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14 March 2013
Minnesota: Same-sex marriage bill survives Republican attempts to halt it 8 A proposed equal marriage bill in the US state of Minnesota has survived several moves by Senate Republicans to block its progress.
13 March 2013
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan: We are currently 12 votes short of passing equal marriage 3 Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says passing a same-sex marriage bill out of the Illinois House will be "very difficult."
10 March 2013
US: Christine Quinn formally announces bid to become NYC’s first openly gay and first female mayor 1 New York City took another step closer to having its first openly gay and first female mayor on Sunday as City Council speaker Christine Quinn, formally announced that she will run for the position.
6 March 2013
US: Poll finds 97% of legislators who support marriage equality get re-elected 1 A poll by Freedom to Marry has found that 85% of Republicans who voted to legalise same-sex marriage in their states were re-elected, and 97% of pro-equality legislators from both parties were reelected overall.
6 March 2013
US: Congressman calls on FBI to investigate the killing of gay Mississippi mayoral candidate 1 A Mississippi congressman is asking the FBI to investigate the killing of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian.
5 March 2013
Mississippi: Family of gay murdered mayoral candidate say he was ‘beaten, dragged and burned’ 6 The family of a murdered gay mayoral candidate in the US state of Mississippi has said that he was beaten, dragged and burned, and do not believe it was a random act.
24 February 2013
US: New Jersey Democrats seek to override Governor’s veto of equal marriage bill 4 Democrats in the New Jersey legislature have said they will attempt to override Governor Chris Christie's equal marriage veto from last year, and have now agreed to put the question of marriage equality to voters in November, if they cannot override it.
15 February 2013
US: Sex education bill to recognise LGBT students and reject ‘gender stereotypes’ 1 A new sex eduction bill introduced in the US on Thursday would provide five year grants to programs rejecting gender stereotypes and embracing LGBT students.
8 February 2013
Gay husband of Facebook co-founder announces plan to run for US Congress 16 Sean Eldridge, the gay husband of Facebook founder Chris Hughes, has announced plans to run for the US Congress in 2014.
2 February 2013
US: Illinois Senate to vote on equal marriage on Valentine’s Day 5 The Illinois Senate may pass a bill which would legalise equal marriage in the state, and will vote on it on 14 February.
16 January 2013
Chuck Hagel supports equal benefits for same-sex military couples + The all but appointed defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, has said that he supports equal benefits for same-sex military couples in a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer who questioned his previous stance on LGBT rights, before she would endorse him for the post.
11 January 2013
US: Newark Mayor Cory Booker: I once ‘hated gays’ 11 The mayor of the New Jersey city of Newark, Cory Booker, previously “hated gays” as a young man, according to a 1992 opinion piece republished by the Stanford Daily newspaper this week.
11 January 2013
US: Illinois Senate could ‘fast track’ and approve equal marriage ‘very soon’ 2 After the new General Assembly was sworn in in Illinois this week, the House Sponsor of a bill to legalise marriage equality in the state said the measure could come to a vote "very soon".
4 January 2013
Video: Vice President Joe Biden swears in first openly LGBT senator Tammy Baldwin 3 Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay politician to be sworn into the US Senate.
3 January 2013
US: Tammy Baldwin becomes first openly gay member sworn into US Senate 5 Democrat Tammy Baldwin has become the first openly gay politician to be sworn into the US Senate.
24 December 2012
US: Retiring gay Congressman Barry Frank says he’ll consider role of temporary Senator 3 The retiring Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has indicated that he would be willing to serve as a temporary senator should John Kerry be appointed the next Secretary of State.
22 December 2012
Possible US Defence Secretary nominee: Comments about gays “do not reflect my views” 17 A former US Senator, and Barack Obama's likely choice for Defence Secretary, apologised on Friday for "insensitive" remarks he made about an openly gay nominee for an ambassadorship.
7 November 2012
US 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.
13 September 2012
US: Democrats call on Republican aide to quit after he sent a video of a Senate hopeful at gay pride 18 Calls for a Republican political aide to resign have come after he sent links to a video of an openly gay Democratic Sentate hopeful dancing at a gay pride event, along with a message questioning her "heartland values".
26 August 2012
Pride event hopes to raise support ahead of Democrats’ gay marriage decision + A gay pride event, which is being held in the same US city as is set to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention, hopes to raise enough awareness to influence the party's decision on gay marriage.

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