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2 March 2013
US: NFL players Kluwe and Ayanbadejo file Supreme Court brief in support of equal marriage 4 Two top NFL players, both equal rights advocates, have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging it to strike down Proposition 8, the Californian ban on equal marriage.
28 February 2013
Obama’s administration to file brief urging Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8 4 The Obama administration is to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on equal marriage, and to take the view that other, similar bans, are unconstitutional.
28 February 2013
Poll: 61% of Californians support equal marriage 2 A month before the Supreme Court is to hear evidence around Proposition 8, a new poll has revealed that 61% of Californians support the right of same-sex couple to marry, a record percentage of support.
21 February 2013
US: California lawmaker introduces bill to remove tax-exempt status from Boy Scouts 8 A Californian lawmaker has introduced a bill which would remove the tax exempt status from youth groups such as the Boy Scouts of America, if they uphold policies excluding gay members.
21 February 2013
Obama considers intervening on Supreme Court equal marriage decision 10 President Obama is considering intervening on the Supreme Court's decision on Proposition 8, the controversial ruling that banned same-sex marriage in California in 2008.
31 January 2013
Idaho: Businessman sues Mother Jones magazine for suggesting he was a violent homophobe 6 A marketing executive in the US state of Idaho is suing Mother Jones magazine because he contends he was defamed by an article that depicted him as a supporter of anti-gay violence.
30 January 2013
US: Gay former American football player charged with assaulting ex-boyfriend + A retired American football player has been charged with felony domestic violence and assault charges involving a former boyfriend.
30 January 2013
US: Gay boy scout hopeful for national change after vote on anti-gay policy 1 The family of a Californian teenage boy scout who was denied the Eagle Scout award because he was openly gay, has welcomed an upcoming vote by the Boy Scouts of America's board, on whether to drop a national ban on gay members, volunteers and staff.
29 January 2013
Frank Ocean due to press charges against Chris Brown over car park brawl 3 Bisexual R&B star Frank Ocean will reportedly press charges against Chris Brown following an altercation at a recording studio in Los Angeles on Sunday night (27 January).
29 January 2013
Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco: Allowing gays to marry ‘is like legalising male breastfeeding’ 139 Legislating for equal marriage is like legalising male breastfeeding, according to the Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone.
23 January 2013
Essex: Gay father and businessman calls for UK surrogacy reform 38 Barrie Drewitt-Barlow from the British Surrogacy Centre says gay couples would benefit from a change in UK law in order to commercialise the sector.
18 January 2013
US: California synagogue takes action against Boy Scouts anti-gay policy 6 A synagogue in California has been the latest in a list of religious groups, and businesses to reject the Boy Scouts of America's policy, described as "damaging" as it does not allow openly gay members, volunteers or staff.
16 January 2013
US: Man facing hate crime charge for spraying anti-gay graffiti + A man from Southern California is facing felony hate crime charges, after officers caught him spray painting an anti-gay slur on campus buildings of his university.
16 January 2013
Maine: Transwoman receives honourable discharge from US Marines 3 A transgender woman who went absent without leave from the US Military 31 years ago has received an honourable discharge.
15 January 2013
Oregon & California health insurance companies told to cover transgender patients + Regulators in Oregon and California have directed several health insurance companies to stop denying coverage for transgender patients because of their gender identity.
9 January 2013
US: Tributes to LGBT campaigner Jeanne Manford 3 Jeanne Manford, the founder of an international organisation for parents and relatives of LGBT family members has died at her home in California.
3 January 2013
California’s governor seeks to restore gay ‘cure’ ban 7 California Governor Jerry Brown has now appealed a court injunction that has so far prevented the enforcement of a new law designed to ban gay conversion therapy for children.
30 December 2012
Video: The first couples to have same-sex marriages celebrate in Maine 2 Michael Snell and Steven Bridges of Portland were among the first gay couples to marry in the US state of Maine after same-sex marriage became legal in the early hours of yesterday morning.
24 December 2012
US: Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams dies aged 65 4 Tributes have been paid to Richard Adams, who died last week after a short illness at the age of 65.
22 December 2012
US court suspends California’s ban on therapies to turn gay teenagers straight 28 A three-judge panel in the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has suspended the implementation of a new law banning therapists offering treatment to young gay people to turn themselves straight.

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