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26 February 2013US: Pro-marriage equality GOP lawmaker dismisses $500,000 threat from anti-gay group 11 A Republican state Senator from Minnesota who said he would vote for equal marriage and was the target of a new pledge by anti-equality group the National Organization for Marriage to defeat him, has said he will not bow to the financial pressure. -
26 February 2013John Bercow wrongly outs rugby star Ben Cohen in gay gaffe 22 The Speaker of the House of Commons was left red-faced after accidently referring to rugby star Ben Cohen as “openly gay” – even though the former player has a wife and is straight. -
26 February 2013Bermuda says no to same-sex marriages 8 A top Bermuda minister has said the government has ruled out allowing same-sex marriage. -
26 February 2013US radio host praises African countries for refusing to decriminalise homosexuality 24 Linda Harvey, a host of the Ohio based Christian radio station WRFD has praised countries which refuse to decriminalise homosexuality and said that the "radical" effort of the White House to achieve equal human rights -
26 February 2013UK: Gay hate Islamic preacher to visit Reading University 65 An Islamic cleric, who has called for gay people to be punished with death, is due to visit Reading University on Thursday. -
26 February 2013US: Drag queen disinvited from reading to kids for being “inappropriate” 3 A drag cabaret star in the US city of Philadelphia had an invitation to read to primary school aged children as part of an after school program, revoked, as officials deemed the invitation "inappropriate". -
26 February 2013Manchester University society shut down after anti-gay Muslim video expose 33 A society at the University of Manchester has closed after a student secretly filmed an extremist Muslim saying gay people should be killed – with a complaint then received by police. -
26 February 2013First clause of equal marriage bill passes Committee stage in UK Parliament 35 The first clause of the equal marriage bill has passed in the committee considering it in the UK Parliament today. -
26 February 2013Australia: Lesbian councillor denies ‘mean-spirited’ u-turn on rainbow street 10 A lesbian Sydney councillor who opposed plans to set up rainbow crossings in the city's gay district has replied to her critics and says she actually wanted them to be permanent, and only opposed plans to make them temporary. -
26 February 2013US: College fraternity campaigns to raise money for trans brother’s surgery 7 A college fraternity in the US has defied the macho and unaccepting "frat boy" stereotype by campaigning to raise $4,800 for a transgender member's surgery. -
26 February 2013Leader of South Africa’s Agang Party says being gay is ‘how God created us’ 8 Mamphela Ramphele, the leader of South Africa’s new Agang Party, has made comments in which she supports LGBT rights and opposes homophobia. -
26 February 2013US: 75 leading Republicans call on Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage Prop 8 ban 9 Around 75 leading Republican figures have signed a briefing urging the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, in a move which could have a significant effect on the Republican Party and equal marriage in the US. -
26 February 2013Russian Foreign Minister: ‘Homosexual propaganda’ bill will protect the majority of Russians from pro-gay views 27 The Russian Foreign Minister has defended an anti-gay law which he says will protect the majority of Russians against "discrimination" from LGBT people promoting their values. -
26 February 2013Texas teen boy fights to wear dress to high school prom 17 A high school senior in Texas is fighting to wear a red dress, high heels and a blonde wig to a school prom. -
26 February 2013Rugby star Ben Cohen tells MPs that more needs to be done to combat homophobia in sport 9 Rugby star Ben Cohen has told MPs at a parliamentary event that sport has a huge role to play in reducing anti-gay bullying. -
27 February 2013US: School district backs down in fight to stop student wearing anti-gay t-shirt 26 Connecticut school district officials have allowed a student to wear a t-shirt bearing an anti-gay message, following a fight to attempt to stop him. -
27 February 201360 US companies call on Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans 4 Some of America’s largest companies including Apple, Facebook, eBay, Intel, and Morgan Stanley are set to call on the US Supreme Court to strike down laws banning same-sex marriages. -
27 February 2013Chuck Hagel confirmed as US Defence Secretary despite past anti-gay remarks 2 Having faced criticism over his previous homophobic views, the US Senate has confirmed Chuck Hagel as the new US Defence Secretary. -
27 February 2013Pope Benedict XVI holds final Vatican audience and says: ‘God would not let the church sink” 28 Amid a wave of controversy over the sexual conduct of Catholic male priests, Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his final message at the Vatican's St Peter's Square - he said God would not let the church "sink." -
27 February 2013Comment: Why I’m inspired by Alan Turing 12 As LGBT History Month draws to a close, LGBT youth volunteer Thomas Wales writes for PinkNews on why it’s important to remember Alan Turing.
Articles from 2013
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Poll: 73% of MPs support civil partnerships amendment to equal marriage bill+
China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities1
Archbishop of Canterbury endorses Church’s opposition to opposite-sex civil partnerships7
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault40
Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans faces third claim of sexual assault+
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion113
Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath+
Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or ‘change leadership’21
US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May+
New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
- London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault40
- Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion113
Eurovision: Same-sex kisses feature in songs for Finland and host Sweden2- Finland's pro-equality 'Marry Me' places 24th in Eurovision final20
- Conservative Grassroots warn party to drop equal marriage or 'change leadership'21
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions21
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
- New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime1
- 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 rebellion113
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
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
Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was 'raped with beer bottles'55
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