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23 May 2012
In Photos: Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego 8 A street in San Diego, California has been renamed in honour of the gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, on what would have been his 82nd birthday.
23 May 2012
Tory Justice Minister, Crispin Blunt, is @Out4Marriage 22 The Tory MP for Reigate constituency in Surrey, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Prisons and Youth Justice, Crispin Blunt, has recorded a video for the @Out4Marriage campaign, adding to the ever-growing collection of videos from celebrities and politicians for the campaign.
23 May 2012
Gay superhero in Astonishing X-Men to get married to his partner 24 The Marvel comic-strip, X-Men, is to feature its first same-sex wedding, as an openly gay superhero proposed to his boyfriend in an issue that went on sale this week.
23 May 2012
Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage 65 Just as Owen Paterson, the Tory Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, became the first cabinet minister to oppose equal marriage, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and the Deputy Prime Minister, has issued a warning to the Conservatives not to back down on the introduction of marriage equality.
23 May 2012
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage 89 The Tory MP Owen Paterson, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has become the first cabinet member to publicly declare his opposition to marriage equality.
22 May 2012
Croatia may introduce civil partnerships for gay couples 29 Croatia may introduce legislations to allow same-sex couples to form domestic partnerships, and also to recognise marriages between members of the same-sex performed elsewhere.
22 May 2012
Anti-paedophile vigilante who murdered gay man jailed for 18 years 50 An anti-paedophile vigilante, who murdered a gay man whom he wrongly believed to be a child molester, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, and told that he may never be released therefrom.
22 May 2012
Advertising Standards Authority accused of bias over Lord Smith’s @Out4Marriage video 47 The anti-equality group, Coalition for Marriage (C4M) and the religious blogger, Archbishop Cranmer, have accused the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of bias, after its chairman, Lord Smith, recorded and released a video for the @Out4Marriage Campaign, which asks people who support marriage equality to record and disseminate their message on YouTube.
22 May 2012
Video: Lady Gaga kisses Marge Simpson 11 US pop-star and gay-rights campaigner Lady Gaga has shared an on-screen kiss with Marge Simpson, in the latest episode of the longest running cartoon-sitcom on television.
22 May 2012
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people 226 A pastor from North Carolina has been recorded, in opposing President Obama's endorsement of equal marriage, calling for gay men and lesbians to be put in an electrified penitentiary and be ultimately killed off.
22 May 2012
War erupts between India’s cricket chief and his gay son 34 The gay son of India's cricket chief tells Indian newspapers that his father is using his political influence to torture him and his partner, and that this was now 'a fight to the finish.'
22 May 2012
Gay couples and women over 40 to receive fertility treatment through NHS 11 Same-sex couples and women over 40 will be entitled to free in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment through the National Health Service (NHS), for the first time according to guidelines to be published today.
21 May 2012
Zimbabwe rejects gay rights, says gay people will be imprisoned 61 After meeting with the UN human rights chief, the justice minister of Zimbabwe vowed not to recognise any gay rights, and also rejected allegations that the country has state-sponsored violence.
21 May 2012
Bisexual councillor in Thanet fears ‘hate campaign’ 11 A bisexual councillor in Kent has said that he may be the target of a homophobic campaign, after receiving a hostile voicemail message, the BBC reports.
21 May 2012
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days over filming roommate’s gay kiss 113 A US student who was convicted of using a webcam to secretly film his room-mate sharing a gay kiss, who eventually committed suicide, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.
20 May 2012
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms 132 The US clothing retailer GAP has released a new advertising campaign in Los Angeles, which features a gay couple embracing under one t-shirt, and has predictably drawn the wrath of the anti-gay group, One Million Moms.
20 May 2012
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder 121 A middle-school teacher in Kansas has courted condemnation from students and gay rights activists after he wrote on his Facebook page that being gay was 'the same as murder.'
20 May 2012
US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage 31 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has passed a resolution yesterday endorsing equal marriage, two weeks following President Obama's move to do so.
19 May 2012
Republicans hastily add anti-equal marriage coda to a defence bill 54 In a sign that equal marriage might be made a more prominent issue than previously thought, following President Obama's support for the measure, Republican-led House of Representatives have hastily added a provision on to a large-scale defence bill that would ban equal marriage ceremonies at military chapels.
19 May 2012
Malaysia: Muslim lesbian activist launches controversial book 21 A Canadian Muslim has launched a controversial new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia, where the majority of citizens are Muslim, despite attempts by a government minister to ban the event.

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