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23 April 2013
‘Vive la France!’ as campaigners celebrate equal marriage victory 40 Campaigners are celebrating the news that France has become the 14th nation in the world to legalise marriage rights for same-sex couples and Justice Minister Christiane Taubira says the first weddings could be held as soon as June.
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.
2 April 2013
Comment: Equal marriage campaigners should rein in their egos and go back to the grassroots 19 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Chris Ward says equal marriage campaigners should focus on convincing neighbours and their local MPs to support the measure with traditional lobbying methods – rather than relying on online activism.
1 October 2012
California bans teenage gay ‘cure’ therapy 19 Campaigners and medical professionals have welcomed California Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to ban teenagers from accessing discredited treatments that seek to reject an LGBT identity.
14 February 2012
Ugandan gay rights workshop ‘raided’ 18 Amnesty International has called on Uganda to end its "outrageous harassment" of activists after a cabinet minister reportedly raided a workshop being held by gay and trans rights advocates.
4 January 2012
Spain’s first gay retirement home to be sited in Madrid suburb 9 The planners of Spain's first gay retirement home have secured a plot of land on the outskirts of the capital city.
21 December 2011
Zimbabwe MP arrested for claiming Robert Mugabe “practised homosexuality” 63 A female member of parliament in Zimbabwe has been arrested after claiming the president, Robert Mugabe, had a sexual relationship with former president Canaan Banana.
17 November 2011
Californian Supreme Court rules opponents can appeal court decision to allow gay marriage 35 The on-off battle for gay marriage in California has taken yet another turn.
9 November 2011
Writer and editor defend “pertinent” Nazi comparison column 163 Alan Craig says he opposes "bullying and hatred in all its forms" and will stand by the use of Nazi metaphor.
3 November 2011
Malaysian police cancel gay arts festival 10 Annual Seksualiti Merdeka festival drew condemnation from the government and aroused threats of protest.
6 October 2011
Gay rights activists report another murder in Johannesburg 8 Gay rights campaigners in South Africa say a fifth gay murder in Johannesburg suggests there may be a homophobic killer at large.
3 October 2011
Spain to open first gay retirement home 91 Work will begin on Spain's first gay and lesbian retirement home in the coming weeks.
25 June 2011
Updated: Russian police arrest 14 gay rights campaigners in St Petersburg 25 Russian police have arrested and charged up to 14 LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) activists who were attempting to hold a demonstration in St Petersburg.
25 November 2010
Russian gay activists hold first legal demonstration 3 Gay rights activists in St Petersburg held Russia's first legal pro-gay demonstration last Saturday.
5 November 2010
Comment: When did gay men stop fighting HIV? 48 Scott Roberts argues that campaigners angry about the gay blood ban are missing the bigger picture and that the gay community should be enraged at the continuing gulf of health inequality around HIV and AIDS.
21 October 2010
European Human Rights Court rules against Russia over Moscow Gay Pride ban 5 Gay rights activists in Russia are celebrating after the European Court of Human Rights today upheld three complaints over Moscow's ban on gay Pride marches.
23 February 2010
Uganda MP says he would kill gay son 20 A Ugandan MP provoked shock at a human rights forum in Kampala last week when he said he would kill his son if he discovered he was gay.
16 February 2010
Americans more supportive of ‘gay men and lesbians’ than ‘homosexuals’ 25 A survey has found that the wording used when asking the public about their views on gay rights makes a substantial difference to the answers.
10 February 2010
Malawi minister says gays must ‘come out in the open’ 14 A government minister in Malawi has said that gays must be more open - despite the fact they can be imprisoned for 14 years.
3 February 2010
Malawi man arrested for putting up gay rights posters 5 A Malawi man has been arrested for putting up gay rights posters.

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