James Park is a reporter for PinkNews.co.uk
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23 March 2011God Hates Fags church to protest at Elizabeth Taylor’s funeral 109 The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the 'Gods Hate Fags' fundamentalist movement, is to protest at the funeral of Elizabeth Taylor, who died on Wednesday. -
23 March 2011Ricky Martin performs for Target staff despite Lady Gaga anti-gay row 32 Fresh from winning a GLAAD award following coming out, Ricky Martin has performed at a meeting of the managers of Target, the US retailer criticised for supporting homophobic political groups. -
20 March 2011Speech: British Home secretary promises progress on full gay marriage equality 65 In her first major speech on LGBT rights, the home secretary and minister for equality, Theresa May, has promised action on full gay marriage equality. Mrs May was speaking at an event hosted by the gay lobby group Stonewall. -
20 March 2011Ricky Martin and Anderson Cooper take home GLAAD awards 25 Last night, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honoured Ricky Martin, Anderson Cooper and NBC's 30 Rock among many others with awards for their contribution to the LGBT community. -
20 March 2011Chariots on fire: East London gay sauna severely damaged in fire 213 One of the UK's largest gay saunas, Chariots in Shoreditch, East London, was severely damaged in a fire in the early hours of Sunday morning. 150 men were evacuated from the burning four-storey building. -
18 March 2011Preview: Doctor Who star Matt Smith goes gay in Christopher And His Kind 53 Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor Who stars as Christopher Isherwood, in BBC Two's Christopher and His Kind, on Saturday. The one-off drama charts the life of the gay author of A Single Man. -
16 March 2011Democrats launch Respect for Marriage Act to repeal US federal ban on gay marriage 17 Democrats in the both the House of Representatives and the Senate will launch bills to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal ban on same sex marriage. -
14 March 2011US celebrities and entrepreneurs call on Obama to support gay marriage equality 20 American gay and straight celebrities and entrepreneurs have written to US president Barack Obama to call for full federal marriage equality. The letter has been signed by gay celebrities including Rufus Wainwright, Ellen & Portia DeGeneres, Glee star Jane Lynch together with straight celebrity Martin Sheen and Marc Pincus, the chief executive of Zynga, the home of FarmVille and CityVille. -
14 March 2011David Norris launches bid to become Irish president and world’s first gay head of state 82 Gay senator David Norris has formally announced his bid to become the next president of Ireland. If successful, he will become the first openly gay head of state. Mr Norris, an independent senator is currently the front runner to win the position, which is primarily ceremonial. -
13 March 2011US state department official resigns after calling Bradley Manning’s treatment ‘stupid’ 20 US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has tendered his resignation after he called the treatment of Bradley Manning, the solider accused of leaking secret cables to Wikileaks, "stupid." -
10 March 2011Founder of Fabulis/ Fab.com blames gay rights progress for failure of his gay social network 28 Fab.com, the gay social network that launched originally as Fabulis, has closed after its founder said that advances in gay rights mean there is less need for a gay version of Facebook. -
10 March 2011Facebook gay casanova con artist being hunted in Malaysia 3 A gay casonova in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is believed to have conned nearly 200 young men of money and valuables after having sex with them following Facebook hookups. -
10 March 2011Off The Rails star Brendan Courtney speaks out following homophobic attack 5 The presenter of Off The Rails, Brendan Courtney, has spoken out after being punched in the face in what he believes is a homophobic attack in Dublin. -
10 March 2011US retailer Target fires back at Lady Gaga following row over anti-gay donations 21 US retail giant Target has hit back at Lady Gaga after she walked away from an exclusive deal for the sale of her single Born This Way over the company's controversial donations to political groups who back anti-gay policies. -
9 March 2011Reports: Lady Gaga ends Target deal after alleged donations to anti-gay groups 31 Just weeks after she launched a partnership with US retailer Target, Lady Gaga has reportedly pulled out after the company allegedly continued its policy of donating to political causes linked to anti-gay views.
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6 March 2011Exclusive: Grindr to launch Android app version “imminently” 33 The iconic iPhone gay social networking app Grindr is to launch on the Android platform imminently, PinkNews.co.uk can reveal after obtaining a leaked final test version of Grindr for Android. It is understood that the the app is intended to go live within the Google Android Market in next few days.
