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10 June 2013Buckingham Palace consulted in debate over same-sex marriages in Westminster chapel 11 Buckingham Palace has been drawn into the debate around whether or not equal marriage ceremonies should take place at a chapel within the Palace of Westminster. -
10 June 2013US: Conservative group praises Nigeria for ‘fighting back’ with anti-gay laws 20 A conservative group in the US has praised Nigeria for “taking bold steps to fight back” against measures “to subvert public morality," though introducing new, harsher, anti-gay laws. -
10 June 2013Tory MP Andrew Bridgen: Equal marriage is the last straw, Cameron has to go 35 Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen says Prime Minister David Cameron’s championing of equal marriage "has fuelled the rise of UKIP" and he has asked for a no confidence vote. -
10 June 2013UK: Man accused of raping trans charity worker to face new trial after jury fail to reach verdict + A man accused of raping a trans woman more than 10 years ago in north London will face a second trial after the jury in his first trial were unable to reach a verdict. -
10 June 2013Scotland: Catholic adoption charity to start legal challenge against same-sex adoption ruling 38 The chairman of a Scottish Catholic adoption charity which was recently told it must accept applications from same-sex couples, or risk losing its charity status, has called the raising of children by gay couples "a terrible social experiment". -
10 June 2013Yvette Cooper: Young gay men face ‘huge mental health problems’ and we need stronger LGBT inclusive sex education 22 Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that the government needs to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education a statutory requirement in order to address the health challenges faced by LGBT students. -
10 June 2013Police investigate explosion at gay MP’s constituency office 3 Lincolnshire Police has launched an investigation following a minor explosion at the constituency office of gay Conservative MP Nick Boles. -
10 June 2013Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right 59 Baroness Knight shows no sign of looking to curb her bizarre attempts at making platitudes towards the gay community following her comments during the House of Lords equal marriage debate. -
8 June 2013US: Michigan’s first married same-sex couple invited to White House 1 A couple who became the first same-sex couple to legally wed in the state of Michigan after their Native tribe legalised equal marriage will attend the White House LGBT Pride reception next week. -
8 June 2013France: Five held over death of Clement Meric 12 Five suspects are being held in connection with the death of a teenage left-wing protester and gay rights activist in Paris. -
7 June 2013Russia: Elton John’s outfits dubbed ‘homosexual propaganda’ by Communist group 30 Sir Elton John is due to perform in Russia in July, and in what could be a similar turn of events which saw Madonna being sued for "homosexual propaganda", it has been suggested that the famed entertainer's outfits constitute just that. -
7 June 2013US: Illinois delayed vote on equal marriage a ‘stunning victory’, say opponents 11 Opponents to equal marriage in the US state of Illinois have celebrated the fact that the bill to legalise same-sex unions never went to a vote a week ago. -
7 June 2013Michael Portillo: The Tories are nowhere near as divided on equal marriage as the Churches 21 In his regular appearance on BBC’s This Week, former Conservative MP Michael Portillo said the real divisions on equal marriage lie not within his old party – but in both the Anglican and Catholic churches. -
7 June 2013Israel: Police no longer treating LGBT centre shooting as hate crime 7 Israeli police say the killing of two people at an LGBT youth centre in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime. -
7 June 2013US: Radio DJs advocate transphobic murder 6 Two radio presenters in the US have been criticised for advocating the murder of transgender women. -
7 June 2013Oxford: Man left shaken after homophobic assault 6 A man has been abused and assaulted in a suspected homophobic attack in Oxford. -
7 June 2013France’s first married gay couple honeymoon at Tel Aviv Pride 2 The first gay couple to marry in France have taken to Tel Aviv for their honeymoon, following their wedding ceremony last week which attracted international media attention. -
7 June 2013Poll: Large majority in US believe equal marriage should be decided on state level 18 With the US Supreme Court expected to give a decision in two landmark cases this month, a large majority of US citizens believe that equal marriage laws should be decided on state level, rather than the federal government. -
7 June 2013Labour Lord Alli: We won the equal marriage vote but there is still a long way to go 26 Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour peer Lord Alli, the first openly gay peer to be appointed, says he was stunned by the House of Lords decision to support the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill with such an overwhelming majority, and has paid tribute to Conservative peer Lord Jenkin for his powerful equal marriage speech. -
7 June 2013Catholic Church: We will continue to oppose the equal marriage bill in the Lords 43 The Catholic Church says it plans to continue actively opposing the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on the grounds of religious “protections” following this week’s vote in the House of Lords.
