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2 December 2011Video: US student, 16, confronts Bachmann on marriage rights 69 Michele Bachmann tells the 16-year-old student gays have the same rights to marry as straight people: "They can get married: they can marry a man if they're a woman." -
30 November 2011Russia reacts to overseas “interference” on St Petersburg “gay propaganda” law 29 A senior official in the Russian government has said he is "perplexed" by the US statement condemning a proposed law which could severely hinder freedom of expression for LGBT people in St Petersburg. -
30 November 2011Nigerian Senate votes to punish gay marriage with 14 years in prison 150 The Nigerian Senate has voted through a bill criminalising gay marriage, with prison sentences of up to 14 years for those couples who try to enter into an unofficial union and ten years for witnesses. -
24 November 20113 gay men in Cameroon jailed for 5 years 28 The sentences are believed to be the toughest prescribed by the country’s law. -
24 November 2011UK Government criticises proposed anti-gay Russian law 14 In a statement, released on Wednesday, an FCO spokesperson said: “The message of this law, that homosexuality is unacceptable, let alone in any way similar to a crime like paedophilia, is wrong". -
23 November 2011Outcry prompts St Petersburg legislature to reconsider “gay propaganda” law 20 Law which passed its first reading with near unanimity this week will be reconsidered after international condemnation.
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21 November 2011Updated: St Petersburg passes first “gay propaganda” law reading 42 Gay rights campaigner says Russia's second largest city has issued a ban on pro-gay materials "anywhere where kids could be present".
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21 November 2011Gay soldier shares reaction to boos at Republican presidential debate 12 The soldier claims he wasn't trying to score political points with the Don't Ask Don't Tell question, and says it was as much for his husband of four and half months, Joshua Snyder. -
17 November 2011Californian 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. -
17 November 2011Michael Lucas: Beware of the risk of homophobia arising from the Arab Spring 174 Gay entertainment mogul Michael Lucas warns of the risks of homophobic Islamist governments forming after the Arab Spring. After decades in power, a brutal dictator in a Muslim country is dramatically deposed by a massive popular uprising. -
17 November 2011Gay and human rights champion Peter Tatchell awarded honorary doctorate 39 London's South Bank University has awarded an honorary doctorate of laws to the human and gay rights campaigner and regular PinkNews.co.uk columnist Peter Tatchell. -
15 November 2011Catholic Charities group abandons battle against Illinois’ equal treatment law 26 Religious organisations claim their prolonged challenge of the law requiring equal treatment for gay couples will mean they cannot afford to continue operating. -
15 November 2011Lithuanian lesbians send handwritten postcards to every MP 8 The Lithuanian Gay League say the country's female LBT community is poorly represented nationally. -
14 November 2011London campaigners to stage kiss-in over Nigeria’s anti-gay draft law 70 Organisers say the protests hopes to "kiss homophobia, biphobia and transphobia goodbye" after Nigerian government considers criminal sanctions for those holding unofficial gay weddings. -
14 November 2011St Petersburg lawmakers consider fines for “gay propaganda” 34 Fines for distributing material to minors could range from £20 to £1,000 in the Russian city, which would be the third local authority to introduce such laws this year.
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14 November 2011French mayor performs “militant gay marriage ceremony” 17 The ceremony, before the 2012 presidential election, is the second held by a town's mayor to attract national attention, with some dismissing it as "provocative". -
11 November 2011Judiciary Committee passes DOMA repeal bill into Senate 22 Bill is passed to Congress' upper house, but pundits doubt it will be tabled by the Senate's leader. -
7 November 2011Video: Michigan state senator slams anti-bullying law 38 Gretchen Whitmer described it as the "saddest and sickest irony" that the law is named after a student who committed suicide. -
1 November 2011Comment: A tribute to Axel Axgil, 1915-2011 15 Peter Tatchell remembers how Danish gay rights pioneer led him to uncover history of experiments on gay concentration camp prisoners. -
27 October 2011Gay and lesbian troops sue US federal government 15 A group of married gay and lesbian troops are suing the US federal government for denying them the recognition, benefits and family support granted to heterosexual service members.
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