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17 May 2013
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights 2 The Portuguese Parliament on Friday passed a bill to offer some adoption and fostering rights to same-sex couples.
13 May 2013
NBC’s gay sitcom The New Normal cancelled after just one season 20 US television network NBC has announced that its new sitcom The New Normal, which features a gay couple and the surrogate mother of their child, has been cancelled after just one season, amidst falling ratings.
9 May 2013
Ricky Martin writes to Puerto Rican governor in LGBT rights call 3 Ricky Martin has urged Puerto Rican lawmakers to back measures that would extend adoption and other legal protections to the US territory's LGBT residents.
1 May 2013
Video: Paul Ryan shifts to support gay adoption but still opposes equal marriage 20 Former US Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan, has shifted his stance to support same-sex couples being allowed to adopt, but has said that he still opposes equal marriage.
22 April 2013
France: National Assembly speaker urged to delay equal marriage vote in ammunition powder letter 37 National Assembly Speaker Claude Bartolone has received an envelope containing ammunition powder and a threatening letter calling on him to delay France's equal marriage vote.
18 April 2013
French President Francois Hollande condemns anti-gay attacks 17 President Francois Hollande has condemned displays of homophobic violence in France.
12 April 2013
French Senate backs same-sex marriage bill 22 French lawmakers have approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
11 April 2013
Anti-homophobia and transphobia protest takes places in Paris 9 LGBT campaigners in France have protested over the fear that homophobia and transphobia is on the rise in the country.
10 April 2013
Video: Israeli gay couple in YouTube plea for help to start a family 4 A gay couple in Israel have started a campaign, asking for help to start a family after spending their entire savings on several failed surrogacy and adoption attempts, as Israel forbids surrogacy for gay couples.
10 April 2013
Iceland PM asked to meet with gay rights activists in Chinese visit 2 Iceland’s Johanna Sigurdardottir, the world’s first openly gay prime minister, has been asked to meet with the parents of gay children in next week's visit to China.
4 April 2013
France: Same-sex marriage bill reaches Senate 5 The French Senate will debate the country’s proposed same-sex marriage bill today.
28 March 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to stop gay couples from adopting Russian orphans 11 The Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken steps towards ordering the country's government and Supreme Court to write amendments to the adoption procedure prohibiting foreign gay couples from adopting Russian children.
21 March 2013
Row between Netherlands and Turkey over lesbian foster couple overshadows prime ministerial visit 23 Dutch PM Mark Rutte has rejected an appeal by his Turkish counterpart for ministerial-level talks over the case of a boy taken from his Turkish parents in the Netherlands and placed in the foster care of a lesbian couple.
21 March 2013
Kent: LGBT campaigners take part in Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement protest 6 Several LGBT campaigners have taken part in a demonstration outside Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, amid the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.
21 March 2013
US Paediatricians: Equal marriage for same-sex parents is the most beneficial option 5 A group of top US paediatricians on Thursday announced its endorsement of equal marriage, as a way of ensuring that children receive security and benefits in their upbringing.
20 March 2013
Puerto Rico Government signals support for gay adoption 1 Puerto Rico's government is supporting an effort to overturn a ban on gay couples adopting children.
12 March 2013
Poll: Almost a quarter of Russians want ‘compulsory treatment’ for gays and 5% think gay people should be ‘liquidated’ 49 A new survey has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Russians oppose same-sex marriage, gay adoption rights and pride parades with a high percentage claiming to have no gay relatives or friends and a proportionately high percentage saying gay people should be "liquidated"..
8 March 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury: The bible is ‘clear’ that gay sex and adoption are wrong 143 The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has voiced his opposition to equal rights for gay couples to adopt, and has said that the bible is "clear" that only straight, married people should have sex.
4 March 2013
Study: Parental sexuality does not impact on the ability of children to thrive 9 A UK study into children adopted by same-sex couples has found that those adopted by gay or lesbian parents are just as likely to thrive as those adopted by heterosexual couples.
21 February 2013
Puerto Rico: Supreme Court upholds gay adoption ban 2 The Supreme Court in Puerto Rico voted on Wednesday to uphold a law banning same-sex couples from adopting children.

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