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24 May 2013US: Anonymous hackers target Florida State Attorney over charges against lesbian teenager 4 US hackers collective Anonymous, has set its sights on Florida's State Attorney, over felony charges brought against an 18-year-old lesbian, for having a relationship with a girl four years younger than her. -
24 May 2013Nick Clegg: I am proud to fly the rainbow flag at Whitehall, and hope others will be too 15 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, has said he was "proud" to fly the rainbow flag at Whitehall last year for the very first time, and said he hopes other departments will do the same this year. -
24 May 2013US: Lesbian teenager charged for relationship with younger girl, rejects plea deal 10 A florida lesbian 18-year-old, has rejected the plea deal she was offered, after being charged with felony offences for having a relationship with a girl four years younger than her. -
24 May 2013Tory MP Richard Drax: The equal marriage bill is ‘intolerant legislation’ 40 Conservative MP Richard Drax has complained of the lack of “tolerance” towards “the millions who believe that ‘marriage’ can only be between a man and a woman.” -
24 May 2013Blackburn Rovers footballer charged with making a homophobic gesture at Brighton fans + Blackburn Rovers footballer Colin Kazim-Richards has been charged with making a homophobic gesture to Brighton and Hove Albion fans. -
24 May 2013French anti-equal marriage leader pulls out of rally for fear of violence 18 Leader of anti-equal marriage protests, and comedian, Frigide Barjot, has said she has decided not to attend a rally against the recently passed legislation for equal marriage, on Sunday,for fear that protests will turn violent. -
24 May 2013UK: Police criticised after gay killer escapes from prison and ends up in gay bar 2 A report by Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has criticised police over their response after an escaped prisoner who previously killed a gay man was found drinking in a gay bar. -
24 May 2013Brighton: Footballers cleared of sexual assault as woman lied about being drugged at gay pride 1 Four Brighton footballers have been cleared of sexual assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room, as it was found that she had lied about several details, including that she had attended a gay pride event, and was drugged. -
24 May 2013Nick Clegg and Francis Maude agree to fly rainbow flag from Cabinet Office for Pride week 7 Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude and Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg both intend to demonstrate the government's commitment to equality by allowing the rainbow flag to fly from the Cabinet Office during Pride week in the capital. -
24 May 2013Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle defends voting against equal marriage 38 Liberal Democrat MP Gordon Birtwistle has defended voting against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill and has cited opposition from a local mosque. -
24 May 2013Australia: Man who stalked footballer and talked of ‘gay orgy’ jailed 2 A fake doctor who claimed he organised a "gay orgy" at the family home of an Australian rules football player has been jailed after pleading guilty to stalking. -
24 May 2013US: Nevada Assembly passes resolution to repeal ban on equal marriage 2 The Nevada Assembly today passed a resolution which could eventually lead to a repeal of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. -
23 May 2013UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported 13 A Ugandan rapist, who was jailed after admitting on Facebook that he attacked a woman, has been deported after immigration officials dismissed claims he would face persecution because he stated he was gay. -
23 May 2013Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship 24 Campaigners have condemned the arrest and expulsion of a lesbian high school pupil for having a same-sex relationship with a younger student.
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23 May 2013US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill + LGBT rights activists gathered outside the office of a US Senator on Wenesday, in order to protest against the decision to withdraw an amendment to a broad immigration bill, which would have protected binational same-sex couples. -
23 May 2013Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but we don’t do them 59 Speaking to Sir David Frost, the Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has rejected a suggestion that he had “come out strongly” against same-sex unions. -
23 May 2013US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder 20 The adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has tweeted PinkNews to say that God sent the killers in the suspected terror killing in Woolwich, London, because the equal marriage bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday. -
23 May 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’ 16 Peter Tatchell has warm praise for Prime Minister David Cameron, for “sticking to his guns” on equal marriage in the face of considerable opposition from his own party -
23 May 2013Ukraine: Gay pride rally cancelled by court for fear that it will spark violence 2 A court in Ukraine has banned what had been set to be the country's first gay pride rally, for fear that it will spark violence. -
23 May 2013Cornwall: Tory deputy chair Sarah Newton defends abstaining in equal marriage Commons vote 18 MP Sarah Newton, also a deputy chair of the Conservative Party, is defending herself from claims she broke a promise to her constituents after abstaining in this week’s vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
