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21 March 2013US: Mexican food chain cancels sponsorship of key Boy Scouts fundraising event 4 Mexican food chain Chipotle, has pulled its funding of a Boy Scouts of America event in Utah, after admitting that, due to the organisation's anti-gay policy, Chipotle was in breach of its corporate non-discrimination policy. -
21 March 2013Canada: Bill criminalising anti-transgender discrimination passes in House of Commons 3 A bill protecting transgender people from discrimination narrowly passed in Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday. -
21 March 2013US Paediatricians: Equal marriage for same-sex parents is the most beneficial option 5 A group of top US paediatricians on Thursday announced its endorsement of equal marriage, as a way of ensuring that children receive security and benefits in their upbringing. -
21 March 2013Somalia: Man stoned to death for alleged sexual act with teenage boy 20 Reports out of Somalia say a man has been stoned to death for carrying out an alleged sexual act with a 13-year-old boy. -
21 March 2013US: Ohio Methodist Church to launch LGBT-inclusive worship service 1 A Methodist Church in the US state of Ohio is to launch a new worship service in April, which intends to be fully inclusive of the LGBT community, and to welcome those who may have felt unwelcome in other churches. -
21 March 2013Taiwan: Gay rights activist to reboot campaign for equal marriage following setback 1 A gay rights activist in Taiwan has promised to appeal against the country's ban on equal marriage, after being turned down whilst attempting to register to marry his partner. -
21 March 2013Study: 93% of football fans rate professional players by performance before sexuality 5 A lecturer at Loughborough University has released results of a study into homophobia in football, which he says shows the majority of fans are tolerant of gay people and will even criticise anti-gay language. -
21 March 2013UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report 4 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.” -
21 March 2013Conor Maynard and Boy George to perform at London gay festival 2 Boy George and Conor Maynard have been confirmed as acts to perform at the upcoming As One in the Park festival, a gay outdoor festival in London, later this year. -
21 March 2013Video: Pastor says Sodom and Gomorrah was God’s ‘pilot study’ for ‘homosexual society’ 30 An anti-gay US pastor has responded to a question on his internet radio show, to say that the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah was meant as God to be a "pilot study", and a way of dealing with "homosexual society". -
21 March 2013UK: Teenage TV actor denies male rape allegation and says girlfriend did not believe the pair were having a bisexual relationship + A teenage TV actor from Surrey who allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy to prove to his girlfriend he was bisexual, only took part in consensual sex, a court has heard. -
21 March 2013US: Family Research Council tells members to pray that pro-same-sex marriage Supreme Court lawyers are ‘inept’ 22 Conservative Christian lobby group the Family Research Council have released guides on their website which urge readers to pray that the US Supreme Court maintains anti-equal marriage laws, calling the alternative "an assault against Jesus Christ, Himself." -
21 March 2013US: University pulls state funding from sex education week following Fox News ‘lesbian bondage’ complaint 14 The University of Tennessee (UT) has made the decision to pull state funding from a week-long sex education event, following a complaint by a Fox News radio host who claimed that it was giving the money to a "lesbian bondage" expert. -
21 March 2013Kent: LGBT campaigners take part in Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement protest 6 Several LGBT campaigners have taken part in a demonstration outside Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, amid the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. -
21 March 2013Row between Netherlands and Turkey over lesbian foster couple overshadows prime ministerial visit 23 Dutch PM Mark Rutte has rejected an appeal by his Turkish counterpart for ministerial-level talks over the case of a boy taken from his Turkish parents in the Netherlands and placed in the foster care of a lesbian couple. -
22 March 2013US Senator: ‘I’m not gay, so I’m not going to marry one’ 18 A Republican Senator in the US answered the question of whether his views opposing equal marriage had changed briefly and frankly, saying that they had not. -
22 March 2013US: Bill to lift ban on HIV positive organ donation passes Senate committee 7 The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), on Thursday praised a US Senate committee for approving a bill which would allow the donation of HIV positive organs to HIV positive recipients. -
22 March 2013UK: Man jailed for killing gay teenager by setting his genitals on fire at party 130 A man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for killing a gay teenager with Asperger syndrome by setting his genitals on fire. -
22 March 2013High Court backs Transport for London’s decision to ban gay ‘cure’ bus adverts 55 A decision of Transport for London (TfL) to ban bus adverts promoting gay conversion therapy was not unlawful, the High Court has ruled. -
22 March 2013UK: Woman jailed for obtaining sexual consent of another woman ‘by fraud’ 34 An 18-year-old woman has been jailed for three years on the grounds of obtaining the sexual consent of another woman “by fraud” because the victim thought she was male.
Articles from 2013
Top stories
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 846
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members+
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years16
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’25
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title8
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage10
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage22
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate33
- Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
- Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years16
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins55
US Radio host: Gays aren't human so aren't protected by the US constitution168
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote60- US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'25
- Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title 8
- France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage22
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his 'aggressive homosexuality community' jibe 18
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 93
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill65-
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote60
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58-
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins55
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