US Election 2012
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30 January 2013US: Obama’s immigration reform plan aims to support same-sex families 2 Plans laid out by President Barack Obama for immigration reform, include provisions for recognising same-sex families from different countries, and allowing visas for same-sex couples wishing to live in the US. -
23 January 2013Ke$ha: I want to kiss Obama for supporting gay rights which are an issue ‘close to my heart’ + Singer, Ke$ha has said if she was elected, she would make the "funnest" US president ever, and that she would ensure equal rights for all, including gay and lesbian people, an issue "close to [her] heart". -
22 January 2013US: Obama’s inauguration speech attacked by anti-gay Christian group 20 A Christian anti-gay group has attacked the speech made by US President Barack Obama at his inauguration, during which he referred to the gay rights movement and the women's rights movement, and went on to claim that gay people already have equal rights. -
22 January 2013Pro-gay pastor delivers Obama benediction and says gay people created in God’s image 7 The pro-gay priest who delivered President Barack Obama's benediction as part of the official inauguration ceremony on Monday said that all people, were "created in God's image", whether "gay or straight". -
22 January 2013Video: Gay poet performs reading at official Obama inauguration ceremony 5 An openly gay Cuban-American poet delivered a moving poem at the official public inauguration of President Barack Obama yesterday. -
21 January 2013Obama: ‘Our journey is not complete until gay people are given equal rights’ 25 Speaking at his inauguration, President Barack Obama made a speech which said "our journey is not complete" until equal rights for gay people is reached, and referred to the importance of the Stonewall riots in terms of moves towards equality. -
9 January 2013Gay Cuban American poet chosen for Obama inauguration 5 President Barack Obama has chosen an openly gay Cuban American poet, whose work focusses on his homosexual awakening, to deliver a poem at his inauguration this month.
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15 November 2012Florida: Gay Republican commits suicide blaming Obama victory 49 A gay man in Key West, Florida, took his own life two days after Barack Obama won a second term in the White House and cited the president’s victory in a suicide letter. -
14 November 2012Comment: Why ‘straight’ Bob Filner will be better for San Diego than ‘gay’ Carl DeMaio 15 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts assesses last week’s defeat of Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican who was running to become Mayor of San Diego. -
9 November 2012Video: Tony Perkins: Same-sex marriage is tearing America apart 61 The firebrand media opponents of gay rights have been taking to the airwaves to denounce Tuesday’s historic equal marriage victories in several US states. -
8 November 2012Analysis: A new dawn for LGBT America 5 After an extraordinary US election result with voters in three states passing equal marriage rights for gay couples, Scott Roberts sums up the highlights of an incredible week for America. -
7 November 2012US 2012: Washington state passes same-sex marriage 13 On a momentous night for LGBT equality, the US west coast state of Washington followed Maine and Maryland in passing a referendum in support of marriage rights for gay couples, and Minnesota voted against outlawing equal marriage. -
7 November 2012US 2012: Maine legalises same-sex marriage 18 The US state of Maine has voted in favour of marriage rights for gay couples in a public referendum. -
7 November 2012US 2012: Maryland legalises same-sex marriage 14 The US state of Maryland has voted in favour of civil equal marriage in a public referendum. -
7 November 2012Barack Obama re-elected US President 104 Barack Obama has reached the projected magic number of 270 electoral college votes needed to be re-elected President of the United States of America. -
7 November 2012US 2012: Tammy Baldwin elected as first openly gay US senator 14 Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay member of the US Senate, beating Republican Tommy Thompson in the senate race for Wisconsin. -
7 November 2012US 2012: Mike Huckabee concedes things are not going to plan for Romney 6 Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee managed to mention the anti-gay fast food chain Chick-fil-A, during an interview about the latest US 2012 presidential exit polls. -
6 November 2012Anti-gay Ohio senate candidate rejected by voters and family 18 On US election night, Ohio lived up to its reputation for picking a presidential winner, and defeated anti-gay Republican US Senate candidate Josh Mandel at the same time. -
6 November 2012US 2012: LGBT history in the making 17 Election Day has arrived in the United States with millions of Americans going to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, along with landmark public referendums on equal marriage taking place in four different states.
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5 November 2012US: Chris Kluwe quits blog because of anti-equal marriage editorial 7 NFL player, Chris Kluwe, has quit his blog at an online daily newspaper, due to an editorial published by the site's editors which, he said, expresses an anti-equal marriage stance which goes against the political neutrality it claims to have.
