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18 April 2013
European Parliament relaxes visa restrictions on Ukraine despite looming anti-gay bill 4 Efforts to halt the European Parliament’s decision to relax visa restrictions on Ukraine, due to the country’s support for homophobic legislation have failed.
17 April 2013
Bishop of Chichester to attend Christian LGBT conference in Brighton 8 The leader of the Church of England in Sussex will attend an LGBT conference in Brighton this weekend.
17 April 2013
Nancy Reagan supports same-sex marriage says daughter Patti Davis 7 Former First Lady Nancy Reagan supports same-sex marriages, says her daughter Patti Davis.
17 April 2013
Australian PM refuses to support equal marriage despite New Zealand victory 56 Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says she won’t be dropping her opposition to marriage equality, even though neighbouring New Zealand passed the measure on Wednesday.
17 April 2013
UK: Thatcher opponents stage funeral protests 40 A small group of protesters of Margaret Thatcher’s LGBT legacy have lined the route of the former PM's funeral in central London.
17 April 2013
New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage 55 New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world to legalise equal marriage.
16 April 2013
Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss gay rights with Peter Tatchell on Thursday 50 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is set to discuss gay rights with Peter Tatchell on Thursday at Lambeth Palace.
15 April 2013
US: Gay soldier files appeal over $100 White House protest fine 12 Dan Choi – who was fined $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law – is refusing to pay the fine.
15 April 2013
Former Commonwealth human rights head becomes Kaleidoscope Trust chair + LGBT charity the Kaleidoscope Trust has elected a former Commonwealth human rights senior official as its new chair.
15 April 2013
Zambia: Lawmakers seek to ban ‘homosexuality’ and ‘lesbianism’ in new constitution 14 Lawmakers in Zambia are pushing ahead with plans to further ban same-sex activity in the country’s new constitution.
14 April 2013
Irish Constitutional Convention decision welcomed by marriage equality supporters 16 The Constitutional Convention, which voted in Dublin today to recommend that same-sex marriage be legalised in Ireland, has been applauded by politicians, religious organisations and gay rights groups.
12 April 2013
South African cardinal: ‘I can’t be accused of homophobia because I don’t know any homosexuals’ 65 A South African cardinal has rejected accusations that he is homophobic, saying it is impossible because he knows no gay people.
12 April 2013
Green MP Caroline Lucas: ‘People in Brighton remember Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights’ 22 Green MP Caroline Lucas has cited Margaret Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights as one of the reasons for abstaining from Wednesday’s Commons debate.
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.
12 April 2013
Comment: The real face of Manif pour Tous 25 Journalist Patrick Cash writes about last weekend’s violent homophobic attack against Wilfred de Brujin in Paris and profile’s the anti-gay French group Manif pour Tous.
12 April 2013
Zambia: Gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona granted bail 1 A gay rights activist and HIV campaigner has been granted bail in Zambia, having called for same-sex relationships to be decriminalised.
11 April 2013
Zambia: Gay rights activist pleads not guilty to promoting homosexuality 2 A Zambian gay rights activist has pleaded not guilty to promoting homosexuality.
11 April 2013
France: Anti-gay Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim quits over plagiarism row 7 France’s Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, who has written essays against equal marriage, has resigned in a plagiarism row.
10 April 2013
Church in Wales to study gay relationships in order to ‘map out the way ahead’ 16 The Archbishop of Wales has announced a new study of gay relationships at a meeting of the Church in Wales’ governing body.
10 April 2013
London Tory MEP welcomes progress in North Cyprus gay ban repeal 6 Conservative MEP Marina Yannakoudakis has welcomed the latest developments in decriminalising homosexuality in the northern part of Cyprus.

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