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3 May 2013
UK: Labour gay couple become council leader and civic mayor in Hartlepool 5 A gay couple in Hartlepool are making history by becoming the first civil partnership in the country to hold the positions of council leader and civic mayor.
5 April 2013
Former Essex councillor denies resignation was linked to gay ‘porn’ discovered on council laptop 4 A Liberal Democrat councillor in Newport has denied that his recent resignation was linked to a row earlier this year over his council-owned laptop, which was found to be storing explicit gay porn images.
27 March 2013
UK: National AIDS Trust calls on London Councils to tackle drug use amongst gay men 7 The UK's National Aids Trust (NAT) has called for urgent action from councils in London to tackle a recent rise in the use of drugs amongst the London gay community.
19 March 2013
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles: Birmingham Council shouldn’t ask about sexuality in its questionnaire on wheelie bins 22 Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has criticised Birmingham Council for asking people to declare their sexuality in a survey about rubbish and wheelie bins.
28 December 2012
Manchester: Road survey criticised for asking gender-related questions 24 Local government officials in Greater Manchester have defended a transport public consultation document that asks respondents to identity their race, sexuality and gender following complaints.
21 December 2012
US: Gay teenager appointed to the board of Florida city council after he spoke out against discrimination 3 The council of the South Florida city of Boca Raton has unanimously appointed a 17-year-old openly gay boy to its community relations board after he spoke out against the city's lack of anti-LGBT discrimination policies.
22 August 2012
Gay pride pub landlord receives council apology 10 A council in Essex which forced a pub landlord to take down gay pride flags, following a complaint from the paris council, has issued an apology.
2 August 2012
‘Homophobic’ ex-Tory councillor ‘suggested prostitution’ to woman needing money 31 An independent councillor forced to stand down as a Welsh Assembly Conservative candidate after homophobic comments is the subject of a formal complaint for reportedly suggesting on Twitter that a woman become a prostitute to earn extra money.
27 July 2012
Islington Council publishes sexual orientation of 2,400 residents 45 Islington Council in north London published details of the sexual orientation of over two thousand tenants after an error with a Freedom of Information request last month.
27 July 2012
Video: Cotswolds councillors appeal for equal marriage debate 18 Liberal Democrat local councillors in the Cotswolds have appealed over a lack of engagement at the local council with the issue of same-sex marriages.
24 July 2012
Brighton: Green councillor ‘accountable to God’ in equal marriage vote 140 A councillor from Brighton has said she is 'accountable to God above any political party' after becoming the only member of the city council to vote against supporting civil marriage rights for gay couples.
17 July 2012
York Pride wins bid for rainbow flag over Mansion House 6 A rainbow flag will fly above the Lord Mayor's residence in York after a motion to block the move was defeated by a large majority yesterday.
16 July 2012
Guildford: Council votes against ‘inappropriate’ equal marriage view 31 Guildford Council in Surrey has voted not to support the government's plans to allow gay and straight couples an equal right to a civil marriage ceremony, saying it would be 'inappropriate' to take a view.
12 July 2012
York: Attempt to block rainbow flag over Mansion House at Pride 43 A bid to fly the rainbow flag over the city of York's mansion house on the day of its pride event is in danger after a Conservative councillor tabled a motion to block it.
10 July 2012
Cotswolds: Anger as council shuts down discussion on equal marriage motion 60 An angry exchange has taken place at a meeting of the Cotswolds District Council in Gloucestershire after discussion of the issue of marriage for gay couples was quashed by leaders.
15 June 2012
Kent: Return of councillor who left malicious voicemail for bisexual colleague ‘an insult’ 26 A bisexual councillor in Kent has said it is 'shocking' that a Conservative colleague who told him he hoped he would 'get Aids' will rejoin his party's team following a six-month suspension.
28 May 2012
Muslim Council of Britain: Civil partnerships were a ploy to attack marriage 147 The Muslim Council of Britain has launched a website 'defending marriage' which describes civil partnerships as a 'ploy' designed to attack marriage.
30 April 2012
UKIP candidate Dr Gasper: PinkNews readers ‘should be sectioned under Mental Health Act’ 257 Outspoken UKIP city council candidate Dr Julia Gasper has said today that PinkNews.co.uk readers have made 'anonymous death threats and hysterical accusations of being a murderer' against her, and that most should be involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment.
25 April 2012
Plea to save London’s Black Cap pub 29 A plea has been issued to respond today to a planning application which would see London's Black Cap pub, a long-standing gay venue in Camden, turned into flats.
20 April 2012
Thanet Council votes to support equal marriage 30 A district council Kent has become the first council in Kent and second in England to vote in favour of the government's proposals for equal marriage, it was announced today.

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