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1 May 2013
Gay actor Russell Tovey: ‘It might be more of a risk for me to play a gay character’ 28 Russell Tovey says he believes his career is unique because he always plays straight characters.
30 April 2013
Gay sitcom Vicious performs strongly for ITV 125 ITV’s new sitcom Vicious, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi may have received mixed reviews, but it was a ratings winner for the broadcaster last night.
27 March 2013
Oxford’s Trinity College criticised for hosting conference by anti-gay Christian Concern 21 Oxford’s Trinity College has been criticised for agreeing to host a conference organised by the anti-gay group Christian Concern.
9 January 2013
UKIP on ‘wrong side of history’ for opposing equal marriage — says sacked youth chairman 15 Olly Neville, who was removed as the chairman of UKIP’s youth wing, in part due to his support for equal marriage, says the party is on the “wrong side of history” for opposing equality.
7 January 2013
Primate of Kenya warns Church of England against ordaining gay bishops 32 The Primate of Kenya has condemned the Church of England for dropping its prohibition on gay clergy becoming bishops, providing they are in celibate or in celibate civil partnerships.
26 December 2012
Poll: Majority of public want Church of England to hold same-sex weddings 31 A new poll has found that the majority of the people in England and Wales wish for the Church of England to be able to conduct same-sex marriages.
9 November 2012
Malawi commits U-turn over gay rights pledge 13 Malawi has back-tracked on its decision to suspend its anti-gay laws after churches and powerful conservative lobby groups fiercely criticised the move.
6 November 2012
Channel 4 backpedals after censoring ‘gay’ from Simpsons’ episode 10 Channel 4 says it was wrong to edit out the word "gay" from an episode of The Simpsons, which was shown by the UK broadcaster last weekend.
30 October 2012
French political leader calls for same-sex marriage protests 37 The leader of France’s main centre-right opposition party has called for street protests to take place across the country over the government’s proposed equal marriage law.
24 October 2012
Private life of gay former Tory MP and Thatcher aide under spotlight 45 The personal life of the late Sir Peter Morrison, a former Conservative MP and parliamentary aide to Margaret Thatcher, who was seen to be gay by several respected political commentators, has come under the public spotlight following remarks made in parliament by the Labour MP Tom Watson.
15 October 2012
Tracey Emin: The church should embrace gay people 27 Tracey Emin has spoken of her support for equal marriage and believes there should always be a separation of the church and state.
12 October 2012
Yvette Cooper: ‘Get on with legalising same-sex marriage’ 76 Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Yvette Cooper says David Cameron needs to “show a bit of backbone” over the issue of equal marriage.
10 October 2012
Boris Johnson: “Why on earth would we deny marriage to anyone?” 48 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has launched another robust defence of the government’s policy on equal marriage.
9 October 2012
David Cameron determined to press ahead with equal marriage 39 Despite Monday’s high-profile anti-equal marriage protest against the backdrop of the Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister David Cameron remains determined to press ahead with marriage reform.
8 October 2012
Elton John: I should be allowed to call David my ‘husband’ 29 Sir Elton John has called on the government not to concede to the opponents of equal marriage and says he would “love nothing more than to make history again” by turning his civil partnership into a marriage.
5 October 2012
UK: Gay man fights deportation to Nigeria 19 Campaigners are fighting to stop the deportation of a gay man to Nigeria.
4 October 2012
UK: Journalist welcomes BACP decision to strike off anti-gay therapist 5 Lesley Pilkington, the Christian psychotherapist who was found to be providing gay conversion therapy, has finally been struck off by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
28 September 2012
UK: Stonewall unveils awards shortlist 24 Stonewall has announced the shortlists for its seventh annual awards ceremony to be held on 1 November 2012 at the V&A in London.
21 September 2012
UK: Medical students told to act ‘less gay’ and walk ‘straight’ 63 According to the Independent, Dr Una Coales made the recommendations in a guide setting out ways in which minority candidates can “neutralise bias”.
20 September 2012
Former adviser to Nick Clegg criticises ‘bigot’ apology 17 Nick Clegg’s former director of strategy disagrees with the decision of his former boss to apologise for appearing to brand equal marriage opponents as “bigots”.

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