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18 April 2013
Governor of Montana to sign away obsolete gay sex ban 3 Governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, will sign into law a bill that decriminalises gay sex, 16 years after the state’s Supreme Court ruled it to be unconstitutional.
17 April 2013
Texas: El Paso Senator Jose Rodriguez urges repeal of sodomy law 2 A Democratic lawmaker is proposing that Texas repeals an anti-gay law overturned by the US Supreme Court a decade ago.
9 April 2013
White House press secretary says America’s growing support for equal marriage is a ‘remarkable evolution’ 1 White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has praised America’s growing support for equal marriage, calling it a "remarkable evolution".
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."
14 February 2013
37 US Senators urge President Obama to outlaw homophobic discrimination by federal contractors + President Obama is under pressure to issue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
14 February 2013
US: Bill backed by Obama proposes to give immigration rights to same-sex partners 4 The Uniting American Families Bill proposes to "grant same-sex, bi-national couples the same immigration benefits heterosexual couples have long enjoyed."
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.
28 December 2012
Poll: 52% of Americans say Boy Scouts should not allow openly gay Scout leaders 19 A majority of Americans say the Boy Scouts of America should not allow openly gay Scout leaders, according to a Gallup poll released earlier this month.
21 December 2012
US: Minnesota group to push for marriage equality 1 The head of the group which led the campaign to vote 'no' on a bill which would have banned equal marriage, has said it will now push to legalise it, starting in the legislative session next month.
6 December 2012
US Democrats’ LGBT campaign group faces possible closure due to funding crisis 4 The National Stonewall Democrats, the main political LGBT lobbying organisation that’s affiliated with the Democratic Party, may close its doors unless it raises $30,000 (£18,600) before the end of the year.
14 November 2012
Comment: Why ‘straight’ Bob Filner will be better for San Diego than ‘gay’ Carl DeMaio 15 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts assesses last week’s defeat of Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican who was running to become Mayor of San Diego.
5 November 2012
Comment: A Mitt Romney presidential win would be a disaster for LGBT Americans 40 Writing from the US for Pinknews.co.uk on the eve of Election Day, Laurence Watts makes the case that a Mitt Romney presidency would be a disaster for LGBT rights.
23 October 2012
Gay Republican group endorses Mitt Romney 33 With 2 weeks to go before polling day, the Log Cabin Republicans, the conservative LGBT campaign group which supports the party, has officially endorsed Mitt Romney for president.
16 October 2012
In Photos: US members of Congress supporting the NOH8 campaign 7 The NOH8 campaign, which uses celebrities to highlight the ban on same-sex marriage in states across America, has released a series of photos, showing 26 members of the US Congress, supporting its campaign.
5 September 2012
Democrats endorse equal marriage, and ‘appropriately represent’ LGBT community 10 The Democratic National Convention has kicked off, and has been praised for appropriately representing, and embracing the LGBT community in the US.
24 August 2012
Minnesota: Politician gives in and steps down after gay sex scandal 15 A 56-year-old Minnesota Democrat who had a sexual encounter with a minor he met online has dropped his re-election bid.
30 July 2012
US: Democrats move to adopt same-sex marriage as official party platform 9 The US Democrats are expected to back same-sex marriage part of their official party platform.
4 March 2011
Support for gay marriage now ‘evenly divided’ in the US 8 Support for gay marriage is on the rise, with the American public now "evenly divided" on the issue, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center.

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