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8 February 2013Gay husband of Facebook co-founder announces plan to run for US Congress 16 Sean Eldridge, the gay husband of Facebook founder Chris Hughes, has announced plans to run for the US Congress in 2014. -
8 February 2013Trans woman student abused and shoved out of toilets at Leeds University 267 A trans woman student at Leeds University was verbally abused and pushed out of the Student Union's female toilets by two girls. -
8 February 2013Tory MP Peter Luff: I received foul emails and was told to repent after voting for equal marriage 25 Conservative MP Peter Luff says he received a flood of homophobic letters and emails after voting to support the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. -
8 February 2013US Columnist: ‘Bowing to calls for equality is like letting a disabled child play with matches’ 38 A columnist for a US conservative news site has written that bowing to pressure from a "militant homosexual lobby" on LGBT rights was like "capitulating to a developmentally disabled child who wants to play with matches". -
8 February 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘Boris Johnson’s support for equal marriage was a game changer’ 18 Peter Tatchell has emphasised what he calls the game-changing decision of London Mayor Boris Johnson to support David Cameron's equal marriage reform. -
8 February 2013Tory Eastleigh by-election candidate denies making homophobic slur — but confirms she’s against equality 48 The Conservative Party’s candidate for this month’s Eastleigh by-election denies saying Labour did more for “immigrants, the gays, the bloody foxes” than children with special needs. -
8 February 2013US: Man gets 18 months for homophobic petrol station assault 2 The attacker in a homophobic assault at a petrol station in the US city of Detroit in 2011 has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty. -
8 February 2013Gay Cameroon asylum seeker assaulted by private security team at Heathrow Airport 9 An asylum seeker from Cameroon, who has previously been persecuted due to his sexuality in his home country, claims he was assaulted by private security at Heathrow Airport. -
8 February 2013US Radio Host: ‘Equal marriage is a pernicious lie of Satan’ 42 A US Christian radio host has said that equal marriage is a "pernicious lie of satan", and said that equal rights advocates wanted to "redefine humanity completely". -
8 February 2013Ellen DeGeneres criticises Boy Scouts of America for stalling on removing anti-gay ban 4 Ellen DeGeneres is the latest celebrity to urge the Boy Scouts of America to change its anti-gay policy. -
8 February 2013UKIP leader Nigel Farage blames European Commission report for David Cameron’s same-sex marriage bill 121 UKIP have claimed that an EU report is sparking the push for equal marriage in Britain and France. -
8 February 2013Miami: Judge rules gay man and lesbian couple can all be named on child’s birth certificate 24 After a two year court battle a judge has ruled that a gay man who gave his sperm to a lesbian couple for artificial insemination can have his name on the child's birth certificate along with the two women. -
8 February 2013Obama criticised for attending prayer breakfast with group linked with anti-gay Ugandan lawmakers 20 Barack Obama has been criticised for attending the National Prayer Breakfast, a conservative-hosted event with alleged links to Ugandan anti-gay lawmakers, without addressing gay rights. -
10 February 2013Tory MP: Same-sex marriage will damage youth who will grow out of a ‘normal gay phase’ 69 Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling, Sir John Stanley, has claimed that homosexuality is a 'normal phase' for youngsters before become heterosexual in later life. -
10 February 2013Senior Tory town councillor quits over equal marriage vote 16 A senior Conservative Party town councillor has quit the party because of his opposition to equal marriage, a bill to legalise which was resoundingly accepted at second reading by a large majority in the House of Commons on Tuesday. -
11 February 2013Fox News uses lesbian kiss wedding photo in article about ‘traditional’ marriage 24 Fox News appeared to have accidentally included a picture of a lesbian couple kissing at their wedding, to accompany an article written about traditional gender roles in marriage. -
11 February 2013US: Seattle lawyer returns Eagle Scout badge in protest against scouts gay ban + A Seattle civil rights and employment attorney has returned his Eagle Scout badge in protest against the Boy Scouts of America's ongoing ban on gay scouts, volunteers and staff. -
11 February 2013Anti-gay evangelical group receives funding from the Canadian government 19 An anti-gay evangelical organisation which describes homosexuality as a "perversion" has been receiving funding from Canada's government for work in Uganda. -
11 February 2013Kent: Bisexual councillor receives death threat letter 6 A bisexual Kent councillor has received yet more homophobic abuse; this time a hand-written death threat letter. -
11 February 2013Frank Ocean snubbed by Chris Brown at Grammy Awards 7 Frank Ocean and Chris Brown still appear to be enemies after the latter refused to join his showbiz pals in giving a standing ovation to the bisexual R&B singer at last night’s Grammy Awards.
Articles from February 2013
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Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a ‘cynical trap’11
Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities3
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault82
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
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 assault82
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play9
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21- Lynne Featherstone: I support opposite-sex civil partnerships but the amendment may be a 'cynical trap'11
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2
50 Cent says men who don't sleep with women 'should just kill themselves'123- Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church's opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships20
- Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill10
Birmingham: LGBT sports centre to be opened by naked charity calendar stars Warwick Rowers11
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Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion131
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 assault82
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-
Tory MP David Burrowes: I only want a referendum on same-sex marriage so I can defeat the government's bill54
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