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2 February 2012Maryland girl: For my birthday, ban gay marriage 202 A committee at the Maryland state senate, where equal marriage legislation is being considered, has heard the birthday wish of a 14-year-old girl: to keep the ban on gay marriage. -
2 February 2012Priests ask for choice over gay ceremonies 20 In a letter published today, over a hundred clergy from the Diocese of London have asked the Church of England to let individual priests be free to conduct civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples if they so wish. -
2 February 2012Guilty verdict for killer of gay teen Jack Frew 18 A jury in Scotland has found gay teenager Craig Roy guilty of the murder of Jack Frew in 2010. -
2 February 2012Ann Widdecombe: Let unhappy gays try to turn straight 236 Ann Widdecombe has backed the ability of therapists to offer so-called 'gay cure' treatments to clients who want to become straight. -
2 February 2012Comment: No more stalling, gay and straight couples deserve equality now 74 On the first anniversary of the Equal Love campaign's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, Peter Tatchell examines the inequalities of straight marriage and gay civil partnerships. -
2 February 2012Premier League clubs sign anti-homophobia charter 7 The twenty football clubs which make up the Premier League have signed the Sports Charter aiming to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport. -
2 February 2012Video: Washington state governor: ‘States can’t be in the business of discrimination’ 11 The governor of the north-western US state of Washington has recorded a video for the Human Rights Campaign where she affirms her support for gay marriage, likely to be introduced in the state. -
3 February 2012Bishop of Salisbury backs gay marriage 83 The new Bishop of Salisbury, The Rt Revd Nick Holtam, has come out in favour of gay marriage today, saying he is "no longer convinced" by arguments that marriage should be between a man and a woman. -
3 February 2012Comment: Homosexuality is prohibited in orthodox Judaism but so is eating bacon, everyone is welcome 159 Following the controversy surrounding the issue of reparative therapy for people with same sex attractions within the Jewish community, orthodox Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet argues that religious leaders should separate biblical condemnation of homosexual acts from the way the religion treats gay people. -
3 February 201222,500 thank JC Penney for hiring Ellen after anti-gay complaint 24 US retailer JC Penney is being thanked for hiring Ellen Degeneres after a group said she should be sacked because a lesbian spokesperson would lose them business. -
3 February 2012Comment: Football needs a culture change, not a gay role model 42 While football may be dragging itself into the 21st century, Amal Fashanu only scratched the surface. -
3 February 2012Amsterdam’s ‘gay cure’ declaration rabbi reinstated 39 The chief rabbi of Amsterdam's Orthodox Jewish community has been reinstated after reportedly accepting he should not have signed a 'gay cure' declaration with the title. -
3 February 2012China: 16 million women ‘married to gays’ 20 A university professor in China has estimated that 16 million women in the world's most populous country are married to gays. -
3 February 2012Firm discriminated against gay lawyer with ‘batty boy’ friend 24 A London law firm has lost an appeal of a ruling that it discriminated against a gay barrister. -
3 February 2012Gay verger ‘shocked’ by woman’s sexual assault claim + A gay verger told a court today he had "no wish" to touch the breasts of a woman he stands accused of sexually assaulting at Wakefield Cathedral. -
3 February 2012Jewish paper’s ‘gay cure’ column provokes anger 72 A column in the regional Jewish Telegraph newspaper has provoked a backlash from Jewish figures who have criticised "malevolence" towards gay Jews in the piece. -
3 February 2012Video: PinkNews.co.uk founder records It Gets Better video on being gay, Jewish and condemning gay cures 190 PinkNews.co.uk founder and Channel 4 technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen discusses Cohen, 29, discusses coming out to his Jewish family in the time of Section 28, when discussion about being gay was limited in schools. -
5 February 2012The shocking truth about religious ‘gay cure’ therapy by someone who failed to turn straight 115 Very little has been written about what actually happens at so-called reparative therapy. -
6 February 2012Top Tory blog editor backs gay marriage 51 A prominent Tory commentator and editor of the Conservative Home website has come out in favour of gay marriage. -
6 February 2012Amazon sells book on ‘gays going to hell’ 107 Amazon's Kindle Store has sparked a backlash by offering a fundamentalist religious text which tells gay and trans people they are going to hell.
Articles from 2012
Top stories
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading+
BREAKING: MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading11
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister6
Equal marriage referendum amendment fails to appear in House of Commons6
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage should be between one man and one woman’20
London: Gay sauna denies hosting ‘bareback’ sex parties8
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage47
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’16
Humanist wedding amendment withdrawn over concerns of human rights convention breach11
David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: ‘I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!’25
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins31- France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 47
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128
Video: President Obama tells all-male college 'Be the best husband to your boyfriend'7
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage' 93
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill62
Manager: Fined and suspended mixed martial arts fighter 'doesn't feel remorse' for homophobic tweet19
George Michael's lucky escape after falling out of a car travelling at 70mph7
Coalition deal with Labour on straight civil partnerships keeps same-sex marriage bill on track16- David Burrowes MP tells schoolgirl: 'I am a supporter of traditional marriage. Get over it!'25
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault128
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Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'69
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62-
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill62
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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