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5 February 2010
Ugandan minister says anti-gay bill is likely to be changed 19 Uganda's deputy foreign minister Henry Okello Oryem has said his country's anti-homosexuality bill is likely to be changed before it passes into law.
3 February 2010
7,000 sign protest against Pope’s visit 38 More than 7,000 people have signed a petition against the Pope's state-funded visit to the UK.
3 February 2010
Harriet Harman will not continue fight over gay church staff 117 Equality minister Harriet Harman has backed down over an amendment on who churches can employ.
1 February 2010
Pope Benedict XVI criticises gay rights in Equality Bill 76 Pope Benedict XVI criticised the Equality Bill on Monday for violating "natural law".
1 February 2010
Hawaii’s House shelves civil unions bill 4 Hawaii's House has shelved a bill which would have allowed gay couples the right to have civil unions.
28 January 2010
Irish civil partnerships bill progresses through parliament 17 A bill to allow gay couples the right to civil partnerships is making progress through the Irish parliament.
26 January 2010
Tatchell ‘surprised’ at third of British people who still believe homosexuality is wrong 24 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has expressed surprise at the results of a survey into social attitudes, saying he expected a greater change in the numbers who accepted homosexuality.
26 January 2010
Government will consider religious civil partnerships 19 The government has agreed to consider allowing civil partnerships to be held in religious premises after a debate in the House of Lords last night.
26 January 2010
Government defeated in 3 votes over the ability of churches to deny jobs to gay people 52 The Government tonight lost three votes in the House of Lords over legislation that would have restricted the ability of churches to deny jobs to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenered) people.
25 January 2010
Ugandan anti-pastor shows press conference gay porn 23 Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa showed a press conference graphic gay porn last week in an effort to argue why the country's anti-homosexuality bill is necessary.
25 January 2010
Senior bishops call on Lords to retain gay employment exemptions 40 A statement from three senior bishops calls on peers today to retain and even widen religious exemptions on employing gay people.
25 January 2010
Ann Widdecombe says gay laws threaten Christian freedom of speech 51 Ann Widdecombe, MP for Maidstone and the Weald, warned a Bournemouth church on Saturday that new equality laws could see Christians being sued.
21 January 2010
Ugandan MP says he may amend anti-gay bill 6 The MP who tabled Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill has said he may amend parts of it.
21 January 2010
Video urging action against gay employment rights to be shown in churches 113 A video urging Christians to take action against the Equality Bill is to be shown in churches this weekend.
20 January 2010
Ugandan MP David Bahati will not attend Obama prayer breakfast 11 David Bahati, the Ugandan MP who authored an anti-gay bill currently passing through the country, has reportedly been disinvited from a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama.
19 January 2010
‘Homophobe’ expected to become South African ambassador to Uganda 13 A media personality who has been accused of homophobia will reportedly be appointed South Africa's ambassador to Uganda next month.
18 January 2010
Hawaii to consider civil unions bill 10 Hawaii's Senate is to vote this Wednesday on a civil unions bill.
18 January 2010
Lib Dems attack Tory voting record on gay rights 38 The Liberal Democrat party has attacked the "shameful" Tory record on voting for gay rights issues.
18 January 2010
Author of Uganda’s gay execution bill to attend prayer breakfast with Obama 25 David Bahati, the MP who authored Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, is expected to attend a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama.
15 January 2010
UN human rights chief calls on Uganda to shelve anti-gay bill 8 The United Nations called on Uganda to scrap a bill which could execute and imprison gay people.

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