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14 June 2013
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 1 A San Francisco gay rights blogger has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge after taking a photograph of a gay politician in a toilet.
28 May 2013
France: First same-sex wedding to be held in Montpellier 5 A French couple are planning to wed in the southern city of Montpellier tomorrow, in a ceremony which is set to prove to be symbolic as the first same-sex ceremony in the country, in the face of strong opposition to equal marriage, which was signed into law earlier this month.
8 May 2013
US: Plan to rename San Francisco airport after Harvey Milk is scrapped + A proposal to rename San Francisco's airport after the late gay rights leader Harvey Milk, has been dropped, and the lawmaker who proposed it will aim to have a terminal named after Milk instead.
30 April 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Pride ban on Bradley Manning is anti-democratic’ 9 Peter Tatchell has criticised the organisers of San Francisco Pride for allegedly revoking the nomination of Private Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal for this year’s event.
27 April 2013
US: San Francisco Pride backtracks on announcement of Bradley Manning as grand marshal 11 Reports that San Francisco Pride would honour Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning as an honorary grand marshal of their parade have been promptly denied by organisers.
16 April 2013
US: Baseball team is first professional sports franchise to receive GLAAD award + A Major League Baseball team from San Francisco is to become the first professional sports franchise to be honoured with a GLAAD Media Award at the 24th annual ceremony next month.
14 April 2013
California: Gay lawyer dies at 33 after contracting bacterial meningitis 29 Officials in Los Angeles are warning gay sexually active men about a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, following the death of a gay man in West Hollywood.
14 April 2013
US: Gay ‘Glee’ actor Jonathan Groff to appear in comedy TV pilot 9 Jonathan Groff will play a leading role in an upcoming comedy pilot about the lives of three gay men, commissioned for US Cable channel HBO.
29 March 2013
US: San Francisco bar accused of anti-gay discrimination 2 A San Francisco bar has been accused of anti-gay discrimination by two women who claimed they were kicked out after responding to homophobic remarks, and who have since called for a boycott of the bar.
29 March 2013
Michelle Shocked responds to cancelled show following anti-gay rant by staging sit-in 4 Folk singer Michelle Shocked has responded to the cancellation of dates of her tour following a recent show in San Francisco during which she allegedly went on a homophobic rant, by turning up at a venue anyway and staging a sit-in.
29 March 2013
US: San Francisco law professors predict Supreme Court will invalidate Prop 8 and DOMA 7 Two law professors from San Francisco's Bay Area predicted after two days of hearings around equal marriage, that the Supreme Court would rule to invalidate both Proposition 8 and a the Defense of Marriage Act.
29 March 2013
Adam Lambert to be honoured with GLAAD Media Award 4 GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organisation, has announced that singer Adam Lambert will be honoured with an award at its 24th annual Media Awards in May.
21 March 2013
US folk singer Michelle Shocked responds to backlash after anti-gay rant 35 US folk singer Michelle Shocked, has responded to a backlash on social media sites, following what was described by fans as a "hate speech" during a performance when she expressed opposition to equal marriage, and LGBT rights.
19 March 2013
US folk singer Michelle Shocked cancels tour after telling audience she ‘hates fags’ 93 Folk singer Michelle Shocked did just that last night at a gig in San Francisco, when she went on an anti-gay rant forcing concert-goers to leave.
18 March 2013
US: California bill would require schools to allow trans students to use appropriate toilets and locker rooms + Under a newly introduced bill in California, schools would have to allow transgender students to use facilities and participate on sports teams which match their gender identity.
13 March 2013
San Francisco official urges street named after anti-gay Lech Walesa to be changed 6 A San Francisco supervisor whose district includes Lech Walesa Street is considering introducing legislation to change its name because of the former Polish president’s recent homophobic remarks.
12 March 2013
New York: Gay club dancer and teacher fired for using email account to arrange Craigslist dates 30 A teacher who sent out sexually explicit emails of himself wearing only boxer shorts has been fired.
12 March 2013
US: Tax-exempt status revoked for ‘gay cure’ group 15 A US group which claims to want to help people "struggling with unwanted sexuality, and which specialises in "pray away the gay" treatment has had its tax-exempt status revoked.
21 February 2013
Russian Foreign Ministry to investigate US lesbian ex-wives who hid relationship to adopt child 8 The Russian Foreign Ministry says it will look into a custody case of a Russian child adopted by a US lesbian former couple who allegedly hid their marriage in order to adopt the child.
30 January 2013
US: Gay former American football player charged with assaulting ex-boyfriend + A retired American football player has been charged with felony domestic violence and assault charges involving a former boyfriend.

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