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7 March 2013US: FBI to investigate killing of Mississippi gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian as a possible hate crime 5 The FBI will investigate last week's killing of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian as a possible hate crime, the agency has confirmed. -
7 March 2013GLAAD commends Carly Rae Jepsen and Train for pulling out of Boy Scouts jamboree + Gay rights group the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has commended performers Carly Rae Jepsen and Train for pulling out of performing at the Boy Scouts of America's annual jamboree because of the organisation's anti-gay policy. -
7 March 2013Massachusetts: School faces backlash and accusations of ‘blasphemy’ for staging gay biblical play 16 The head of a school in the US state of Massachusetts says a student production of a play that retells the biblical story of Genesis with gay characters will go on as planned despite objections. -
7 March 2013Gay Los Angeles city council candidate elected + Los Angeles City Council District 11 has elected its second consecutive gay man for city council. -
8 March 2013Trans man announces plans to marry his mother’s best friend on live television 19 A trans man took to ITV's This Morning programme earlier this week and announced his intention to marry his mother’s best friend. -
8 March 2013Mexico: Supreme Court rules that anti-gay slurs are hate speech 4 The top court in Mexico has ruled that two words, both anti-gay slurs which are commonly used in the country, are hate speech, and therefore should not be protected as freedom of speech under the constitution. -
8 March 2013Canada: Quebec launches first awareness campaign to tackle homophobia and transphobia 6 The Minister of Justice in Canada's province of Quebec has launched a campaign against homophobia, including television and radio ads attempting to help people become more open and accepting towards same-sex couples. -
8 March 2013Bill Clinton: I signed it, but now the Defense of Marriage Act must be overturned 35 Former US President Bill Clinton, has urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, writing an article which states that, despite signing it himself in 1996, we live in a "different time" and it must be repealed. -
8 March 2013Canadian Government provides funding to Uganda’s embattled LGBT campaigners 8 A leading Canadian newspaper has revealed that Canada is quietly supporting the efforts of LGBT Ugandans in their fight against the country’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. -
8 March 2013New LGBT inclusive domestic violence law signed by Obama 6 President Obama has signed the Violence Against Women Act, which now also protects LGBT Americans from domestic violence and sexual assault. -
8 March 2013US: Family file lawsuit against school for barring their trans daughter from using girls’ bathroom 4 The family of a trans girl has filed a civil rights lawsuit against her school, which has refused to mediate with them over their refusal to let 6 year old Coy use the female toilets. -
8 March 2013London vicar: ‘Gay marriage is a sin and people can be cured from being gay’ 52 A vicar from the Dagenham suburb of London has claimed that equal marriage is a sin, and that people can be "cured from being gay. -
8 March 2013US State Department launches new online LGBT travel guide 6 The US State Department has launched a new website designed to help LGBT travellers. -
8 March 2013Influential Christian blogger defends PinkNews founder Benjamin Cohen against accusations of blasphemy 16 Influential Christian blog Cranmer has defended a BBC Radio 4 programme presented by Benjamin Cohen, the founder of PinkNews, against accusations of blasphemy. -
8 March 2013Labour’s Stephen Twigg’s nose raises questions of its own on Question Time 31 The Labour shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg appeared on Question Time last night, and despite tackling some heavy topics it was his nose which caused the biggest fuss, because of a mark caused by a plaster he was wearing. -
8 March 2013Poll: Support for same-sex marriage among US Catholics rises to 54% 8 A new poll shows support for same-sex marriage among US Catholics continues to rise. -
8 March 2013Archbishop of Canterbury: The bible is ‘clear’ that gay sex and adoption are wrong 143 The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has voiced his opposition to equal rights for gay couples to adopt, and has said that the bible is "clear" that only straight, married people should have sex. -
8 March 2013Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai accused of ‘hate speech’ by gay rights group 11 Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has been criticised for denouncing homosexuality and reportedly saying marriage “should be between a man and a woman.” -
8 March 2013US: Parents of Tyler Clementi demand apology from anti-gay group for speech referring to their son’s suicide 7 The parents of Tyler Clementi, the teenager who committed suicide in 2010, have demanded an apology from an anti-equal marriage advocacy group, the spokeswoman for which recently referred to his death during a speech. -
8 March 2013FBI investigates gay and racist hate incidents at Ohio’s Oberlin College + The FBI has launched an investigation following a series of homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic incidents at an American university historically known for its tolerance.
Articles from March 2013
Top stories
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’4
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches6
Church of England to ask gay clergy about their sex life as part of bishop selection process20
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener2
Pro-equal marriage rally to take place on Monday ahead of House of Lords committee stage7
London: One week until UK’s second Dyke March4
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor3
US: Anti-gay congressman accidentally takes wrong door and attends pro-LGBT event7
- Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches6
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'4
- Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 3
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 11
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
- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 69
- Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
- US: Anti-gay congressman accidentally takes wrong door and attends pro-LGBT event7
- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list1
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
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right60
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 wedding52
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
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay49
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