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8 February 2013
Obama criticised for attending prayer breakfast with group linked with anti-gay Ugandan lawmakers 20 Barack Obama has been criticised for attending the National Prayer Breakfast, a conservative-hosted event with alleged links to Ugandan anti-gay lawmakers, without addressing gay rights.
6 February 2013
Update: The Boy Scouts of America delays vote on gay ban until May 9 The Boy Scouts of American has delayed a vote on whether or not to lift a ban on gay scouts, volunteers and staff, until May "due to the complexity of the issue".
6 February 2013
Video: Christian TV host says Scouts lifting gay ban will allow ‘predators and paedophiles’ 12 A Christian television host has questioned whether "predators and paedophiles" would be allowed to be Scout Masters if the Boy Scouts were to lift its ban on openly gay scouts, volunteers and staff.
5 February 2013
Yvette Cooper: Parliament has the chance today to support loving gay couples 7 Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has given a robust defence of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – ahead of this evening’s vote.
4 February 2013
US: University unveils memorial centre plan for gay student suicide victim Tyler Clementi 1 A university in New Jersey plans to create a centre named after Tyler Clementi, the gay student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him kissing another man.
4 February 2013
Obama says Boy Scouts ban on gays must end 7 President Barack Obama said on Sunday that gay people should be allowed in the Boy Scouts of America, and that "nobody should be barred" from the experience of being a scout.
30 January 2013
Senator John McCain: Same-sex family immigration protections are a ‘red herring’ 10 Senator John McCain has attacked President Obama's plans for immigration reform, described the issue of same-sex binational families as "a red herring", and compared same-sex families to abortions.
30 January 2013
US: 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.
29 January 2013
US: Obama immigration reforms predicted to include same-sex couples 5 Sources have claimed that President Obama will include measures to help binational same-sex couples when he unveils his plans for immigration reforms later.
29 January 2013
Comment: The power of online activism & social media in the fight for LGBT equality 11 Murray Lipp, administrator of the Facebook page ‘Gay Marriage USA,’ discusses his experience in maintaining America’s largest independent national equal marriage page on Facebook.
24 January 2013
US: Campaigners call on President Obama to legally protect LGBT workers 1 Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
24 January 2013
Video: Bryan Fischer attacks Obama and says ‘nobody is created gay’ 61 Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association has attacked President Obama's inauguration speech in which he referred to the importance of the gay rights movement, and said that it is "ludicrous" for gay people to expect equal rights, because "nobody is created gay."
24 January 2013
US: 11-year-old trans girl says Obama should have mentioned trans people at his inauguration 11 An trans girl has written a speech in response to that given by US President Barack Obama at his public inauguration on Monday, during which he referred to the gay community.
23 January 2013
Ke$ha: I want to kiss Obama for supporting gay rights which are an issue ‘close to my heart’ + Singer, Ke$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 2013
US: Petition calls on White House to include LGBT questions in school survey 1 Activists are petitioning the White House to include LGBT-specific questions in a proposed school climate survey.
22 January 2013
Pro-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 2013
Video: 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 2013
Obama: ‘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.
21 January 2013
Video: President Barack Obama officially sworn into office for second term 5 President Barack Obama was sworn into office for his second term as US president on Sunday.
16 January 2013
US: Pro-gay pastor to give blessing at President Obama’s inauguration 2 The pro-gay pastor of the Episcopal parish closest to the White House will give the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration next week.

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