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12 September 2012
Exclusive: Nick Clegg dismisses ‘bigot’ row and defends reshuffle changes 35 Nick Clegg is rejecting claims he was prepared to brand opponents of equal marriage “bigots” at a reception for the LGBT community.
7 September 2012
Comment: What the reshuffle means for LGBT support in the government 17 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Chris Ward sums up the LGBT ramifications of this week’s reshuffle and assesses the recent equality record of the main three parties.
7 September 2012
Tories criticise government appointment of David Laws 32 Nick Clegg has been accused of getting a “sixth” Lib Dem MP around the cabinet table after the London Evening Standard revealed it had been an “11th hour” fight to fully resurrect the political career of gay Lib Dem MP David Laws.
5 September 2012
Questions over new UK equalities minister’s gay voting record 46 Conservative MP for Basingstoke Maria Miller, who was appointed yesterday by David Cameron as culture secretary and has direct responsibility for the newly moved Government Equalities Office (GEO), is under the spotlight after a number of activists noted her questionable voting record on LGBT equality.
5 September 2012
UK Catholic Bishop says equal marriage is a ‘gathering storm’ for Christians 76 The Bishop of Shrewsbury, Rt Rev Mark Davies, has launched another attack on the government’s plans to introduce equal marriage.
17 August 2012
Pressure piles on Boris over @Out4Marriage video promise 35 The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is facing renewed calls to honour a commitment to record an Out4Marriage video after London Assembly Member Tom Copley submitted a formal question.
13 August 2012
Nick Clegg says churches should not face equal marriage ban 20 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is set to open the channels to allow the UK Government's plans for marriage equality to extend to ceremonies in churches and other religious institutions.
12 August 2012
Equalities Office to look into Boris Johnson’s @Out4Marriage video pledge 59 After months of failing to produce a video in support of the Out4Marriage campaign, London Mayor Boris Johnson’s inaction is now being looked into by the UK Government’s Equalities Office.
6 July 2012
UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg orders Government to fly pride flag 49 In a first for central Government, the Cabinet Office is flying a rainbow flag to mark World Pride being held this weekend in London.
5 July 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backs religious marriages for gay couples 63 The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has become the most senior figure in the government to voice personal support for religious gay marriage rights today.
20 June 2012
Video: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says equal marriage no longer a matter of ‘if’ in @Out4Marriage video 45 The Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, has reiterated his support for marriage equality between gay and straight couples in England and Wales, affirming that it is no longer a question of 'if' the move will go ahead.
30 May 2012
Daily Mail criticises Nick Clegg’s ‘illiberal’ whipped vote on equal marriage 73 The Daily Mail has published a leader article today criticising the deputy prime minister's intention to whip the party's MPs to vote for legislation removing the ban on gay marriages in England and Wales.
27 May 2012
Nick Clegg denounces free vote on equal marriage 113 In what is the most visible sign of the split between Lib Dems and the Tories on the issue of equal marriage, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has said that the issue cannot be left to individual conscience.
23 May 2012
Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage 65 Just as Owen Paterson, the Tory Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, became the first cabinet minister to oppose equal marriage, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and the Deputy Prime Minister, has issued a warning to the Conservatives not to back down on the introduction of marriage equality.
12 March 2012
Nick Clegg: Marriage equality by 2015 68 At the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg promised the UK's first gay marriage would take place before 2015 as a result of Liberal Democrats being in government.
8 March 2012
Editorial: The Times now for all to show their hand on marriage equality 76 On Monday, The Times published an editorial calling for the introduction of gay marriage.
24 February 2012
Brighton prepares for National Student Pride this weekend 3 1,000 students are expected to descend on Brighton this weekend for the eighth annual National Student Pride.
25 January 2012
Nick Clegg: Peter Tatchell, never bullied into silence 25 Deputy prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, writes that Peter Tatchell has never allowed physical or verbal attacks to bully him into silence
23 June 2011
Russell T Davies: ‘Cameron and Clegg are evil’ 76 Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies has launched an outspoken attack on David Cameron and Nick Clegg over spending cuts to the BBC.
2 June 2011
Ugandan woman branded with iron for being a lesbian faces deportation from UK 87 A 22-year-old Ugandan woman who was subjected to being branded with a hot iron in her home country as a punishment for being a lesbian, may be deported from the UK.

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