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18 January 2013US: California synagogue takes action against Boy Scouts anti-gay policy 6 A synagogue in California has been the latest in a list of religious groups, and businesses to reject the Boy Scouts of America's policy, described as "damaging" as it does not allow openly gay members, volunteers or staff. -
18 January 2013Overwhelming majority of Oxford Union students would be ‘glad to have gay parents’ 27 In an Oxford Union debate on Thursday evening, the subject of which being gay parenting, the motion passed with a large majority. -
18 January 2013Comment: ‘Offended by marriage equality’: the admission of a lost argument 102 A number of MPs recently have stated they will oppose marriage equality because they don't want to 'offend' religious people. -
18 January 2013London: City Hall announces winner of gay pride bid 27 London LGBT+ Community Pride has been awarded the right to run the capital’s main gay pride festival for the next five years. -
18 January 2013UK: Smartphones automatically block Pink News and other LGBT news sites 27 Several mobile phone providers have blocked Pink News and other LGBT interest websites as part of the automatic settings that are programmed into smartphones. -
18 January 2013The Saturdays: We ‘aren’t lesbians’ but we ‘like to perve on girls’ 10 Girl band the Saturdays have said that, even though they are not lesbians, they prefer to check out women than men, and said they "perve on girls". -
18 January 2013India: Visa regulations block gay surrogacy to foreigners 6 The Indian Home ministry has circulated rules to embassies which prevent unmarried or gay people travelling to become surrogate parents. -
18 January 2013US: Sperm or egg donors to same-sex couples could be liable to pay child support 7 Questions on whether or not sperm or egg donors could be liable to pay child support have been raised since a US judge ruled that a man must pay child support for the child of a lesbian couple who he donated sperm to, after they split up. -
18 January 2013Oxford Union ‘gay parenting’ debate: The winning speech 9 In an Oxford Union debate on Thursday evening about gay parenting, a motion in support of the principle was passed by a large majority. -
18 January 2013US: President of National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association dies, aged 48 6 The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) has said its president, Michael Triplett, has died. -
18 January 2013Press Complaints Commission to investigate Julie Burchill’s transphobic article 8 The Press Complaints Commission is to launch an inquiry into the Observer's decision to publish a transphobic article by Julie Burchill. -
18 January 2013London: Protesters demonstrate outside Guardian offices over transphobic Burchill article 18 More than 100 transgender people and cisgender allies have taken part in a protest outside the central London offices of the Guardian and Observer newspapers over the publication of a transphobic article by Julie Burchill. -
18 January 2013US: Boeing will now allow pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 2 Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has reversed a previous decision to deny pension survivor benefits for married same-sex couples. -
18 January 2013US: LGBT dragon boat team founded in North Carolina in response to anti-equal marriage law 1 A lesbian in North Carolina has started a dragon boat team for sporty LGBT people after being disheartened by a law that only recognises opposite-sex marriages. -
18 January 2013Peter Tatchell: More gay men are being forced to give police their DNA 28 Peter Tatchell remains concerned by fresh reports of gay men being forced to give DNA samples to police officers. -
18 January 2013US: Pro-gay NFL player Chris Kluwe to release a book of ‘uncensored personal essays’ 5 Equal rights advocate and NFL football player, Chris Kluwe, is to release a book containing "uncensored personal essays" on a range of topics, after passionately defending equal marriage rights for gay people. -
18 January 2013South Africa: Justice ministry requests that ‘gay cure centre’ is investigated 2 The South African justice ministry has requested that the Human Rights Commission investigate a Chrisian arts centre which operates to attempt to "cure" people of their homosexuality. -
18 January 2013Observer’s readers’ editor says ‘it was wrong’ to publish transphobic slurs 62 The Observer’s readers’ editor, Stephen Pritchard, has issued his full response into the paper’s decision to publish a transphobic article by Julie Burchill. -
18 January 2013US: Judge tipped to allow San Francisco nudity ban 21 Lawmakers in San Francisco narrowly approved the nudity ban after complaints regarding the city’s famous gay Castro district in November of last year. -
18 January 2013Gay fashion designer John Galliano attempts to rebuild reputation 19 Disgraced John Galliano is returning to the fashion industry with a temporary role at Oscar de la Renta's New York studio.
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Governor Rick Perry: ‘I am greatly disappointed’ that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members5
Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was ‘repulsed’ by gays and lesbians12
Boy Scouts of America: We will not ‘not sacrifice our mission’ over gay members6
US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage1
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members7
Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay3
UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported10
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship21
US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill+
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but we don’t do them50
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins58- Question Time: Ian Paisley Jr defends saying he was 'repulsed' by gays and lesbians12
- Governor Rick Perry: 'I am greatly disappointed' that the Boy Scouts will allow gay members5
- Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship21
- US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members7
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be 'the right decision'1
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people62- Boy Scouts of America: We will not 'not sacrifice our mission' over gay members6
- Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay3
- US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage1
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur64
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63-
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people62
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US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins58
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