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20 July 2012
Liverpool: Right-wing politician ‘to sue for wrongful arrest’ after rainbow flag complaint 53 A right-wing candidate who stood for mayor of Liverpool and was arrested by police after complaining about their rainbow flag has said he will sue for wrongful arrest.
8 July 2012
US: Gay congressman Barney Frank marries 4 Gay Democratic congressman Barney Frank has married his partner Jim Ready in Massachusetts.
6 July 2012
London: Lib Dem ‘straight fight’ leaflet ‘insensitive to gay candidate’ 55 Tories have complained today of a Liberal Democrat election leaflet in south-west London which described a 'straight fight' between that party's candidate and the gay Conservative also standing for the council.
26 June 2012
Church of England ‘threatens to obstruct democracy’ with equal marriage opposition 47 A legal opinion commissioned by the National Secular Society says the Church of England's response to the government's public consultation on marriage equality 'confuses the issues'.
20 June 2012
Uganda to dissolve 38 NGOs which ‘promote homosexuality’ 49 Uganda is reportedly set to dissolve 38 non-governmental organisations in the African state who it believes are promoting homosexuality and 'recruiting' people into a gay lifestyle.
12 June 2012
Colorado: Lawmaker ‘disappointed’ after campaign email outs son 42 A Colorado state representative has said she is 'disappointed' by an email sent by her own campaign team which outed her gay son to her supporters.
29 May 2012
Ukraine: President petitioned on draft anti-gay law 29 43,000 people have so far signed a petition to the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, over a draft amendment to the country's morality laws.
28 May 2012
Video: ConservativeHome editor Tim Montgomerie comes @Out4Marriage 25 The editor of the influential ConservativeHome blog has added his support to the Out4Marriage campaign, recording a video in favour of allow gay couples an equal right to marriage.
18 May 2012
Chris Bryant: Tory MP’s response to equal marriage enquiry ‘as cruel as it was offensive’ 129 A Conservative MP's response to an enquiry about equal marriage has been called 'cruel and offensive' in its treatment of couples who are unable to have children by gay Labour MP Chris Bryant and 'truly shocking' by a constituent.
9 May 2012
New French president may signal ‘no miracle’, trans candidate says 3 Brigitte Goldberg, one of two trans candidates in the recent French Presidential election, yesterday expressed herself only slightly moved by the replacement of right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy with socialist Francois Hollande.
8 May 2012
François Hollande’s presidential win brings French marriage equality closer 50 The new President-elect of France, François Hollande, the country's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, is expected to push equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples in the European country.
2 May 2012
Comment: Four reasons the Christian and Jewish faiths are set to approve equal marriage 36 The greatest revision of belief within the Judaeo-Christian faiths since the Reformation is underway, Alan Austin writes.
27 April 2012
Editorial: Catholic schools anti-gay petition scandal shows faith school system must be overhauled 38 Wednesday's revelation by PinkNews.co.uk that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 359 state funded Catholic secondary schools to promote anti-gay petitions to children as young as 11 has clearly demonstrated that there is the need for a root and branch review of the way that state funded schools tackle homosexuality and transgender identities.
23 April 2012
Sheffield: Call for public art tribute to early gay activist Edward Carpenter 12 A new community group has been set up in Sheffield to campaign for a permanent public tribute to Edward Carpenter.
21 March 2012
Liberal Democrat president speaks out on religious charity’s internship scheme 54 Liberal Democrats president Tim Farron spoke out in defence of the internship scheme funded by religious charity CARE this week, saying it provides valuable access to Parliament for young people, but his office will look into indications gay MPs have not been allowed to participate.
20 March 2012
Former US president Jimmy Carter backs ‘very fine’ equal marriages for gays 44 Former President Jimmy Carter has said gay people should be allowed to marry in civil ceremonies, as 'Jesus never said a word about homosexuality'.
20 March 2012
Muslim Council of Britain: Marriage equality for gays ‘unnecessary and unhelpful’ 173 The Muslim Council of Britain has backed opposition to marriage equality for gays, calling equality an 'unnecessary and unhelpful' exercise.
19 March 2012
Omar Sharif’s grandson comes out over political fears for Egypt 24 The grandson of veteran Egyptian actor Omar Sharif has come out publicly as a gay, half-Jewish man citing fears for his country's political future after the Arab Spring.
16 March 2012
Comment: Equal marriage plans must include religion, writes Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper 209 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Yvette Cooper says the Government's plans for marriage equality must go further if they are to respect religious freedom and tackle discrimination.
16 March 2012
Second MP pulls out of CARE internship scheme over charity’s ‘extreme views’ 26 A second MP has pulled out of the Westminster internship scheme funded by the charity CARE as an online petition calling on others to pull out has reached 8,000 signatures.

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