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12 February 2013US: Basketball player Kobe Bryant chastises Twitter fan for using ‘gay’ as an insult 8 A US basketball player has been commended for voicing his disapproval at a fan's use of the word "gay" as an insult. -
12 February 2013Canada: Minister defends funding decision for anti-gay group 9 The Canadian minister responsible for the government agency which had provided funding to a group which was openly opposed to homosexuality has defended the funding decision, saying that the money was for a specific project. -
12 February 2013Uganda: British producer of gay play deported from country 3 UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged with breaking Uganda’s laws in relation to his play featuring a gay storyline has been deported from the country. -
12 February 2013London: Serial thief who targeted gay men banned from every Soho public toilet 23 A thief who preyed on gay men in London for more than a decade has been banned from every public toilet in Soho. -
12 February 2013East London gay pub faces uncertain future 15 London’s gay community is being urged to help save a popular gay bar from the threat of closure. -
12 February 2013Indiana: Homophobic students and parents seek to ban gay classmates from attending prom 24 A school in the US state of Indiana is in the spotlight after some students and parents urged for gay people to be banned from attending a prom. -
12 February 2013Topless feminists celebrate the resignation of Pope Bendict XVI in Notre Dame 19 Topless members of a Ukrainian feminist group have taken to Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral in celebration at the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation. -
12 February 2013UK: Same-sex marriage bill to face scrutiny from Commons committee by MPs with mixed views on equality 24 The Public Bill Committee of the House of Commons – made up of MPs who both have spoken against and in favour of LGBT equality – begins the task of scrutinising the government’s equal marriage bill this afternoon. -
12 February 2013Manchester: Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murdering Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes + Dale Cregan has now pleaded guilty to murdering two police officers - one of whom was planning to enter into a civil partnership. -
12 February 2013France: National Assembly expected to pass equal marriage bill 2 France could take another step closer to legalising marriage equality, as its National Assembly is set to vote on a measure to legalise it this afternoon. -
12 February 2013Labour MP Chris Bryant criticises Culture Secretary Maria Miller for saying marriage is the ‘gold standard’ 34 Labour MP Chris Bryant has taken offence after Culture Secretary Maria Miller said marriage was the “gold standard” – with the MP claiming it devalued his own civil partnership. -
12 February 2013French National Assembly approves equal marriage bill 12 France took a step closer to legalising equal marriage and adoptions for same sex couples, as its National Assembly approved a bill to do so, during its second reading today.
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12 February 2013Terrence Higgins Trust launches extensive online trans health service + UK HIV and sexual health charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), announces its launch of a new health and wellbeing advice service for transgender people. -
12 February 2013Stonewall boss: Civil partnerships haven’t reduced homophobia so we need equal marriage 33 The chief executive of Stonewall says his charity’s support for equal marriage stems from the failure of civil partnership legalisation to reduce homophobia in British society. -
12 February 2013Coalition for Marriage: ‘The equal marriage bill is causing a shortage of teachers’ 59 Whilst giving evidence to the The Public Bill Committee of the House of Commons around the equal marriage bill, the Coalition for Marriage blamed potential marriage equality for a shortage of teachers. -
12 February 2013Michael Gove seeks to reassure Tory equal marriage critics in front of committee 13 Education Secretary Michael Gove has again sought to reassure critical Conservative MPs that the government’s same-sex marriage bill for England and Wales poses no threat to teachers who disagree with the reform. -
12 February 2013Tory MP David Burrowes: PinkNews is ‘fomenting abuse’ against equal marriage opponents 92 Tory MP David Burrows has accused PinkNews of "fomenting hostility" against the opponents of equal marriage. -
13 February 2013Canada: Foreign Affairs Minister slams anti-gay statements by government funded group 19 The Canadian Minster for Foreign Affairs has attacked what he deemed "offensive" and "mean-spirited" statements on the website of a Christian group which receives federal funding for work in Uganda. -
13 February 2013Associated Press updates its style guide on whether to call married gay couples ‘husband’ or ‘wife’ 24 Same-sex couples in marriages or civil partnerships should not be classified as “husband” and “wife” according to the Associated Press’ style guide – unless they already use the terms. -
13 February 2013India: Police raid gay party and arrest 22 men 6 Police in Mumbai have raided a bungalow where a gay party was being held and booked 22 men for indecent behaviour and lacking permissions to hold a party.
Articles from February 2013
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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 partnerships18
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault77
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 assault77
- 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 assault77
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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