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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 41 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 25 Campaigners have condemned the arrest and expulsion of a lesbian high school pupil for having a same-sex relationship with a younger student. -
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. -
23 May 2013Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe homosexuals 66 Responding to a letter from a PinkNews.co.uk reader, Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth says he should have used the word “militant” rather than “aggressive” when describing parts of the “homosexuality community.” -
23 May 2013Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained 20 Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh has been criticised for voting against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – as both Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes, party president Tim Farron and Health Minister Norman Lamb abstained in this week’s vote. -
23 May 2013Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur 66 Former Conservative defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth has defended his comments about the “aggressive homosexual community”. -
23 May 2013Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’ 10 London Evening Standard columnist Richard Godwin jokes Sir Gerald Howarth’s recent comments about the “aggressive homosexual community” maybe because “he really does dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him.” -
23 May 2013David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords 49 Equal marriage opponents have called David Cameron a "marriage wrecker", over equal marriage, and warned that a bill to legalise it will face a "long, protracted battle", in the House of Lords. -
23 May 2013US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people 66 The adamantly homophobic US Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), also known as the God Hates Fags church, has posted an image online, suggesting that the murder in Woolwich today, was God's judgement for the UK's acceptance of gay people. -
22 May 2013Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years 24 Officials in Canada say men who have not had sex with other men within the last five years will be allowed to donate blood as part of new guidelines.
