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3 December 2012
US: County holds lottery for first gay couples to receive marriage licenses + Ten Washington couples will be among the first to receive marriage licenses, as the new equal marriage law comes into effect at 12.01am on Thursday morning.
28 November 2012
US: Washington marriage certificates to reflect legalisation of same-sex marriage 7 Washington State's Department of Health is currently reviewing the text displayed on marriage certificates, with a view to bring it in line with recently introduced equal marriage law.
27 November 2012
Brad Pitt: Gay marriage is about equality, opponents should stop linking the argument with drugs laws 5 Brad Pitt, one of the most outspoken advocates of marriage equality in Hollywood has restated his support for changing the law and questioned why opponents link arguments with those against reforming drug laws.
27 November 2012
Atlanta: Doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing male prisoners 12 A former prison doctor for the US Penitentiary in Atlanta has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three male inmates.
25 November 2012
Video: Morgan Freeman says journey towards equal rights ‘has just begun’ 3 Morgan Freeman features in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign, a charity in support of equal marriage rights, in which he says the journey towards equality "has just begun".
25 November 2012
US: Boeing refuses pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 21 Boeing, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers has told union negotiators that it would deny pension survivor benefits to same-sex couples, despite Washington State having approved on an equal marriage law earlier this month.
21 November 2012
US: Baltimore launches LGBT wedding planner, invites same-sex couples to marry there 5 Officials from Baltimore's tourism board have launched an LGBT wedding planner, with a view to compete with other states in which equal marriage is legal, and to attract same-sex couples to marry there.
18 November 2012
France: Thousands protest against equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples 61 Thousands of people have taken to the streets of several French cities to protest against the country's recently approved bill which would allow equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
16 November 2012
US: Seattle Judges donate their time to marry same-sex couples in Washington on first available day 4 Seattle City Hall will open for a special event on a Sunday following a new law taking effect, which will allow same-sex couples to marry in the state of Washington.
14 November 2012
Comment: Why ‘straight’ Bob Filner will be better for San Diego than ‘gay’ Carl DeMaio 15 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts assesses last week’s defeat of Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican who was running to become Mayor of San Diego.
9 November 2012
Vatican paper brushes off equal marriage victories 32 The semi-official newspaper of the Holy See, L’Osservatore Romano, is seeking to downplay this week’s equal marriage victories in the US and Europe.
9 November 2012
US: Equal marriage opponents in Washington admit defeat 15 Opponents of the equal marriage referendum in the state of Washington on Thursday conceded that they had lost in their battle to prevent it from becoming law.
8 November 2012
Analysis: A new dawn for LGBT America 5 After an extraordinary US election result with voters in three states passing equal marriage rights for gay couples, Scott Roberts sums up the highlights of an incredible week for America.
7 November 2012
US 2012: Maryland legalises same-sex marriage 14 The US state of Maryland has voted in favour of civil equal marriage in a public referendum.
6 November 2012
US 2012: LGBT history in the making 17 Election Day has arrived in the United States with millions of Americans going to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, along with landmark public referendums on equal marriage taking place in four different states.
2 November 2012
US: Michael Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama for presidential election 2 On Thursday, New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, endorsed Barack Obama for the US presidential election, citing a need for strong leadership, and President Obama's support for equal marriage.
1 November 2012
Governor O’Malley: Equal marriage law has a ‘real shot at prevailing’ in Maryland 9 Governor Martin O'Malley, a strong supporter of the campaign to legalise equal marriage in the state of Maryland has said he thinks that if it keeps raising money, it is possible that the campaign will succeed.
1 November 2012
US: Maryland polls now deadlocked on same-sex marriage decision + The state of Maryland, which just two weeks ago looked set to become the first US state to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum, is now deadlocked on the issue, polls indicate.
31 October 2012
Brad Pitt donates $100,000 towards equal marriage fight 9 Brad Pitt has agreed to donate $100,000 (£62,000) to help the Human Rights Campaign raise money for its efforts to support equal marriage initiatives in several US states.
30 October 2012
US: Priest of forty years speaks out in favour of equal marriage in Maryland 13 A Baltimore priest who had served his parish for almost forty years, spoke out in a sermon urging Catholics to vote in favour of equal marriage in Maryland.

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