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4 April 2012
Voters appear to reject gay and trans protections in Anchorage 8 Proposition 5, which would expand the anti-discrimination laws in Anchorage, Alaska, to include sexual orientation and gender identity appears to have failed to gather enough votes to pass.
30 March 2012
71-year-old Texan woman charged with gay hate crime 77 A 71-year-old Texan woman was yesterday charged with committing a hate crime after being accused of beating and choking a 25-year-old man with a wooden cane because she believed he was gay and had AIDS.
30 March 2012
Connecticut man alleges past gay relationship with American baseball star 21 A man in Hartford, Connecticut is being investigated by the police after allegedly threatening Carl Pavano, an American baseball star who plays for Minnesota Twins, with the revelation that the pair had an gay relationship in high school.
29 March 2012
Law proposed in Kansas will allow religious to veto anti-discrimination laws 61 A bill was passed in Kansas yesterday that its opponents claim legalises discrimination against LGBT persons.
28 March 2012
American military academies celebrate first gay pride events 6 This week saw the first gay pride events being celebrated at military academies in the USA, six months after the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
26 March 2012
Gay couples celebrate ‘illegal mass wedding’ in Ohio over the weekend 16 More than 200 gay and lesbian couples gathered at the Galleria downtown Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday to engage in what they called the “biggest illegal mass wedding ever held.”
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'.
9 March 2012
Catholic Diocese drops homeless funding over director’s gay marriage views 56 A Catholic Diocese in California has dropped the funding it gives a homelessness charity citing the new director's views on abortion and equal marriage rights for gays.
8 March 2012
Utah senate votes to stop discussion of homosexuality in schools 33 Utah's state legislature has passed a bill this week making sex education lessons optional and prohibiting the discussion of homosexuality or instructions on how to use contraception.
1 March 2012
YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live 11 YouTube has announced it will broadcast the star-studded LA reading of Duston Lance Black's Proposition 8 play this weekend.
29 February 2012
Poll: Gay marriage support rises to 59% in California 9 Results of a poll issued today indicate support for allowing gay marriages again in California has risen to 59%.
28 February 2012
Harvard asked to overturn gay expulsions of 1920 9 Harvard University is being called on to overturn the findings of a secret investigation which saw nine gay students expelled in 1920.
24 February 2012
Petition secures second public vote on gay marriage in Maine 36 Citizens of Maine will be asked to vote in favour of equal marriage rights for gay couples after a petition by marriage equality advocates secured enough signatures for a second public referendum.
24 February 2012
Video: US teen posts coming out video to YouTube 32 A teenage YouTube user in the US has recorded the conversation in which he comes out to his mother and posted it online saying he hopes it will be an "inspiration".
24 February 2012
Maryland senate passes equal marriage law 15 Maryland's state senate approved a bill last night to give equal marriage rights to gay couples.
20 February 2012
Mitt Romney campaign co-chair resigns on claim he ‘threatened to deport gay lover’ 14 A co-chairman of Mitt Romney's Arizona presidential campaign and elected official Paul Babeu has been forced to resign amid claims he had threatened to have a gay lover deported.
17 February 2012
Blogger’s son, 7, ‘comes out’ 88 A blogger has described the moment her 7-year-old son came out to her but accepted she is not sure whether he will turn into a gay adult.
16 February 2012
Chris Colfer and Kevin Bacon join Proposition 8 play 10 Actors Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer and John C Reilly join a swelling number of celebrities signing up to star in Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play next month.
16 February 2012
Brett Ratner to helm pro-gay film campaign for GLAAD 4 Brett Ratner will produce and direct a GLAAD video campaign to promote equality for gay and trans people following his use of a disparaging term in a press conference last year.
14 February 2012
Actor Matt Bomer comes out 37 US actor Matt Bomer revealed this weekend he is gay.

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