liverpool: LGBT arts festival gets underway 2 Homotopia is now underway in Liverpool and this year's festival has a special focus on the LGBT citizens of Uganda. -
25 October 2012European gay water polo tournament splashes into London 2 The London Orca European Water Polo Championship tournament is taking place next Friday, with LGBT teams hoping for victory in the competition. -
25 October 2012Cameroon: Gay rights supporting lawyer’s children receives death threats 6 A lawyer in Cameroon, who has made a career of defending gay rights, has been on the receiving end of death threats, along with members of his family. -
25 October 2012Lady Gaga to face anti-gay Russian legal backlash 10 The media circus of LGBT-supporting stars facing the legal wrath of anti-gay opponents in the Russia’s St Petersburg shows no sign of dying down, with predictions that Lady Gaga will be next. -
25 October 2012Romney rejected birth certificates of children from gay parents 25 Mitt Romney is being accused of deliberately trying to make it harder for same-sex couples to register the birth details of their children during his time as governor of Massachusetts. -
25 October 2012US: 100 Catholics stand up for equal marriage in Maine through newspaper adverts 10 A pro-marriage equality group in Portland, Maine, is reiterating its support for the referendum on equal marriage in November, by launching a new campaign of newspaper adverts in the state. -
25 October 2012US: Ex-Maine bishop says voting for equal marriage is ‘unfaithful to Catholic doctrine’ 11 The former bishop of Maine today released a statement saying that any Catholic who votes in favour of equal marriage “is unfaithful to Catholic doctrine.” -
26 October 2012US: Obama endorses equal marriage measures in three states for November ballots 14 US President Barack Obama has announced his support for measures in three US states, which would make equal marriage legal. -
26 October 2012US amateur boxing in clash over coach’s remarks about ‘gay’ female fighters 12 The organisation responsible for amateur boxing in the US has been criticised for its failure to remove Hal Adonis from its board, after he said half of all female fighters were either lesbians or child abuse victims. -
26 October 201212th annual Intersex Awareness Day marked around the globe 3 Campaigners are marking Intersex Awareness Day, which is taking place on Friday.
Articles from October 2012
Top stories
US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state14
Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur+
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law4
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’20
Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally4
Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’28
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights6
Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality18
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’7
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions16
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies' toilets28
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss11
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill36
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters20- Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the 'justification and display of homosexuality'28
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73
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
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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