Joseph Patrick McCormick is a news editor for PinkNews.co.uk
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4 February 2013Benedict Cumberbatch in talks to play Alan Turing in biopic 7 Benedict Cumberbatch is reportedly in talks to play Alan Turing, in an upcoming biopic about the gay mathematician and codebreaker. -
4 February 2013Amnesty: Russian anti-gay law will restrict the human rights of LGBT people 3 Amnesty International has spoken out against the Russian draft law which outlaws the “propaganda of homosexuality among minors”, saying that it restricts the human rights of LGBT people. -
4 February 2013Ian McKellen: ‘Gay rights are advancing, but life is worse than ever for some gay people’ 16 Upon receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster, Ian McKellen praised work done by politicians to protect the rights of LGBT people, but said that the situation was "worse than ever" in some places. -
4 February 2013Obama says Boy Scouts ban on gays must end 7 President Barack Obama said on Sunday that gay people should be allowed in the Boy Scouts of America, and that "nobody should be barred" from the experience of being a scout. -
3 February 2013Michael Gove: Marriage will be enhanced by extending it to gay people 8 Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has offered his support to proposed legislation which would legalise equal marriage, and has re-iterated that teachers would not be disciplined for refusing to "promote" it. -
2 February 2013Governor Rick Perry: ‘I think the Boy Scouts should keep its anti-gay policy’ 22 Governor Rick Perry has said that he thinks the Boy Scouts of America shouldn't remove its ban on openly gay scouts, volunteers and staff. -
2 February 2013NFL player Chris Culliver to undergo sensitivity training for homophobic comments 14 San Francisco 49ers player, Chris Culliver, who earlier this week said there were no gay players on the team, and if there were, they wouldn't be welcome, is to begin sensitivity training following this weekend's Super Bowl. -
2 February 2013US: Illinois Senate to vote on equal marriage on Valentine’s Day 5 The Illinois Senate may pass a bill which would legalise equal marriage in the state, and will vote on it on 14 February. -
1 February 2013Former baseball player: ‘Why the hell should being gay matter in professional sport?’ 6 A former Major League baseball player has said that he played alongside gay teammates, and that he didn't understand why any player should have a problem with doing so. -
1 February 2013US radio host: ‘Gay activists want to spread deviant sexuality and are as intolerant as jihadists’ 50 A US radio host has appeared on a Christian radio show, and said that "gay activists" are "the most intolerant people on the planet", and that they are "up there with the jihadists". -
1 February 2013US teacher tells class full of students ‘I don’t like queers’ and ‘Michele Obama is fat’ 20 A school teacher in the US has come under investigation after allegations that he used homophobic slurs during a debate with students. He reportedly said "I don't believe in queers". -
1 February 2013United Nations experts call on Russia to drop anti-gay bill 6 A group of experts from the United Nations have urged Russia to drop its draft law forbidding "homosexual propaganda", and have said that it would undermine the human rights of LGBT people in the country. -
1 February 2013Chris Bryant jokes: Underwear photographs got me a greater majority as an MP 12 Labour MP, Chris Bryant, joked at a debate around the Leveson Inquiry that photographs of him in his underwear taken from a gay dating profile and published by the tabloid press actually helped his majority in his constituency seat. -
1 February 2013US: Mayor holds ‘wedding’ for 13 gay couples to protest against proposed equal marriage ban 3 The mayor of a city in the US state of Indiana has conducted a symbolic wedding for over a dozen gay and lesbian couples in protest to a proposed ban on civil unions and equal marriage. -
1 February 2013Polish MP opposes equal marriage because ‘gays are no use whatsoever to society’ 110 An Member of Parliament for the right-wing Polish opposition party has made homophobic remarks in a speech at a recent debate around the legalisation of equal marriage in the country. -
1 February 2013Tory Northamptonshire MP: ‘I support the love of gay couples but it is unacceptable for them to be able to marry’ 58 The MP for South Northamptonshire has said that she intends to oppose the equal marriage bill in Tuesday's vote because her constituents find the proposal "deeply wrong". -
1 February 2013Brendon Ayanbadejo: I hope Chris Culliver’s anti-gay NFL comments start a positive discussion 2 American football player and equal marriage advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo, has said that he hopes to start a positive dialogue about gay players in the NFL following anti-gay comments by fellow player, Chris Culliver. -
31 January 2013US Radio Host: ‘The Boy Scouts should shut down, rather than allow gay members’ 41 The hosts of a radio program on the American Family Association have spoken out against the Boy Scouts of America's vote to potentially lift its policy banning gay members, saying that they should "shut her down" rather than allow gays in, and that these are signs of the "end times". -
31 January 2013Update: Poland’s first trans MP officially nominated for deputy speaker job in Parliament 10 Poland's first trans MP has been nominated to fill the position of deputy speaker in the country's parliament. -
31 January 2013Scott Lively says Oxford Union ‘botched’ plans for him to appear at gay parenting debate 14 Anti-gay Christian Evangelist, Scott Lively, has claimed that he did not attend a recent debate on gay parenting at the Oxford Union because organisers of the event "failed to correct" an administrative error meaning his flight was booked for the wrong day.
