Christopher joined PinkNews.co.uk as a reporter and news editor in 2010
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10 August 2012Police in Michigan fail to take action against gay hate protest group 34 Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have said they would not be charging a group of Bible-preaching protesters who threatened to rape a woman at a gay event because no one came forward with a "specific complaint". -
10 August 2012Tory MP Nick Boles claims expenses to learn his civil partner’s language 78 Tory MP for Grantham and Stamford Nick Boles decided to learn Hebrew after entering into a civil partnership with his Israeli boyfriend, and included the £678 cost of the lessons on his parliamentary expenses account. -
10 August 2012Digital traffic sign in Utah displays homophobic message after being hacked 22 A computerised traffic sign in Provo, Utah was hacked on Wednesday, so that the display alternated between "GOD HATES GAYS" and "FOLLOW DETOUR". -
10 August 2012Mass rallies in support of marriage equality to take place across Australia this weekend 5 Mass rallies are taking place in eight Australian cities this weekend to mark the eight-year anniversary of the country's ban on marriage equality. -
10 August 2012Australian minister says Christians against marriage equality are not being discriminatory 72 The leader of Australia's Presbyterian Church has said that followers of Christianity are not being discriminatory in their belief that the definition of marriage should apply to opposite sex couples only.
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9 April 2012Capriles recovers from homophobic smear campaign in Venezuelan elections 8 Henrique Capriles, the 39-year-old Venezuelan opposition candidate who was the recent victim of a homophobic smear campaign, has risen in the polls, and is now one per cent below President Hugo Chavez, whose campaign has been affected by his cancer treatment. -
9 April 2012Anti-discrimination bill results in Anchorage called into question over allegations of voter fraud 6 The recent, much-contested gay rights ballot initiative in Anchorage, Alaska - which would have banned discrimination in the city on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity had it passed - has put the city at the centre of a huge controversy over allegations of voter fraud, disenfranchisement, uncounted ballots and more. -
9 April 2012Senator John Kerry seeks to prevent lesbian being deported to Pakistan 8 John Kerry is aiming to help prevent one half of a married lesbian couple in Massachusetts from deported back to Pakistan. -
9 April 2012Study finds high levels of homophobia in Australia’s Arab community 12 A study in Australia has found many gay people in the country's Arabic community have been subject to high levels of homophobic violence and verbal abuse.
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9 April 2012Anti-discrimination bill in Moldova being challenged by Orthodox Church 19 The Alliance for European Integration (AIE) is attempting to pass an anti-discrimination bill in the Moldovan city of Balti, where the City Council passed an ordinance banning the "propagandising" of homosexuality. -
9 April 2012Gay Muslim men have marriage blessed in France 13 Two gay Muslim men have married in France - where marriage between gay people is not yet recognised - with the blessing of an imam. -
9 April 2012KD Lang to collaborate with Alberta Ballet for new production 4 KD Lang is to collaborate with the Alberta Ballet in Canada, for a new production called Balletlujah! -
9 April 2012Mr Gay World 2012 won by German man 34 The fourth Mr Gay World contest took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. This was the first time that the contest included black African participants, whose involvement brought its own fraught set of problems. -
6 April 2012Gay couple to use White House Easter event to confront Obama 6 A gay couple plan to ask President Obama to sign an executive order banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation at Monday’s annual Easter Egg roll, which takes place on the White House lawn. -
6 April 2012Italian Catholic group calls for boycott of new gay-themed film 36 A Catholic political group in Italy, calling themselves the Militia Christi, are calling for a boycott of a new gay-themed film. -
6 April 2012Mr Gay World finals take place this weekend in Johannesburg 2 The 2012 Mr Gay World competition is to be held at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, South Africa, this Sunday, but some of the African competitors will be absent or participating apprehensively. -
6 April 2012Australian faith leaders declare support for gay couples marrying 15 Twenty Australian faith leaders have signed a letter urging citizens of the country to declare their support for same sex-marriage to two federal parliamentary inquiries on the issue.
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6 April 2012Israeli committee to recommend legal surrogacy for gay couples 2 As a result of a gay couple's appeal to the High Court of Justice in Israel, a public committee which regulates issues around fertility and childbirth in Israel is to recommend changing current legislation on adoption, which excludes gay couples. -
6 April 2012Possible gay link to death of French academic in New York 15 A married Parisian academic who was found dead in his Manhattan hotel room on Tuesday this week is said to have been using gay hook-up websites on his laptop prior to his death. -
6 April 2012Activists in St Petersburg arrested for protesting against ‘gay propaganda’ ban 5 Police detained two men in St. Petersburg yesterday for protesting against the new law banning "gay propaganda". As a result, the men are likely to become the first to be convicted under said law.
