James Park is a reporter for PinkNews.co.uk
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6 May 2012Tory MP Nadine Dorries: ‘I’ve never met a gay couple that wants to marry, so bin the policy’ 313 Following a tirade against the prime minister in the Daily Mail, Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has stuck the boot into his pledge to introduce equal civil marriage for gay couples before the next election. She suggests that most gay people don't support changing the law. -
6 May 2012Video: US Vice President Joe Biden supports marriage for gay couples 35 US Vice President Joe Biden has told 'Meet the Press' that he "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples marrying. He credits the television programme Will and Grace on evolving many American's attitudes to homosexuality. -
3 May 2012London Evening Standard comes out for equal marriage 34 Following comments made by the Prime Minister David Cameron where he reaffirmed his commitment to same sex civil marriage equality, the London Evening Standard has joined The Times and other newspapers in backing a change in the law. -
2 May 2012David Cameron: ‘The time has come for gay couples to marry’ 116 Following claims by the Mail on Sunday that the Tory Chief Whip, Patrick McLoughlin told MPs that proposals for equal marriage will be "kicked into the long grass", the Prime Minister has used a pre-local election interview to reaffirm his commitment to the cause. -
2 May 2012Boris Johnson: No separate LGBT manifesto and no answers to PinkNews readers’ questions 49 Incumbent Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson both appeared to reneged on his promise to launch an LGBT manifesto and a promise to answer the questions of PinkNews readers. But a document published last night entitled 'Uniting Londoners' does contain a number of LGBT policies and a reference to PinkNews. -
28 April 2012Exclusive: Education Secretary orders investigation of Catholic Schools’ anti-gay petition scandal 125 The Education Secretary Michael Gove has ordered officials to investigate the promotion of an anti-gay marriage petition by the Catholic Education Service uncovered by PinkNews.co.uk on Wednesday. This publication revealed that the organisation had written to more than 359 state funded Catholic secondary schools in England and Wales to inform students of the Catholic Church's objections to the Government's plans to allow gay couples to marry and to promote a petition to the prime minister organised by the anti-gay Coalition for Marriage. -
28 April 2012Iain Duncan Smith defies Catholic Church to back marriage for gay couples 51 The most senior Catholic in the British Government, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, has confirmed that he will be supporting Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to introduce equal civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples. In a remarkable evolution of his own personal approach to LGBT rights, he pointed out that in a country where so many hetrosexual couples are breaking up, marriage equality is a positive method of creating a more stable society. -
26 April 2012Welsh government to investigate PinkNews exposé that Catholic schools promote anti-gay petition 63 The Welsh Government is to begin an offical investigation after PinkNews.co.uk exposed that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 300 English and Welsh schools to promote the Coalition for Marriage's anti-gay petition which asks the British Government not to go ahead with prime minister David Cameron's pledge to introduce marriage equality in England and Wales -
25 April 2012Mother banned from being US Cub Scout leader for being a lesbian vows to fight on 15 Jennifer Tyrrell, a leader of a Cub Scouts pack in Bridgeport, Ohio, who was banned from being a leader due to her sexuality says that she will fight the Boy Scouts of America for its discrimination against gay and lesbian leaders and members. -
25 April 2012Joe McElderry victim of ‘Twitter homophobia’, again 25 X Factor star Joe McElderry, who came out as gay following his Twitter account being hacked, has become a victim of homophia on the social network once again. -
25 April 2012Russia: Father imprisoned gay teen son in rehab clinic after a witch failed to exorcise his homosexuality 27 A teenager has escaped from a rehab clinic after his traditonalist father had him locked up and drugged after he came out to him aged 16. The boy's grandmother had previously used the services of a 'witch' to cure him of his homosexuality. -
25 April 2012India: Man arrested for allegedly murdering friend who ‘forced him into a gay relationship’ 7 Police in New Delhi have arrested a 20-year-old man, identified only as Wasim, who is accused of murdering a friend who he claimed continually forced him into a homosexual relationship. -
25 April 2012Hillary Clinton: In Asia and Africa gay rights is a ‘totally foreign concept’ 30 Echoing her landmark speech to the United Nations, to an audience at Syracuse University, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said that many foreign leaders in Africa and Asia consider gay rights and indeed womens' rights to be a "totally foreign concept." -
24 April 2012In Photos: Alan Cumming, Christina Perri and other celebs join NOH8 campaign 1 More famous faces have taken part in the NoH8 campaign including Alan Cumming and Christina Perri. The campaign was launched following the passing of anti-gay marriage measure Proposition 8 in California and has seen scores of celebrities take part to raise awareness for the cause. -
24 April 2012Christian campaigners to seek judicial review of Mayor’s decision to ban anti-gay bus ads 31 The groups behind the 'ex-gay' London bus adverts have confirmed that they are intending to seek a judicial review of the decision by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London to ban the adverts from being displayed by Transport for London. The group is also considering bringing legal action for breach of contract against advertising display agency CSBO. -
17 April 2012Video: FCKH8 says ‘It Doesn’t Get Better’ (for people who hate gays) 22 FCKH8's latest video mocks the lunacy of homophobia hate groups featuring US celebrities Chris Thompson, Shane Dawson, Glozell, Miles Jai, and Tyler Oakley. -
14 April 2012Deputy First Minister of Scotland handed petition against equal marriage by her own constituents 88 More than 1,000 Catholic constituents of the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, have signed a petition calling for her to oppose changing the law to allow gay couples to marry. -
13 April 2012Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie give up on waiting for marriage equality and get engaged 47 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have finally decided to abandon their pledge not to marry until every couple in the United States can do the same, gay or straight. The couple had indicated that they were facing pressure from their children to formalise their relationship. -
10 April 2012Video: New York University Athletics department makes It Gets Better film 8 New York University Athletics Department has released a poignant It Gets Better video to support the work of the Trevor Project. The film was made with the blessing of the university and was directed by Jay Hayes, the captain of the men's volleyball team. -
10 April 2012Rick Santorum who pledged to invalidate marriages of gay couples bows out of Republican race 40 Rick Santorum has pulled out of the race to become the Republican party candidate for US president. Mr Santorum is an outspoken critic of LGBT rights and had pledged to invalidate the marriages of gay couples if he won the presidential election.
