Stephen Gray joined PInkNews.co.uk as a reporter in 2009 and was editor from October 2011 to August 2012.
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25 August 2011Maltese LGBT community faces legal anomaly after discriminatory rule is revoked 21 Mediterranean archipelago is forced to allow EU citizens' gay partners across its borders, but does not give own citizens the same opportunity. -
25 August 2011Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears landmark lesbian custody case 4 Karen Atala had been told by Chilean courts that her children faced a risk of "social discrimination" because she was a lesbian, but the country has agreed to defer to the international court's decision. -
24 August 2011Texas judge tells father not to leave children with his husband 34 A Houston judge has forbidden a man from leaving his children in the care of any man to whom they are not related, in a case which has raised condemnation for its anti-gay bias. -
24 August 2011Doors closing for only gay Republican candidate in US presidential race 16 Fred Karger, who won straw polls against Mitt Romney, Donald Trump and others, claims he is being given the cold shoulder by the Republican party. -
24 August 2011Lady Gaga set for lesbian kiss in new Simpsons episode 12 Lady Gaga will roll into fictional Springfield on a private train, and end up in an embrace with family matriarch, Marge. -
24 August 2011Apologies after gay students ejected from bar ‘for kissing’ 50 Boycott organised through Facebook prompts reconciliation between bar owner and local patrons. -
24 August 2011US appeals test HIV transmission laws 5 As the movement to repeal HIV transmission laws gains momentum, two decisions highlight the inapplicability of the laws to gays in at least one US state. -
23 August 2011Australian Prime Minister hears case for marriage equality 13 Representatives from Australian Marriage Equality told the Prime Minister she had a historic opportunity to make Australian a more just and equitable nation. -
23 August 2011Bisexuality revisited as university’s second study finds it does exist 202 A second study conducted by Northwestern University succeeds where the first failed, in finding evidence of bisexuality in men. -
23 August 2011Video: Presidential hopeful accepts “decision” to be gay, but “disagrees vehemently” on equality 40 The former Republican senator Rick Santorum tried to allay gay voters' concerns and demanded respect for his different viewpoint. -
23 August 2011Ugandan lesbian rights activist allowed entry to UK 6 Petition succeeds in overturning the UK authority's decision, allowing campaigner to speak at an Amnesty International event and attend Pride festival in Northern Ireland. -
23 August 2011Australian politician’s gay brother: comments are “dangerous” and “inappropriate” 11 The politician who once claimed there were no gays in North Queensland called for gay marriage to be "ridiculed". -
23 August 2011A quarter of New York’s new marriages are gay 11 Figures for nuptials in the state jumped 33% on the same period in previous years after new equal marriage rights are introduced. -
23 August 2011Success in second US couple’s deportation fight + The immigration authority which denied leave for an AIDS-sufferer's husband is now exercising discretion as it drops a second order on appeal. -
22 August 2011Calls for East London to react to homophobic incidents 353 In an open letter, Peter Tatchell said tolerating "homophobia for the sake of preserving good community relations and not upsetting certain communities, is totally unacceptable". -
22 August 2011US bride refused a dress for ‘illegal’ gay wedding 131 A US bridal shop has refused to serve an engaged lesbian, though she planned to marry in New York, where gay unions are legal. -
22 August 2011New Australian Party drops candidate for gay marriage question 7 Jason Somerville was told he was "not the type of person" wanted in the party after asking if he could hold personal views on marriage, adoption and surrogacy.
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22 August 2011Zimbabwean bishop seizing church homes from ‘pro-gay’ Anglicans 12 Kunonga, who supports Mugabe regime and denounces 'pro-gay' Anglican Church, has initiated seizure of priests' homes. -
22 August 2011Video: Maine’s gay marriage petition starts strong 10 Supporters of marriage equality in the US state have seen 5,200 signatories on their first day of petitioning. -
22 August 2011Anti-gay group may now intervene at ECHR as views sought on exemptions 86 In the latest turn at the European Court of Human Rights, the US' Alliance Defense Fund could intervene on behalf of religious workers who want to avoid serving gays while the European Commission opens its consultation.
