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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.
20 February 2013
Labour MP Steve Reed: Gordon Brown was ‘wrong’ not to support same-sex marriage as PM 15 In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Steve Reed, Labour's newly elected MP for Croydon North, says Gordon Brown's failure to support marriage equality as PM and Labour leader is a source of regret.
14 February 2013
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather to face two days of protests by Labour for voting against equal marriage 69 Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather is to face a weekend of protests by Labour in her north London constituency in response to her decision to vote against the same-sex marriage bill.
7 February 2013
Gordon Brown’s spokesman reveals why he didn’t take part in same-sex marriage vote 25 A spokesman for Gordon Brown has exclusively explained to PinkNews.co.uk why the Labour MP and former PM was not present in the Commons for Tuesday’s vote of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill).
7 February 2013
Labour MP Austin Mitchell: The equal marriage debate was moving — I had to vote for the bill 15 Labour’s Austin Mitchell was planning to abstain in this week’s equal marriage vote by MPs, but when he heard the emotional speeches of supportive MPs, it changed his mind.
6 February 2013
Ed Miliband celebrates equal marriage vote and says ‘this is a proud day for Britain’ 13 Labour leader Ed Miliband has spoken of his delight at last night’s decision of MPs to back same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
5 February 2013
Gordon Brown didn’t vote for same-sex marriage but says he supports it 66 At the last general election, he was the only party leader to explicitly rule out marriage equality.
16 January 2013
London: Islington and Camden to host UK’s ‘biggest’ LGBT History Month celebrations 3 Organisers in the London boroughs of Islington and Camden say February’s programme of events for LGBT History Month will be the largest in the UK.
14 December 2012
Stephen Hawking calls for David Cameron to pardon gay code breaker Alan Turing 32 The scientist Professor Stephen Hawking and the broadcaster Lord Michael Grade have joined other distinguished scientists and peers to call on the Government to pardon Alan Turing.
15 November 2012
Comment: Time is right to pardon Alan Turing 32 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour Party member Andrew Pakes says the government must issue gay scientist and computing pioneer Alan Turing with an official pardon.
23 June 2012
Google celebrates 100th anniversary of gay war hero’s Alan Turing’s birth with Doodle 27 Google has celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, the gay mathematical genius and codebreaker who not only was the effective inventor of the computer but also a key driver behind the victory over the Nazis.
25 June 2010
New gay Tory MP pays tribute to Alan Turing 21 Newly-elected Tory MP for Milton Keynes South, Iain Stewart, made his first speech in the House of Commons last night in which he spoke of the heroic life and tragic early death of gay mathematician and wartime code-breaker Alan Turing.
25 February 2010
Liverpool policeman James Parkes ties the knot 12 James Downey-Parkes, the Liverpool policeman who was beaten in a homophobic assault in October, has had a civil partnership.
25 February 2010
Gordon Brown promises gay people they ‘will not have to walk alone’ 51 Prime minister Gordon Brown paid tribute last night to gay and lesbian members of the armed forces at a reception to mark the contribution of the LGBT community for Britain.
16 February 2010
Gay civil partnerships approved for parliament 17 The Houses of Parliament will be opened for civil partnerships and marriages for both MPs and members of the public.
15 February 2010
Man still has to declare 51-year-old buggery conviction 65 A gay man who was convicted of buggery 51 years ago is fighting to clear his name and have the conviction removed from his criminal record.
29 January 2010
Gay MP and blogger in Twitter spat 37 Labour MP Chris Bryant and Tory blogger Iain Dale had a war of Tweets this afternoon over Tory leader David Cameron.
21 January 2010
Ugandan MP says he may amend anti-gay bill 6 The MP who tabled Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill has said he may amend parts of it.
18 January 2010
Author of Uganda’s gay execution bill to attend prayer breakfast with Obama 25 David Bahati, the MP who authored Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, is expected to attend a prayer breakfast with US president Barack Obama.
14 January 2010
Bercow hopes for Westminster civil partnerships before May 9 Speaker John Bercow said today that he hopes civil partnerships for gay MPs will be held in parliament in the next few months.

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