Articles by Gary Spedding

6 June 2013
Poll: 57% of people in Northern Ireland now support equal marriage 13 A new poll has found that a majority of Northern Irish people now support the right of gay and lesbian couples to get married.
27 May 2013
Comment: Homophobia in the Democratic Unionist Party 22 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Gary Spedding reflects on homophobia in Northern Ireland, and the attitude of the Democratic Unionist Party towards gay rights.
22 April 2013
Northern Ireland: Equal marriage legislation to be debated by Assembly 8 A motion calling for legislation in Northern Ireland to allow for same sex marriage will be debated by the Stormont Assembly on the 29th April 2013.
24 January 2013
Politician: I want a tolerant Northern Ireland — but I’m against gay marriage and civil partnerships 53 Democratic Unionist Party MLA Jonathan Bell says he wants Northern Ireland to be "a tolerant and inclusive society" but claims there are “no grounds to redefine marriage”.
9 January 2013
Student activist forced to justify sexuality in asylum case 14 A member of the NUS Black Students’ Campaign Committee is to be brought before a hearing on his asylum in the UK, and has been asked to "prove" his sexuality.
8 January 2013
Comment: Marriage equality is more than a passing possibility in Northern Ireland 14 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Gary Spedding says there are reasons to be optimistic when it comes to Northern Ireland embracing marriage equality in 2013.
9 October 2012
Comment: “It was an amazing push for marriage equality” 6 Despite last week’s equal marriage defeat in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Gary Spedding says there are reasons to be optimistic when it comes to securing LGBT equality in Northern Ireland.

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