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31 January 2012Comment: Archbishop Sentamu has no right to block gay civil marriages 49 Peter Tatchell argues that Archbishop Sentamu has no right to block gay civil marriages, the clergyman's demand for discrimination against gay couples is itself dictatorial and Anglican leaders are divisive, intolerant and out of touch. -
31 January 2012Upstairs Downstairs to return with lesbian romance 10 BBC period drama Upstairs Downstairs will feature a lesbian plot line when it returns this spring, one of the show's writers has revealed. -
31 January 2012Comment: The Canadian rule which bans transgender flight 39 Jane Fae examines the rules, introduced last July but only now coming to light, which state that an air carrier “shall not transport a passenger if [...] the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents”. -
31 January 2012Gay footballers film boosts BBC3 audience by 50% 55 Britain's Gay Footballers, the BBC3 documentary shown last night examining the lack of openly gay players in the British game, drew 2.8% of the viewing audience. -
31 January 2012Cynthia Nixon: My bisexuality was not a choice, my gay relationship is 73 In a statement given to the American gay magazine The Advocate, Cynthia Nixon has addressed the confusion which followed her comments on sexuality. -
31 January 2012Glee’s gay troublemaker role ‘drew death threats’ 20 Grant Gustin said he was told on Twitter: "If you break up Klaine, I will find you and I will kill you." -
31 January 2012Comment: The story of LGBT History Month 10 Sue Sanders writes about the background to the annual LGBT History Month, which was first celebrated in 2005 and begins its eighth national incarnation tomorrow. -
1 February 2012Scottish opposition leaders back equal marriage 30 The leaders of Scotland's four opposition parties pledged their support for equal marriage rights for gay couples yesterday. -
1 February 2012John Amaechi: London will see through ‘undesirable gays’ rhetoric 16 Clapham resident and Pride House ambassador John Amaechi said the idea of the event turning Clapham Common into a "den of iniquity" during the Olympics showed the group who opposed the move were "out of touch". -
1 February 2012Theatre review: Execution of Justice 2 Execution of Justice, at the Southwark Playhouse in London until Saturday 4 February, tells the story of the assassination of San Francisco Mayor, George Moscone and openly gay District Supervisor, Harvey Milk on 27 November 1978. -
1 February 2012MEPs condemn gay arrests in Northern Cyprus 43 A number of MEPs have called today for the immediate release of two men arrested for "unnatural acts" in the self-declared state and for a moratorium on any future arrests under the laws criminalising homosexuality. -
1 February 2012Lithuanian who called for ‘another Hitler’ to tackle gays fined 38 A furniture-maker in Lithuania has been ordered to pay a fine of £375 after calling on Facebook for "another Hitler" to kill gays. -
1 February 2012Jewish group to offer ‘gay cure’ controversy school teaching packs 15 The UK's LGBT Jewish forum has said it will offer teaching support packs to the state-funded Jewish school which became embroiled in controversy this month after showing students a slide with the logo of a 'gay cure' group. -
1 February 2012Gay EuroGames will mark ‘the end of the world’, politician fears 84 The leader of the Hungary's minority Jobbik nationalist party has reportedly described the gay EuroGames in the country's capital this summer as the "end of the world". -
1 February 2012Gay marriage equality in Scotland ‘by the end of 2013′ 40 Scotland is likely to have full marriage equality by the end of 2013 at the latest, Tim Hopkins, Director of the Equality Network told PinkNews.co.uk at a reception in the Scottish Parliament yesterday evening. -
1 February 2012Protest at York Minster over Sentamu gay marriage views 77 Around a hundred protesters gathered outside York Minster today to protest against anti-marriage equality comments made by the city's Archbishop. -
2 February 2012Washington state senate approves equal marriage 12 Washington's state senate approved a bill last night to give equal marriage rights to gay citizens. -
2 February 2012South African lesbian killers sentenced to 18 years in prison 8 Four men convicted of murdering a lesbian near Cape Town have received 18-year prison sentences, days before the sixth anniversary of her death. -
2 February 2012London protest follows Sweden’s trans sterilisation rule 24 Worldwide protest at continuing insistence by the Swedish government on what has been described as a policy of eugenics in respect of trans men and women led on Monday to the unusual sight of a demo outside that country's London embassy. -
2 February 2012US police ‘told gay couple faggots don’t deserve to wear pants in jail’ 46 A US gay couple arrested on assault charges say they were denied trousers for a day after being told "faggots don't deserve to wear pants in jail".
Articles from 2012
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Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’10
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities2
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault81
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’25
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault81
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final25
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'25
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
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play9- Georgia: LGBT and anti-'gay propaganda' activists face off in mob aftermath0
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion130
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault81
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
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