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4 January 2013X Factor’s Rylan Clark banishes celebs to basement of Celebrity Big Brother House 23 The X-Factor finalist Ryan Clark found himself and jockey Frankie Dettori given the task of deciding which of their fellow Celebrity Big Brother contestants would join them in the main house and which would be banished to the 'basement' below. -
4 January 2013Illinois: Senate Committee approves same-sex marriage bill + Although Democrats in the state of Illinois have delayed a full Senate vote that was planned for Thursday to make same-sex marriage legal, the Senate Committee approved the bill a few hours ago. -
4 January 2013Video: Vice President Joe Biden swears in first openly LGBT senator Tammy Baldwin 3 Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay politician to be sworn into the US Senate. -
4 January 2013West Ham’s Matt Jarvis: Gay footballers would find support and play better if they came out 18 West Ham footballer, Matt Jarvis, has appeared on the cover of Attitude magazine, and gave an interview saying gay footballers should come out, that they would be supported, and that they might even play better if they did. -
4 January 2013US: Anti-gay evangelist Scott Lively to stand trial for ‘crimes against humanity’ 36 An anti-gay evangelist will face trial starting on Monday for the first sexuality-based lawsuit using a statute which allows foreign parties to sue in American courts. -
4 January 2013US: Pentagon bans access to gay news websites 2 The United States Department of Defence has reportedly banned access to several gay media websites on its network of computers. -
4 January 2013US: Possible plea deal in anti-gay Family Research Council shooting case 7 Floyd Corkins, who is accused of carrying out a shooting at a US homophobic Christian lobby group, could be about to reach a plea deal. -
4 January 2013Comment: A story about politics, friendship and equal marriage by a schoolboy 19 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Matthew Davies, a young college student in rural Hampshire explains how he previously felt unable to tell his friends to support equal marriage – until now. -
4 January 2013Scientists say HIV therapeutic vaccine can temporarily improve the immune system 11 Scientists say they are impressed with the results of a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily enable the immune system to deal more effectively with the HIV virus in infected patients. -
4 January 2013Grants to be awarded to support Football v Homophobia campaign 2 The Football v Homophobia (FvH) campaign, supported by Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) has launched a programme of small grants to combat homophobia in the sport during 2013. -
4 January 2013Mississippi: Lesbian couples denied marriage licenses 3 Five lesbian couples applied for marriage licenses in Forrest County, Mississippi, this week, knowing they would be denied. -
4 January 2013Gay Israeli MP conducts unofficial same-sex marriage ceremonies outside Rabbinic Court 10 Gay Israeli member of the Israeli Parliament or Knesset, Nitzan Horowitz has conducted three unofficial same-sex wedding ceremonies in front of the rabbinical court. -
4 January 2013UK: Killer escapes psychiatric hospital and heads for gay bar drag show 23 A convicted killer who went on the run after escaping from a secure psychiatric hospital has been found in a Newcastle gay bar. -
4 January 2013Kelly Clarkson: I’m not a lesbian but I get hit on by the hottest girls ever! + Kelly Clarkson has said that while she gets hit on by “the hottest girls ever", she is not a lesbian. -
4 January 2013US: Gay ex-congressman Barney Frank definitely wants temporary US Senate job + Barney Frank has told Massachusetts' Governor, Deval Patrick, that he is happy to take up a temporary role as a US senator for the state. -
4 January 2013Church of England drops opposition to gay bishops- so long as they’re celibate 103 The Church of England has dropped its prohibition on gay clergy becoming bishops. -
4 January 2013US: American Idol’s Fantasia defends same-sex marriage rant 17 American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has hit back at the media after her comments about same-sex marriage were apparently “taken out of context" -
4 January 2013UK: Preacher who promotes anti-gay hatred offers student retreats for £120 62 A homophobic Islamic preacher, who describes being gay as a “criminal act” and “evil,” is offering students the chance to go on a retreat with him. -
4 January 2013US: Catholic priest forced to call 911 after getting stuck in handcuffs 56 A Catholic priest in Springfield, Illinois, has been granted a leave of absence after he called 911 from the rectory and told a dispatcher that he needed help getting out of handcuffs.
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Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow ‘fashionable’ ideas8
UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities9
Bermuda: Anti-discrimination law adopted amid equal marriage controversy1
Gibraltar LGBT activist awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
German Cabinet adopts bill to give gay couples equal tax benefits8
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours list27
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual53
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’7
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list5
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
- Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual53
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'7
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches43- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list27
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 13
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 5
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 2- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list5
- UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities9
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right61
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53-
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual53
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
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