Joseph Patrick McCormick is a news editor for PinkNews.co.uk
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13 March 2013US: Human rights group threatens legal action over school which banned gay-straight alliance 4 US human rights group the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has threatened to sue a Pennsylvania school board which banned students from forming a gay-straight alliance. -
13 March 2013US: Illinois State Representative says gay couples have ‘disordered relationships’ 29 A representative in the US state of Illinois has taken what she called a "courageous" stance against equal marriage, and defended "natural" marriage, by saying gay people have "disordered relationships". -
13 March 2013Poland: Former president will not face hate crime charges for anti-gay comments 4 Prosecutors have confirmed that they will not press charges against the former Polish President for saying that gay MPs should sit "behind a wall" in parliament. -
13 March 2013Indonesia: Judge issues apology for speaking out against equal marriage + A judge in Indonesia's constitutional court has issued an apology after making a statement against equal marriage during proceedings at the House of Representatives. -
13 March 2013Update: US: Minnesota Senate and House committees pass equal marriage bill 9 The equal marriage bill in Minnesota passed committees in both the House and Senate, and will head to the floor on both sides of the legislature. -
13 March 2013US: Catholic Church threatens to end adoption services in Colorado if civil unions become law 27 As LGBT rights advocates celebrated in the US state of Colorado on Tuesday, when civil unions all but became law, a Catholic adoption charity suggested they might cease to operate if and when the civil unions bill is signed by the Governor. -
12 March 2013US: Boy Scouts of America to survey members and staff on whether to lift gay ban 9 The Boy Scouts of America is putting the question of whether it should lift its national anti-gay policy to those it will directly affect - the members, volunteers and staff. -
12 March 2013Bahamian Prime Minister: Equal marriage is ‘something I don’t believe in’ 22 The Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, has said that he does not agree with equal marriage, and that it is not an issue which his government will be considering. -
12 March 2013US: Tax-exempt status revoked for ‘gay cure’ group 15 A US group which claims to want to help people "struggling with unwanted sexuality, and which specialises in "pray away the gay" treatment has had its tax-exempt status revoked. -
12 March 2013US: Colorado House gives final approval to civil unions bill 5 In its third reading, the Colorado House of Representatives has approved legislation to introduce civil unions for same-sex couples.
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12 March 2013Anderson Cooper: ‘Being gay is a blessing’ and I ‘couldn’t be more proud’ of my sexuality 21 Anderson Cooper has spoken out about coming out as gay, and has said that he "couldn't be more proud" of his sexuality and "being gay is a blessing." -
12 March 2013Video: Bryan Fischer says equal marriage would be ‘an inequality under the law’ 16 The American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer, has spoken on the organisation’s radio program Focal Point, to say that equal marriage would be a "special right" for gay people, and that it represents an "inequality" in the law. -
12 March 2013Study: Men in same-sex unions live longer while mortality rates for lesbian couples on the increase 2 A new study has found that married gay men in same sex marriages live longer, while mortality rates among married lesbians have begun to rise, despite a long period of decline. -
12 March 2013US: School board to decide whether to allow gay-straight alliance, or cancel all clubs 8 A School Board in the US is meeting on Monday evening in order to decide whether to allow a gay-straight alliance club on campus, or instead, whether to ban all clubs. -
12 March 2013US: Minnesota lawmaker under fire for ‘close friend’ who left the ‘gay lifestyle’ comment 6 A lawmaker opposed to equal marriage in Minnesota has come under fire for using a procedural tactic to introduce a "close friend" who left the "gay lifestyle", during proceedings around the subject of equal marriage. -
11 March 2013US: Hundreds rally in Texas in support of LGBT rights and equal marriage 1 Hundreds of LGBT rights advocates have taken to the streets of Texas in support of equal rights for LGBT people, including marriage equality. -
11 March 2013Vatican embarrassed as €23 million property investment includes Europe’s biggest gay sauna 55 Following several recent scandals, it has now emerged that the Catholic church has bought a €23 million (£21 million) share of an apartment block in Rome which houses the biggest gay sauna in Europe. -
11 March 2013Lord Mayor of Copenhagen urges Lithuanian mayor to support gay pride 2 Responding to calls from gay rights advocates, the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen has urged the mayor of the Lithuanian capital city to support a gay pride event. -
11 March 2013US Radio Host: Churches should fight to ‘abolish’ homosexuality as they did slavery 47 Linda Harvey, a host of the Ohio based Christian group Mission America has again spoken out against equal rights for gay people, saying that churches should be more proactive in opposing it, in the same way they fought to abolish slavery. -
11 March 2013Australia: Video footage emerges of new angle on Sydney Mardi Gras alleged police brutality 3 New video footage has emerged which shows a different perspective on one case of alleged policy brutality at Sydney Mardi Gras, as it appears to show one of those who accused the police of brutality, resisting arrest.
