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1 March 2013
Anti-gay marriage Tory candidate Maria Hutchings loses Eastleigh by-election to pro-equality Lib Dem 25 Tory Maria Hutchings, who is against same-sex marriage, has been defeated in the Eastleigh by-election by Lib Dem Mike Thornton, a supporter of marriage equality.
28 February 2013
Poll: Majority of Europeans say Pope Benedict was not influential and has been ignored by politicians 14 Despite his attempts to turn back the clock on gay rights, a YouGov poll shows Pope Benedict XVI has been of little influence to Europeans.
21 February 2013
UK: News giant Reuters announces support for same-sex marriage bill 7 International news and media giant Thomson Reuters, which runs the Reuters news agency, is throwing its weight behind the same-sex marriage bill for England and Wales.
14 February 2013
UK: Equality and Human Rights Commission says same-sex marriage bill poses no threat to religious opponents 12 The Equality and Human Rights Commission has dismissed claims that the equal marriage poses a threat to religious freedom.
13 February 2013
US: Starbucks denies claims that it fired an employee who was wrongly perceived to be gay 8 A former Starbucks manager, fired after allegedly being sexually harassed and called gay by fellow employees, is suing Starbucks for unlawful discrimination - but the coffee chain strenuously denies the allegations.
8 February 2013
Comment: I am surprised and disappointed at Sarah Teather for voting against marriage equality 42 Natalie Grazin, a gay Jewish mother in north London, has shared with PinkNews a letter she has written to Liberal Democrat MP and former Children’s minister Sarah Teather, who voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, earlier this week.
4 February 2013
Ian McKellen: ‘Gay rights are advancing, but life is worse than ever for some gay people’ 16 Upon receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster, Ian McKellen praised work done by politicians to protect the rights of LGBT people, but said that the situation was "worse than ever" in some places.
4 February 2013
Comment: Thank you Prime Minister for supporting equal marriage, it is going to benefit the trans community 22 Conservative Party member Tara Hewitt has written a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, thanking him for supporting equal marriage in the face of heavy opposition from his party.
31 January 2013
Poll: 91% of gay people in the UK support equal marriage 27 A new YouGov poll has found that 91% of gay people support marriage equality.
30 January 2013
LGBT people in French Polynesia follow French equal marriage and adoption debates 6 Now that the debate on France's equal marriage and adoption law has gone before parliament, French Polynesia has begun watching the early stages closely.
30 January 2013
UK: Government minister Sayeeda Warsi condemns anti-gay east London ‘Muslim vigilante’ groups 22 Faith and Communities Minister Sayeeda Warsi has condemned Muslim vigilante groups in east London – some of whom recently targeted a gay man with homophobic abuse.
29 January 2013
Comment: The power of online activism & social media in the fight for LGBT equality 11 Murray Lipp, administrator of the Facebook page ‘Gay Marriage USA,’ discusses his experience in maintaining America’s largest independent national equal marriage page on Facebook.
25 January 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: The battle for equality is not yet over 7 Writing for PinkNews, Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North and Patron of LGBT Labour welcomes the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – but warns “this is no time to rest on our achievements.”
18 January 2013
Comment: ‘Offended by marriage equality’: the admission of a lost argument 102 A number of MPs recently have stated they will oppose marriage equality because they don't want to 'offend' religious people.
15 January 2013
UKIP LGBT chairman: I support same-sex marriage — but it’s not important 71 The deputy chairman of UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group is defending the party from accusations of homophobia and says he would never be kicked out of the party for supporting same-sex marriage.
25 November 2012
Video: Morgan Freeman says journey towards equal rights ‘has just begun’ 3 Morgan Freeman features in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign, a charity in support of equal marriage rights, in which he says the journey towards equality "has just begun".
21 November 2012
US: Obama commended for stance on equal marriage by 10-year-old’s letter 15 A 10-year-old in the US was surprised to get a reply to a letter she sent to President Barack Obama.
20 November 2012
PM criticised over Equality assessment reforms 8 David Cameron has been criticised by the NUS after announcing plans to remove assessments that are designed to ensure the government is complying with the Equality Act.
11 October 2012
Video: Anti-equal marriage advert ‘Not about Equality’ airs in Washington 10 With the vote on equal marriage growing ever closer, anti-equal marriage groups have begun to show TV adverts in the state of Washington.
26 September 2012
UK doctor who told students to act ‘straight’ — fights back 48 Dr Una Coales, who last week was accused of telling medical students to avoid acting gay if they wanted to pass their exams, has hit back at the criticism.

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