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25 January 2013
Maria Miller: Teachers won’t be forced to promote same-sex marriage but they must not discriminate or offend 22 Maria Miller, the culture secretary and minister for equalities has attempted to dampen fears that teachers could face action for telling children they oppose same-sex marriages.
24 January 2013
Rhode Island’s House of Representatives passes same-sex marriage bill 10 Rhode Island's House of Representatives has this evening overwhelmingly passed a same-sex marriage equality bill. The final vote was 51 in favour and 19 against.
10 January 2013
UKIP Parliamentary candidate forced to resign for supporting gay equality 37 Just a day after it emerged that the chairman of the UKIP's youth wing, Young Independence had been removed from office for supporting same-sex marriage, a UKIP Parliamentary candidate has been forced to resign following his support for equal marriage.
10 January 2013
Turkish newspaper calls gay people ‘dirty deviants’ after student protest 14 A nationalistic newspaper in Turkey, Yeni Akit (The New Covenant) has described gay people as 'dirty' and 'deviants'.
10 January 2013
Competition: Win £100 to spend on underwear and swimwear with Banglads + PinkNews.co.uk has teamed up with our advertiser Banglads to offer readers the chance to win £100 to spend on underwear and swimwear.
9 January 2013
Rosie O’Donnell and her wife Michelle celebrate birth of baby girl 2 Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell has announced that she and her wife Michelle Rounds are celebrating the birth of a baby girl Dakota.
9 January 2013
Video: Canadian TV ad campaign asks why ‘faggot’ is considered an acceptable word 8 An advertisement for the University of Albertaʼs Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services's No to Homohphobes campaign asks why the word "faggot" can be so casually used in society.
9 January 2013
UKIP removes youth chairman from office for supporting gay rights 93 UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) has removed the chairman of its youth wing, Young Independence, in part due to his support for same-sex marriage. It has not however removed officials before for stating that gay couples adopting is "child abuse" or that people who read PinkNews should be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
8 January 2013
Feature: Would you like to become a Trustee of StreetGames, a great UK sports charity? + StreetGames UK Limited is a sports charity launched in January 2007 to promote sport for young people living in the most disadvantaged communities. We are looking for proficient individuals to join our Board of Trustees in February 2013.
7 January 2013
US Supreme Court schedules two day hearing for same-sex marriage cases 4 The US Supreme Court has announced that it will hear two days of arguments relating to same-sex marriage at the end of March.
7 January 2013
US: TV actor Matt Dallas comes out as gay and engaged 11 US actor Matt Dallas who formerly starred in ABC's 'Kyle XY' has come out as gay thanks to a remarkably casual posting on Twitter.
7 January 2013
New iPhone app to help people with HIV access health information on the move 2 A new iPhone App, 'Life plus', has been launched by the sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust with funding from the Elton John AIDS Foundation to help the 5,000 members of its myHIV service get access to information on their condition wherever they go.
7 January 2013
David Cameron: We haven’t made it clear enough that churches won’t be forced to marry gay couples 31 David Cameron has reaffirmed his commitment to same-sex marriage but said that the Government hasn't communicated the changes very well to those who fear changes being imposed on churches.
4 January 2013
Grants to be awarded to support Football v Homophobia campaign 2 The Football v Homophobia (FvH) campaign, supported by Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) has launched a programme of small grants to combat homophobia in the sport during 2013.
3 January 2013
US: Tammy Baldwin becomes first openly gay member sworn into US Senate 5 Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay politician to be sworn into the US Senate. Earlier today, the junior senator for Wisconsin swore the oath of office to US Vice-President Joe Biden.
3 January 2013
Gay Catholic Mass organisers: We’re stopping services because we’re victims of our own success 42 Following reports yesterday that Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols had ruled that masses throughout Soho in central London, designed specifically for gay people must end, the organisers of the masses say that they are ceasing their masses because they are victims of their own success.
3 January 2013
Gay relationships finally coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic computer game 5 The Star Wars: The Old Republic will be following other games to give players the options of same-sex relationships and romances.
3 January 2013
Glee creator Ryan Murphy and his husband post photo of their new baby boy 4 Ryan Murphy, the creator of high school music drama Glee, and his husband David Miller have published a photograph of their newborn son Logan celebrating the birth of their first son Logan Phines.
2 January 2013
Jim Davidson arrested by sexual abuse inquiry police + The controversial comedian Jim Davidson has been arrested by police investigating allegations of sexual abuse. Last year, Davidson weighed in on the Jimmy Savile scandal by suggesting gay entertainers are more likely to be sexual abusers.
31 December 2012
Maryland: Couples await midnight for state’s first same-sex marriages 7 Numerous gay couples across Maryland will be celebrating the New Year with a bumper toast as they share the occasion with their marriages, the first to be conducted following the a referendum to legislate for marriage equality.

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