Joseph Patrick McCormick is a news editor for PinkNews.co.uk
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11 April 2013US: Man arrested and given restraining order for refusing to leave partner’s hospital bedside 43 An arrest was made this week in Missouri of a gay man who refused to leave the hospital bedside of his partner, and a restraining order has now been made against him preventing him from visitation. -
11 April 2013Video: Gay son of leading ‘conversion therapist’ talks about coming out to him 8 The gay son of one of the first therapists to write on "gay cure", therapy has spoken about about coming out, saying it was difficult, but that he managed to overcome the issue with his father. -
11 April 2013US: Volunteer demands reinstatement at Catholic parish which fired him for being gay 1 A volunteer at a Long Island Catholic parish has demanded reinstatement after being dismissed when the church received an anonymous letter revealing he was gay. -
11 April 2013US: Neurosurgeon who linked equal marriage to bestiality pulls out of speaking at diploma ceremony 2 Dr Benjamin Carson, a neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins University and a conservative speaker, has pulled out of appearing as commencement speaker at the school's diploma ceremony. -
11 April 2013Ding Dong the Witch is Dead headed for top 5 in UK chart in wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death 44 A campaign to get the song Ding Dong the Witch is Dead into the Official UK Top 40 Chart appears to have been successful, as the song reached number four in the chart, amidst the race to the top of this Sunday's chart. -
11 April 2013Denmark: Copenhagen bar apologises after kicking out gay couple for kissing 9 A bar in Copenhagen has apologised after ejecting two men for kissing, and one of them, a member of a Danish LGBT youth organisation, reported it as a hate crime. -
11 April 2013US: Washington state sues florist for refusing to provide service for same-sex wedding 14 The US state of Washington’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a florist which refused to provide flowers to a same-sex wedding. -
11 April 2013US: Montana House votes to repeal unconstitutional sodomy law 9 The House in the US State of Montana has voted in support of a bill to remove a law which makes gay sex a crime. -
10 April 2013US: California bill to remove tax-exempt status from Boy Scouts scheduled for first hearing 10 A California bill which would remove the tax exempt status from youth groups such as the Boy Scouts of America, if they uphold policies excluding gay members, is to undergo its first committee hearing today. -
10 April 2013American Decency Association: ‘Television shoves homosexuality down our throats’ 24 US evangelical organisation the American Decency Association (ADA) has published an article in response to a backlash it received in response to a piece which attacked basketball Magic Johnson for supporting his gay son, and reiterated its stance that he should not support him. -
10 April 2013France: Anti-gay chief rabbi refuses to step down after admitting fake academic qualifications 24 France's chief rabbi Gilles Bernheim, who has written essays against equal marriage and adoption, has refused to step down despite admitting several counts of plagiarism, and misleading the public on his academic qualifications. -
10 April 2013Video: Israeli gay couple in YouTube plea for help to start a family 4 A gay couple in Israel have started a campaign, asking for help to start a family after spending their entire savings on several failed surrogacy and adoption attempts, as Israel forbids surrogacy for gay couples. -
10 April 2013Australia: Sydney’s rainbow crossing dug up despite 15,000 strong petition to save it 3 The rainbow road crossing in Sydney’s LGBT district, which was painted for the city’s 35th Mardi Gras celebrations, has been dug up, officials noting a safety hazard, despite a 15,000 strong petition to save it. -
10 April 2013Poll: 6% of British people think Section 28 was Margaret Thatcher’s biggest failure 29 YouGov have released a poll reflecting the divisive nature of Margaret Thatcher's politics, which revealed that 6% of British people thought that Section 28, a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality in schools, was her worst policy ever. -
10 April 2013Blessings for same-sex couples rejected by Church of England 66 The Church of England has decided not to offer blessings to same-sex couples, and has reiterated its stance that such public acknowledgements are appropriate only for straight marriages. -
10 April 2013US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for calling trans woman a ‘disgusting freak’ 16 The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) moved to suspend one of its fighters after he referred to a transgender fighter as "a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak." -
9 April 2013Rick Santorum: It would be ‘suicidal’ for the Republican Party to support equal marriage 21 Former US presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has spoken out against the idea that the Republican Party might support equal marriage, and said it would be "suicidal" if it did. -
9 April 2013Twitter confusion over Margaret Thatcher’s death led users to believe Cher had died 12 Confusion broke out over Twitter as the hashtag used to spread the news of Margaret Thatcher's death led some users to believe that the singer Cher, had died. -
9 April 2013UK’s first youth crime commissioner quits following backlash over abusive tweets 10 Britain's first youth crime commissioner has quit, following a backlash which came after homophobic, racist and violent tweets were sent from her personal Twitter account. -
9 April 2013Judy Garland song likely to be in UK Top 40 in response to Margaret Thatcher’s death 17 A Facebook campaign to get a song by gay icon Judy Garland into the Official UK Top 40 Chart this week, as a response to Margaret Thatcher's death, looks as though it could be successful in placing the song in the charts.
