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14 January 2013Jodie Foster ‘comes out’ during Golden Globes acceptance speech 14 The actress Jodie Foster last night used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes to address her sexuality for one of the first times in public. -
14 January 2013Lynne Featherstone: Sack Julie Burchill and Observer editor for ‘disgusting’ transphobic rant 38 Liberal Democrat International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone has called for the editor of the Observer and columnist Julie Burchill to be sacked over a transphobic article. -
14 January 2013South African arts academy claims it can ‘cure’ students of being gay 15 A Christian arts academy in the South African city of Bloemfontein claims it can “cure” gay students of their sexuality and has likened its approach to a drug rehabilitation programme. -
14 January 2013Tory ‘love cheat’ MP says same-sex marriage makes it ‘difficult to promote Christian values’ 53 Conservative MP Bob Blackman, who previously had an affair behind his wife’s back for 11 years, says legalising equal marriage would make it “difficult to promote Christian values in parliament.” -
14 January 2013UK survey: Half of people wrongly think you can get HIV from being bitten or spat at 17 Nearly half of people in the UK still don't understand how HIV is contracted, according to the National AIDS Trust. -
14 January 2013Church of England considering in-church blessings for ‘celibate’ gay couples 43 Reports have suggested that the Church of England plans to consider allowing gay couples to have their civil partnerships blessed in churches. -
14 January 2013Mayor apologises for calling UKIP ‘racists and homophobes’ 24 A town Mayor from Cumbria has apologised to a UKIP member after describing the party as "racist and homophobic" on Twitter. -
14 January 2013Scottish trans equality charity warns of ‘rising transphobia’ in the UK media 6 A leading transgender equality charity has warned of "rising transphobia in the British media” which it says could have a damaging impact on the mental health of transgender people. -
14 January 2013Members of UKIP official website compare homosexuality to bestiality and paedeophilia 16 An official online forum for UKIP members has been used to vent "racist and homophobic" views by some of the party's top members, reports suggest. -
14 January 2013Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore apologises for ‘Brazilian transsexual’ remark 28 Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has returned to Twitter and apologised for some of her controversial comments about the trans community. -
14 January 2013Exclusive: UKIP investigates official who compared homosexuality to bestiality 31 The UKIP Chairman for Oxford has been put under review after she compared homosexuality to bestiality and paedophilia on the official members' forum of the party's website. -
14 January 2013Exclusive: MPs to vote on same-sex marriage bill before Valentine’s Day 40 PinkNews understands that MPs will debate and vote on the government’s equal marriage plans for England and Wales before next month’s Valentine’s Day. -
14 January 2013Protesters to demonstrate amidst accusations of Transphobia at the Observer and the Guardian 4 Protesters are set to demonstrate outside the offices of the Observer newspaper on Thursday, following a column written by Julie Burchill yesterday, which came under heavy criticism for being transphobic. -
14 January 2013Observer editor John Mulholland withdraws Julie Burchill column accused of transphobia 9 The editor of the Observer, John Mulholland, has withdrawn a column by Julie Burchill published yesterday which came under heavy criticism for accusations of transphobia. -
14 January 2013ComRes poll places UKIP second in EU voting intentions poll 12 ComRes, the same polling organisation that found that a majority of UK residents are opposed to equal marriage, despite other polls suggesting the opposite, has published a new poll which places the UK Independence party second in the rankings for the European Parliamentary elections. -
14 January 2013Rupert Everett: Gay actors should stay in the closet 52 The British actor Rupert Everett says he would not advise any gay actor working in the movie industry to come out as it would not help their career. -
14 January 2013UK: Anti-gay marriage group uses MP’s photo without permission 13 The main group campaigning against equal marriage in the UK has used a Conservative MP's photograph on its publicity leaflets without her permission. -
14 January 2013Survey: Three in five people in Wales support equal marriage 16 A major poll conducted by YouGov for Stonewall Cymru has revealed that three in five people in Wales support government plans to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples. -
14 January 2013Daily Telegraph republishes Julie Burchill’s ‘transphobic’ column removed by the Observer 58 The journalist and free-schools campaigner Toby Young has republished a column by Julie Burchill that was removed earlier today from the Guardian/ Observer website after accusations of transphobia.
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US: Owner of florist sued for refusing same-sex wedding files lawsuit against state13
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 law3
Gay MP Mike Freer accuses fellow Tories of attempting to “derail” equal marriage bill8
Church of England: Allowing straight civil partnerships would ‘introduce confusion’17
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' toilets26
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'68
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss11
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral3
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill36
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
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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