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13 May 2013
US: Rainbow flags flown on Minnesota ‘Freedom to Marry Bridge’ ahead of Senate vote on equal marriage 4 Rainbow flags are being flown in St Paul, Minnesota ahead of today's Senate vote on equal marriage, and the city's mayor has renamed a bridge Freedom to Marry Bridge, in support of the measure.
9 May 2013
Mississippi: Family of gay murdered mayoral candidate Marco McMillian to hold press conference 1 The family of a murdered gay politician in Mississippi are renewing their push for a federal investigation and will hold a news conference on Thursday
8 May 2013
Gay Israeli MP Nitzan Horowitz to run for mayor of Tel Aviv + Gay Israeli MP Nitzan Horowitz has formally announced his intention to run for mayor of Tel Aviv.
5 May 2013
New Zealand: World’s first trans MP suffering kidney failure 7 A former MP who was the first openly transgender person in the world to hold the position has announced that she will not be making a planned return to politics, stating that she has chronic kidney failure.
3 May 2013
Doncaster: Mayor who tried to cut Pride funding voted out of office 8 Doncaster Mayor Peter Davies, who previously tried to cut funding for the town’s annual gay pride event, has been voted out of office.
3 May 2013
France: Gay mayor receives bullets in post after giving interview about equal marriage 10 The mayor of a town in eastern France has made a complaint to police after being sent bullets in the post following an interview he gave during which he discussed equal marriage and adoption.
3 May 2013
UK: Labour gay couple become council leader and civic mayor in Hartlepool 5 A gay couple in Hartlepool are making history by becoming the first civil partnership in the country to hold the positions of council leader and civic mayor.
3 April 2013
Greater London Authority ranked a dismal 278th in Stonewall Equality Index 14 A Freedom of Information request has revealed the Greater London Authority (GLA) was ranked 278th for this year’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index – falling from second place in 2008.
28 February 2013
US: Police launch murder probe after gay Mississippi mayoral candidate found dead 7 An indivdual has been questioned by police following the death of a gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi.
14 January 2013
Mayor apologises for calling UKIP ‘racists and homophobes’ 24 A town Mayor from Cumbria has apologised to a UKIP member after describing the party as "racist and homophobic" on Twitter.
3 November 2012
US: San Diego mayoral candidate would be first gay GOP big city leader 4 Both mayoral candidates for the upcoming mayoral election in the city of San Diego, California, offer a step forward for the city.
8 August 2012
Gay former mayoral aide not guilty of extreme image charges at ‘#porntrial’ 77 Gay former London mayoral aide, barrister and city alderman Simon Walsh has been found not guilty of five counts of possessing extreme pornography and one count of possessing an indecent image.
17 July 2012
Liverpool: Mayoral candidate to sue police for flying rainbow flag 36 A man who recently lost a bid to be Liverpool's mayor has said he will sue the city's police force for flying the rainbow flag for IDAHO.
6 July 2012
Comment: London Mayor accused over WorldPride fiasco 59 Peter Tatchell argues that the Mayor of London Boris Johnson "could have rescued Pride but has apparently chosen not to do so".
3 July 2012
London: Calls to replace Pride organisers for 2013 39 While a last minute meeting takes place at City Hall to see if it is possible to save parts of London's WorldPride event this weekend, calls have been made to hand the organisation of the event on to a new body in future.
4 May 2012
New Zealand: ‘Gay times are over’ billboard provokes anger 22 A billboard apparently directed at the first openly lesbian mayor in New Zealand with the slogan 'The gay times are over' has provoked anger from councillors.
2 May 2012
BNP London mayoral candidate Carlos Cortiglia answers PinkNews readers’ questions 37 The far-right British National Party's candidate for Mayor of London, Carlos Cortiglia, has answered questions from PinkNews.co.uk readers.
2 May 2012
London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone on ‘ex-gay’ buses, policing and the White Swan 43 Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London in this week's elections, has answered questions from PinkNews.co.uk readers.
30 April 2012
Live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick + Join us for a live Q&A with London mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats Brian Paddick.
27 April 2012
Live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones 1 Join us for a live Q&A with London mayoral candidate Jenny Jones

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