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14 May 2013
PinkNews nominated for top online news award 5 PinkNews.co.uk has been nominated for the Online Media Awards 2013 in the Best Campaigning/Investigative Journalism category.
3 April 2013
UK: Government think tank gives cautious response to Border Agency reforms + The Institute for Government has commented on the decision to scrap the UK Borders Agency – which handles claims made by asylum seekers fleeing homophobic persecution.
28 March 2013
UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3 Human rights campaigners have once again accused the UK Border Agency (UKBA) of trying to deport a vulnerable female asylum seeker to Uganda.
27 March 2013
Lib Dems’ LGBT group urges for better training of Home Office LGBT asylum caseworkers + In the wake of the government’s decision to abolish the UK Border Agency, the Lib Dems’ LGBT group says LGBT asylum cases need to be handled better by officials.
26 March 2013
Theresa May announces scrapping of ‘defensive’ and ‘secretive’ UK Border Agency 10 A government agency that has repeatedly been accused of deporting LGBT asylum seekers is to be scrapped and split in two, Theresa May has confirmed.
5 February 2013
Letter: William Hague, George Osborne and Theresa May same-sex marriage ‘is the right thing to do’ 6 In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, but in reality a letter to fellow Tory MPs, three of the most senior Conservative ministers have pleaded with their colleagues to back same-sex marriage.
4 February 2013
Feature: How the Cabinet will vote in tomorrow’s same-sex marriage bill 17 Tomorrow's vote on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will see most of the Conservative Liberal Democrat Coalition cabinet coming out in support of same-sex marriage.
29 January 2013
David Cameron under pressure to grant tax breaks to win same-sex marriage vote 18 Prime minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne are reportedly under mounting pressure to give married couples a tax break in order to secure support for their same-sex marriage bill.
17 January 2013
Yvette Cooper warns against ‘unfair’ police DNA targeting of gay men 15 Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says she is concerned by allegations of gay men being forced to give DNA samples to police officers.
15 January 2013
Government to remove ban on issuing insults 46 A Lords amendment proposing to drop "insulting" behaviour from Section 5 of the Public Order Act, which has been used by lawyers to prosecute both homophobic religious preachers and gay rights campaigners, has won government approval.
10 January 2013
Exclusive: David Blunkett: Equal marriage plans are ‘a complete dog’s dinner’ 37 Labour’s former home secretary David Blunkett has described the government’s equal marriage plans for England and Wales as a “complete dog’s dinner”.
25 December 2012
Feature: The top 15 stories that changed LGBT life in the UK in 2012 6 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important UK stories of the last twelve months.
16 October 2012
Stonewall: Tackling anti-gay crime should be a priority for new police commissioners 4 Stonewall has launched a campaign calling on candidates standing to become Police and Crime Commissioners to promise to tackle homophobic crime.
27 September 2012
Ed Miliband: Gay marriages should be allowed in church 124 Labour leader Ed Miliband adds his support to the Out4Marriage campaign to introduce equal marriage rights for gay couples in the UK, saying Labour believes that churches should be given the right to hold same-sex weddings.
25 September 2012
Video: Hugh Grant comes @Out4Marriage and says ‘love is the same for everyone’ 23 Hugh Grant, star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, About a Boy and the Bridget Jones films, has recorded a video in support of the Out4Marriage campaign to make same-sex marriage legal in the UK.
20 September 2012
Video: Culture Secretary Maria Miller comes @Out4Marriage and defends record 39 The new Culture Secretary Maria Miller has once again signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on equal marriage by recording a video for the Out4Marriage campaign.
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.
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.
16 June 2012
Home Office Minister Nick Herbert: Churches should be allowed to marry gay couples 39 Nick Herbert the Minister for Policing at the Home Office and Ministry of Justice has said that churches that wish to solemnise marriages of gay couples should be allowed to do so.
14 June 2012
Exclusive: Home Office website makes equal marriage consultation appear to have closed 24 hours early 29 The Home Office webpage that used to introduce visitors to the Government's proposals to introduce same sex marriage has been 'archived' and placed into the National Archive during the consultation period and more than 24 hours earlier than had been planned.

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