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4 May 2013
Italy: New equalities minister removed from post after saying that gays ‘ghettoise’ themselves 19 Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as a member of Italy's new coalition government, a junior equalities minister has been removed from her post for saying that gay people invite discrimination by "ghettoising" themselves.
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.
29 April 2013
Australia: Liberal leader Tony Abbott says no to equal marriage referendum at election 14 Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott, has said he does not agree with MP Tony Windsor, who proposed that the issue of equal marriage be put to a vote by Australians on election day in September.
28 February 2013
US: Police launch murder probe after gay Mississippi mayoral candidate found dead 7 An indivdual has been questioned by police following the death of a gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi.
22 February 2013
Peter Tatchell recalls: The dirtiest, most violent & homophobic election in Britain 25 Ahead of Sunday’s 30th anniversary, Peter Tatchell shares his memories of the south London Bermondsey by-election, arguably the “most homophobic” in living memory.
3 November 2012
US: San Diego mayoral candidate would be first gay GOP big city leader 4 Both mayoral candidates for the upcoming mayoral election in the city of San Diego, California, offer a step forward for the city.
6 July 2012
London: Lib Dem ‘straight fight’ leaflet ‘insensitive to gay candidate’ 55 Tories have complained today of a Liberal Democrat election leaflet in south-west London which described a 'straight fight' between that party's candidate and the gay Conservative also standing for the council.
8 May 2012
Shadow home secretary: ‘Ludicrous’ to blame equal marriage plans for Tory losses 113 Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, has said it is 'utterly ludicrous' to blame the Coalition government's plans to allow gay couples an equal right to civil marriage for the Conservative party's losses at local elections last week.
8 May 2012
François Hollande’s presidential win brings French marriage equality closer 50 The new President-elect of France, François Hollande, the country's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, is expected to push equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples in the European country.
4 May 2012
UKIP candidate who claimed link between homosexuality and child abuse loses local election bid 151 Dr Julia Gasper, a UKIP Oxford city council candidate who claimed gays account for 3 percent of the population and half of child abuse, has failed in her second bid to win public office.
4 May 2012
Defence minister: Equal marriage contributed to Tory local election losses 155 Gerald Howarth, a junior defence minister who has spoken out against equal rights for gay couples in the armed forces and marriage equality generally says the government's proposals to allow gay and straight couples equal access to civil marriage were a contributing factor in election losses last night.
2 May 2012
PinkNews reader poll shows London mayoral race too close to call, more support for Tories 9 A poll of PinkNews.co.uk readers has found the London mayoral election tomorrow too close to call and support for the Conservatives in local elections up considerably since the days before the 2010 general election.
30 April 2012
Audio: Boris Johnson plans to unveil LGBT manifesto ‘to an amazed world’ 31 Incumbent Mayor of London Boris Johnson has reaffirmed his support of marriage equality for gay couples and said he will release his LGBT manifesto ahead of London's elections this week to an "amazed world".
27 April 2012
Live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones 1 Join us for a live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones
17 April 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy affirms view of family as ‘a mother and a father’ 62 Incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy has re-affirmed his opposition to marriage equality ahead of this weekend's elections in France.
7 March 2012
Ken Livingstone denies ‘scaling down’ £150-a-head gay fundraiser 38 Ken Livingstone's campaign has denied 'scaling down' a £150-a-head gay dinner fundraiser for his bid to be elected London Mayor in 2012 after it emerged the event is now a £10 drinks reception.
21 February 2012
Comment: Gay marriage will make us a beacon of equality 88 Ken Livingstone writes that opposition to equal marriage is "a reminder that the battle for LGBT equality is not over".
13 January 2012
Gay candidate success at Reading council election 16 A gay candidate has been elected as the leader of the Conservatives on Reading Council, it was announced this week.
23 August 2011
Video: Presidential hopeful accepts “decision” to be gay, but “disagrees vehemently” on equality 40 The former Republican senator Rick Santorum tried to allay gay voters' concerns and demanded respect for his different viewpoint.
5 May 2011
Muslim area sent fake gay election leaflets 201 Homes in a largely Muslim area of Leicester have been sent fake election leaflets about the Liberal Democrats' gay rights policies.

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