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24 August 2010Pentagon conducts survey of military spouses on potential repeal of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ 6 The Pentagon has distributed a 44-question survey to 150,000 military spouses in the USA to gauge their views on potential situations that may arise should the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy be repealed. -
24 August 2010Faith school denies place to daughter of lesbian couple 19 A private Christian school in Texas has refused admission to the daughter of a lesbian couple. -
23 August 2010New American pro-gay Catholic group formed 12 A group of American LGBT Catholics have created a new organisation to promote gay political causes and help bridge the gap between the traditional wing of the Church and the more progressive followers of the faith. -
23 August 2010Anti-gay student loses legal appeal 56 A federal judge has upheld the right of a university in the state of Georgia to enforce standards in its counselling graduate programmes after an anti-gay student sued the institution for insisting she comply with the rule that gay people be treated equally. -
23 August 2010New US poll report finds changing attitudes to homosexuality 7 According to new national research, Americans have become more accepting of homosexuality of the past 16 years, with over half of those polled saying they support civil unions. -
23 August 2010Mexican gay rights activists and Catholic protestors clash 7 In Mexico yesterday, gay rights activists and a group of Roman Catholics clashed during a demonstration over the issue of same-sex marriage which is currently legal only in the country's capital, Mexico City. -
18 August 2010US gay group angry at retailer Target’s donations to ‘anti-gay’ Republican 2 America's largest gay group, Human Rights Campaign, is protesting over Target's $150,000 donation which was used to support a Republican gubernatorial candidate who has opposed gay rights. -
18 August 2010US lesbian student sues school after being excluded from yearbook 19 An American teenager is suing her school district after being excluded from the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo in her photo. -
17 August 2010Mexico City’s gay adoption law upheld + Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that a law allowing gay couples to adopt in the country's capital is constitutional. -
17 August 2010Temporary ban on California gay marriages extended to end of year 16 A California appeals court has extended the ban on gay marriage until the end of this year. -
16 August 2010Teenager shot dead at Brazil pride festival 1 A teenage boy was killed in a shooting at a pride festival in south-east Brazil on Saturday. -
13 August 2010Trans woman refused treatment at Indiana hospital 7 A trans woman who went to hospital in Muncie, Indiana, last month with a serious lung complaint has said she was ridiculed and ultimately refused treatment by staff. -
13 August 2010Orthodox rabbis sign pro-gay document 14 Three Montreal rabbis became the latest signatories yesterday of a statement calling for the acceptance of Jewish gay men and lesbians into synagogues. -
13 August 2010American comedian suggests ‘ground zero gay bar’ 23 Left-wing American commentator and comedian Greg Gutfeld suggested on his blog yesterday that opening a gay bar next to the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque" in New York City would be a way of "building bridges". -
13 August 2010Top-ranking lesbian cadet quits West Point over anti-gay military policy + A lesbian cadet offered her resignation this week to top US military academy West Point over the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bars openly LGBT people from serving in the US armed forces.
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12 August 2010Judge rules gay marriage in California to resume next week 25 Same-sex marriages are to resume next week in California after a federal judge lifted the ban. -
12 August 2010Gay US Air Force officer sues over dismissal 2 A gay US Air Force officer who lost his job last year after a false rape allegation forced him to reveal his sexuality has sued to block his dismissal from the military and to overturn the US army's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. -
12 August 2010Judge Walker to rule on whether gay marriages in California can resume immediately 8 Chief US District Judge Vaughn Walker, who last week invalidated Proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage in the state of California, is to rule today on whether marriages can resume. -
12 August 2010Father of Mel Gibson brands Pope ‘gay’ 24 The 91-year-old father of actor Mel Gibson has outed himself as a homophobe during a live phone-in on a US Christian radio station. -
11 August 2010Costa Rica court says no to referendum on civil unions 4 Costa Rica's Supreme Court has ruled against allowing a referendum on whether gay couples should be permitted to have civil unions.
