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17 January 2013Yvette Cooper warns against ‘unfair’ police DNA targeting of gay men 15 Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says she is concerned by allegations of gay men being forced to give DNA samples to police officers. -
17 January 2013Mississippi: Long-serving gay Republican mayor to step down 2 A gay Republican Mississippi mayor says he will not seek re-election this year - and is leaving office under a cloud. -
17 January 2013University of Tennessee considers offering gender neutral housing 9 The University of Tennessee is considering offering gender neutral dorms to students. -
17 January 2013UK: Cafe owner accuses gay campaigners of targeting him for a 2nd time over Uganda trip 14 A cafe owner who denies accusations of homophobia, having attended an event in Uganda where there were anti-gay speakers present, claims to have closed his cafe for a second time due to the threat of further protests. -
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.
Articles from 2013
Top stories
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’5
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list2
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches18
Church of England to ask gay clergy about their sex life as part of bishop selection process27
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 stage8
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 searches18
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'5
- 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
- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list2
- 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
- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 69
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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