Joseph Patrick McCormick is a news editor for PinkNews.co.uk
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18 January 2013US: Boeing will now allow pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 2 Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has reversed a previous decision to deny pension survivor benefits for married same-sex couples. -
18 January 2013US: President of National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association dies, aged 48 6 The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) has said its president, Michael Triplett, has died. -
18 January 2013US: Sperm or egg donors to same-sex couples could be liable to pay child support 7 Questions on whether or not sperm or egg donors could be liable to pay child support have been raised since a US judge ruled that a man must pay child support for the child of a lesbian couple who he donated sperm to, after they split up. -
18 January 2013The Saturdays: We ‘aren’t lesbians’ but we ‘like to perve on girls’ 10 Girl band the Saturdays have said that, even though they are not lesbians, they prefer to check out women than men, and said they "perve on girls". -
18 January 2013Overwhelming majority of Oxford Union students would be ‘glad to have gay parents’ 27 In an Oxford Union debate on Thursday evening, the subject of which being gay parenting, the motion passed with a large majority. -
18 January 2013US: California synagogue takes action against Boy Scouts anti-gay policy 6 A synagogue in California has been the latest in a list of religious groups, and businesses to reject the Boy Scouts of America's policy, described as "damaging" as it does not allow openly gay members, volunteers or staff. -
17 January 2013UK: Cafe owner accuses gay campaigners of targeting him for a 2nd time over Uganda trip 14 A cafe owner who denies accusations of homophobia, having attended an event in Uganda where there were anti-gay speakers present, claims to have closed his cafe for a second time due to the threat of further protests. -
17 January 2013Anderson Cooper: I dated girls when I was a teenager to meet their brothers 4 Anderson Cooper has spoken about his teenage years, and that he accidentally led his female friends to think they were dating. He said he was sometimes secretly hoping to "meet their brothers." -
17 January 2013France: Elle magazine releases ‘marriage for all’ pro-equality issue 6 The French edition of Elle Magazine has come out in support of equal marriage in France, amidst a heated debate on the issue by featuring a lesbian couple getting married, on its cover. -
17 January 2013Chris Colfer: Being a gay role model can be ‘overwhelming’ 12 Chris Colfer, star of hit TV series, Glee, has said he was "honoured" to be a role model, but that he felt "overwhelmed" by the responsibility of it. -
17 January 2013Australia: Scientists have found ‘potential cure for AIDS’ 22 Scientists in Australia say they have found a way to alter a protein in the HIV virus to impede it from spreading around the body, rather than assisting it, which could "potentially cure AIDS." -
17 January 2013Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore attacks PinkNews 87 Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has launched an outspoken attack on PinkNews after it published a story about the killing of a trans woman in Brazil. -
17 January 2013US: NFL player Chris Kluwe to receive award for his support of gay rights and equal marriage 3 Pro-gay NFL player, Chris Kluwe, is to be honoured by an LGBT community group, for being an advocate of equal rights and equal marriage for the LGBT community. -
16 January 2013UKIP local chair who compared homosexuality to bestiality forced to resign 66 The UKIP Chairman for Oxford has been removed from her position after being put under review for comparing homosexuality to bestiality and paedophilia on the official members’ forum of the party’s website. -
16 January 2013US: Pentagon backs Army base decision to allow lesbian to be barred from spouses’ club 4 The Pentagon has backed army leaders at a North Carolina base who chose not to intervene in the case of the wife of a lesbian service member who was denied admittance into a spouses' club. -
16 January 2013Video: Hundreds protest against Rhode Island hearings on equal marriage 14 As Rhode Island held hearings on whether to legalise equal marriage for same-sex couples, hundreds of demonstrators turned out to protest against the potential change at hearings -
16 January 2013US: Man facing hate crime charge for spraying anti-gay graffiti + A man from Southern California is facing felony hate crime charges, after officers caught him spray painting an anti-gay slur on campus buildings of his university. -
16 January 2013Taiwan: Gay couple suing state for ban on equal marriage may withdraw their case + A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, protested what they called the "passive" attitude of the justice system, and said they might withdraw their case. -
16 January 2013GLAAD nominates Frank Ocean and Adam Lambert for media awards + Singers Frank Ocean and Adam Lambert have been nominated for GLAAD Media Awards, as well as the NBC series, The New Normal, Tom Hanks film, Cloud Atlas and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series. -
16 January 2013One million leaflets being handed out against equal marriage in marginal seats 51 One million leaflets against government's plans to legalise marriage equality are being sent out to voters in constituencies marginal on the issue by an anti-equal marriage campaign group which has deemed the plans "undemocratic".
