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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.
12 September 2012
US: Pueblo council postpones bill giving equal insurance rights to same-sex couples 1 A council in the US voted to indefinitely postpone a bill which would have allowed gay city employees to add their partners to their insurance benefits.
5 September 2012
Comment: Allan Horsfall was the ‘grandfather’ of the UK’s gay rights movement 6 Peter Tatchell recalls the contribution of LGBT rights pioneer Allan Horsfall, who passed away last month.
26 July 2012
Equal marriage advocates collect messages for Scottish government ‘thank you’ 45 Following yesterday's announcement by the Scottish government that it will legislate to recognise marriages between two people of the same sex, equality campaigners are planning a giant 'thank you' card.
22 June 2012
Study: One in seven UK employees harassed over perceived sexuality in the last year 16 An international study into the experiences of LGBT people living in 21 countries around the world has revealed what it described as "endemic" homophobia in workplaces internationally.
6 June 2012
Tunisia rejects UNHRC recommendation to decriminalise gay sex 98 Tunisian minister of human rights, transitional justice and spokesman of the Tunisian government, Samir Dilou has rejected a recommendation by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to decriminalize same-sex acts, stating that sexual orientation was a western concept which is incompatible with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.
29 May 2012
Video: Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls calls for equal religious marriage in @Out4Marriage video 24 The Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, has joined the Out4Marriage campaign with a video message calling on the government to allow religious bodies to marry gay couples if they choose, inspired by his late, gay uncle.
14 May 2012
Stephen Twigg, first openly gay man to be elected as an MP comes @Out4Marriage 4 Stephen Twigg, the first openly gay man to be elected to the UK's House of Commons, has declared his support for marriage equality in the Out4Marriage campaign.
14 May 2012
Equal marriage campaigns ‘demonise the backward working class’, commentator claims 76 A commentator for a British online magazine has said campaigners 'demonise' the working class by supporting equal marriage rights for gay and straight couples.
25 April 2012
Lynne Featherstone: Churches will not be sued under gay civil marriage proposals 43 Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has pledged there will be 'no risk of successful legal challenge' against religious bodies who are unable to marry gay couples as a result of the government's gay civil marriage proposals.
25 April 2012
Exclusive: Catholic school ‘urged pupils as young as 11 to sign anti-gay marriage petition’ 656 Students at a Catholic state school in south London have been shown a presentation on religious opposition to the government's proposal to allow gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies which, it is claimed, encouraged them to sign the Coalition for Marriage's petition against the move.
20 April 2012
Tory MP tells constituent marriage equality could mean ‘polygamy and child marriages’ 430 Lincoln's Conservative MP has denied a constituent's request for him to support marriage equality for gay and straight couples and told her that in his opinion, gays have 'exhausted the cause of equal rights'.
18 April 2012
Glasgow: Muslim leaders offer ‘no compromise’ equal marriage opposition 155 A group of Muslim leaders in Scotland has said marriage equality would be an "attack" on the faith and recommended voters do not back candidates who favour such a move in upcoming local elections.
18 April 2012
Video: New teaser for equal marriage ad 19 A teaser video for viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage and the cause of marriage equality in England and Wales has been released.
11 April 2012
Gay equality in presidential race policies ’6 percent higher’ after Rick Santorum exit 15 Rick Santorum's decision to end his campaign seeking the Republican party's nomination to run for presidential race later this year has boosted the proportion of gay-friendly policies in race by 6 percent, according to an analysis released today.
5 April 2012
School district will let student wear anti-homophobia t-shirt on Day of Silence 15 A high school student in Cincinnati, Ohio will not be barred from wearing an anti-homophobia t-shirt on the National Day of Silence this year while a law suit proceeds.
3 April 2012
New Senegalese president called on to protect gay rights 31 Macky Sall, the new president of Senegal who takes office this week, has been called on to improve the legal protection for gay and lesbian people in his country.

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