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20 May 2013David Burrowes: I oppose all ‘dilutions’ of marriage 12 Tory MP David Burrowes has once again voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage, and has revealed he will not be voting for an amendment to the bill allowing opposite-sex couples to have civil partnerships either. -
20 May 2013Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’ 4 Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper, says she hopes “David Cameron will show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into another vortex of bitter Tory wrangling.” -
20 May 2013Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: ‘Equal marriage is now a litmus test for David Cameron’ 5 Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Gilbert says today’s start of the third reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is a huge test for David Cameron. -
20 May 2013Church of Scotland set to debate ordination of gay clergy 3 The Church of Scotland is due to debate today whether it will continue to allow the ordination of lesbian and gay ministers. -
20 May 2013Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt: ‘David Cameron is going through a fire with his colleagues in order to deliver equal marriage’ 5 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, says David Cameron has shown “fantastic leadership” on equal marriage. -
19 May 2013China: IDAHOT activists detained in two cities 4 LGBT activists marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in two Chinese cities were detained by police. -
19 May 2013London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault 141 The Metropolitan Police Service is investigating a vicious homophobic attack on a gay couple in south London, with one of the attackers saying “stay down faggot.” -
19 May 2013Georgia: LGBT and anti-’gay propaganda’ activists face off in mob aftermath + One day after violence at an International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) rally in Georgia, supporters and opponents of LGBT rights gathered at the scene. -
19 May 2013US: Boy Scouts vote on gay members set for 23 May + The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have revealed that a decision on whether to allow openly gay scouts to be members will be held on Thursday 23 May, after a drawn-out period of deliberation which has revealed deep divisions on the issue. -
19 May 2013New York: Police say man shot in Greenwich Village was victim of homophobic hate crime 1 The shooting of a man in New York City's Greenwich Village early on Saturday has been called an anti-gay hate crime by the police commissioner. -
18 May 2013Finland’s pro-equality ‘Marry Me’ places 24th in Eurovision final 26 Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entry placed 24th in tonight's final with 13 points. -
18 May 2013Mixed martial arts fighter fined $20,000 and suspended for three months for anti-gay slur 5 A mixed martial arts fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been fined a substantial amount, and suspended for three months, for tweeting the word "fag". -
18 May 2013Georgia: Prime Minister denounces violence against IDAHOT rally 5 Georgia's Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishili has condemned violence against a peaceful LGBT rally yesterday in Tbilisi, and called for tolerance, respect, and the right to freedom of expression for all. -
17 May 2013Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’ 8 In a speech on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy affirmed that promoting LGBT rights "does not mean stripping them from others". -
17 May 2013US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’ 3 An Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fighter has been suspended after he tweeted defending a fellow fighter who lost his bonus as a fine for smoking marijuana, in which he included the word "fag".
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17 May 2013Sunderland Football Club flies rainbow flag in support of IDAHOT 4 Sunderland Association Football Club has flown a rainbow flag in favour of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), and the city's mayor has celebrated the decision. -
17 May 2013Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets 36 A transgender woman has claimed she was threatened with being banned from a shopping centre, after someone complained about her using the ladies' toilets. -
17 May 2013National AIDS Trust: ‘Passing equal marriage will help in the fight against the UK’s HIV epidemic’ 5 The National AIDS Trust is repeating its call to legalise equal marriage “as an important step to challenging the homophobia which fuels the UK's HIV epidemic”. -
17 May 2013Foreign Office: LGBT rights is at the heart of our foreign policy 1 On International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, PinkNews.co.uk spoke to the Deputy Head of the British Mission in Croatia about the importance of LGBT rights in the Foreign Office's work abroad. -
17 May 2013Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters 20 A rally in the Georgian city of Tbilisi to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), has been taken over by a violent mob of thousands who chased down demonstraters, forcing police to evacuate gay rights supporters.
