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18 May 2013
France: President Francois Hollande signs equal marriage bill into law 9 French President Francois Hollande, has signed into law a bill which allows equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
14 May 2013
US: Minnesota officially legalises equal marriage as Governor signs bill into law 6 Minnesota became the twelfth US state to allow equal marriage, as Governor Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill into law, allowing same-sex unions.
10 May 2013
Albania: Deputy Defence Minister accused of homophobic discrimination 3 The Albanian Deputy Defence Minister Ekrem Spahia, and a Socialist Party official Artan Lame, have both come under heavy criticism for publicly using discriminatory language against the LGBT community.
9 May 2013
Uruguay: President Mujica signs equal marriage into law 5 Uruguay has become the 12th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage, which was signed into law by President Jose Mujica.
1 May 2013
Russia: Parades to demonstrate for gay rights in Moscow and St Petersburg, despite anti-gay law 18 Parades of gay rights demonstrators will take to the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg today, despite a law in the latter, which prohibits the "promotion" of homosexuality.
24 April 2013
Ireland: Hotel manager sacked for opening gay sauna awarded unfair dismissal compensation 3 A former hotel leisure centre manager, who was sacked after he opened a gay sauna, has been awarded over 25,000€ (£21,000) in compensation.
14 March 2013
Gay hair salon owner accused of vowing ‘to only employ fat, gay and lesbian stylists’ 16 The gay owner of a chain of beauty salons in Sheffield has appeared in court accused of sex discrimination and unfair dismissal by a former employee.
11 March 2013
Video: Anti-gay Harlem Shake video urges Jamaica to ‘keep the buggery law’ 12 An anti-gay video has surfaced on YouTube encouraging Jamaican lawmakers to keep the countries ‘buggery law’.
4 March 2013
Comment: Those in civil partnerships need to be aware of what happens to wills 41 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Daniel Monk, a Reader in Law at Birkbeck University of London, says it is important to remember that civil partnerships revoke existing wills – and that gay couples need to be aware of these key legal issues in between preparing for their big day.
30 January 2013
Venice breaks cultural ties with St Petersburg over anti-gay law 7 The Italian city of Venice has broken its cultural partnership with Russian city, St Petersburg, over an anti-gay law which was brought in a year ago.
25 January 2013
Russian national anti-gay law passes first reading 25 On Friday, the Russian State Duma adopted the first reading of a homophobic censorship bill which would impose federal sanctions for the promotion of "gay propaganda".
24 January 2013
Turkey: Bishop’s killer claims he was subject to gay advances and receives reduced sentence 19 A man who killed a Catholic priest received a reduced sentence, after telling the court in his defence, that the priest requested to have a gay affair with him.
18 January 2013
US: Sperm or egg donors to same-sex couples could be liable to pay child support 7 Questions on whether or not sperm or egg donors could be liable to pay child support have been raised since a US judge ruled that a man must pay child support for the child of a lesbian couple who he donated sperm to, after they split up.
18 January 2013
India: Visa regulations block gay surrogacy to foreigners 6 The Indian Home ministry has circulated rules to embassies which prevent unmarried or gay people travelling to become surrogate parents.
12 January 2013
Malta: Labour government would grant civil partnerships and trans identity law if elected 9 The leader of the Labour party in the Maltese House of Representatives has said his party would allow gay couples to have civil unions, a gender identity law for trans people, and that he would appoint a minister for civil rights and equality.
26 December 2012
High Court Judge who criticised same-sex marriage had promised to ‘keep a low profile’ on subject 39 A high court judge has come under-fire for arguing that the government should not legislate for same-sex marriage as he claims it only benefits 0.1% of the population.
22 December 2012
US: Wisconsin court rules in favour of same sex domestic partnership registry 3 An appeals court ruled on Friday that Wisconsin's same sex domestic partnership registry does not violate a state constitutional amendment which bans marriage equality.
25 November 2012
Video: Morgan Freeman says journey towards equal rights ‘has just begun’ 3 Morgan Freeman features in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign, a charity in support of equal marriage rights, in which he says the journey towards equality "has just begun".
20 November 2012
US: Judge suspends gender reassignment order for trans woman prisoner, denies electrolysis 2 A judge has suspended a previous order made in September, which ruled that a trans woman prisoner should receive gender reassignment surgery in treatment for gender dysphoria.
19 November 2012
US: Trans prisoner requests electrolysis, and for court to refer to her as female 5 A trans woman prisoner incarcerated in an all male prison has requested electrolysis hair removal, and for the court to refer to her as female during ongoing proceedings, resulting in an appeal from prison officials.

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