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28 December 2012Feature: The top US LGBT stories of 2012 3 As 2012 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months, from the USA. -
27 December 2012Westboro Baptist Church blames ‘fag marriage’ for New York Christmas Eve shooting 40 The Westboro Baptist Church, is blaming same-sex marriage for the shooting dead of two firefighters near Rochester in New York on Christmas Eve. -
27 December 2012Maryland: Several anti-gay court clerks to stop performing all marriages 20 Several deputy court clerks in St Mary's County, Maryland, will stop performing marriages when same-sex marriage becomes legal in the state next week. -
27 December 2012Glee creator Ryan Murphy becomes a father for the first time 4 Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee, and his husband David Miller are celebrating the birth of their first son. -
27 December 2012Piers Morgan: The Bible needs to be amended so it supports same-sex marriage 44 During an interview on his chat show with the Californian anti-gay pastor Rick Warren, Piers Morgan urged for an “amendment to the Bible” to allow for equal marriage. -
26 December 2012Obama petitioned to label Roman Catholic Church as a ‘hate group’ 61 Already petitioned to label the Westboro Baptist Church, home of the God Hates Fags campaign as a 'hate group', Barack Obama is now being petitioned to give the same label to the Catholic Chutch. -
26 December 2012Official petition for Obama to label ‘God Hates Fags’ Church as a hate group most popular ever 27 The petition for President Obama to class the Westboro Baptist Church, the home of the 'God Hates Fags' campaign as a hate group has been named the most popular ever on the White House's 'We The People' website. -
26 December 2012Gay New Jersey Assemblyman says he agrees with putting gay equality to a public vote 8 New Jersey is to put gay marriage to referendum, in a turn-around decision by the state's first openly gay lawmaker who previously opposed putting the issue to ballot. -
24 December 2012250 Rabbis, pastors and bishops call on Illinois to make same-sex marriage legal 14 A group of 250 rabbis, pastors, bishops and other leaders representing liberal and reform Christian and Jewish groups have called on the state of Illinois to pass the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act that would make same-sex marriage legal. -
24 December 2012US: Retiring gay Congressman Barry Frank says he’ll consider role of temporary Senator 3 The retiring Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has indicated that he would be willing to serve as a temporary senator should John Kerry be appointed the next Secretary of State. -
24 December 2012US: Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams dies aged 65 4 Tributes have been paid to Richard Adams, who died last week after a short illness at the age of 65. -
24 December 2012New York: Ex-model found guilty of murdering and castrating gay TV presenter 2 A Portuguese former underwear model has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he was convicted of murdering and castrating a gay Portuguese TV presenter. -
22 December 2012Newtown local community prevents God Hates Fags church from picketing Sandy Hook school shooting funerals 42 The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the God Hates Fags campaign was reportedly scared away this week from protesting at the funerals of some of the children massacred at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. -
22 December 2012US court suspends California’s ban on therapies to turn gay teenagers straight 28 A three-judge panel in the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has suspended the implementation of a new law banning therapists offering treatment to young gay people to turn themselves straight. -
22 December 2012Anonymous files death certificate for God Hates Fags leader & changes her PC background to gay porn 58 The hackers collective, Anonymous, has continued its long-running battle with the Westboro Baptist Church, the home of the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, and claims to have changed the desktop background on its spokeswoman's computer to gay porn. -
22 December 2012US: Wisconsin court rules in favour of same sex domestic partnership registry 3 An appeals court ruled on Friday that Wisconsin's same sex domestic partnership registry does not violate a state constitutional amendment which bans marriage equality.
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22 December 2012Possible US Defence Secretary nominee: Comments about gays “do not reflect my views” 17 A former US Senator, and Barack Obama's likely choice for Defence Secretary, apologised on Friday for "insensitive" remarks he made about an openly gay nominee for an ambassadorship. -
22 December 2012Barack Obama: America’s attitudes to gay rights has been transformed over the past four years 4 Speaking to Time Magazine reporters after he was named 'Time Magazine Person of the Year', US President Barack Obama has reflected on the transformation made to attitudes towards homosexuality in America. -
21 December 2012New Hampshire’s first transgender representative signals fight back to office 2 A transgender New Hampshire state representative, who resigned last month, says she will stand again for election next year. -
21 December 2012US: Gay teenager appointed to the board of Florida city council after he spoke out against discrimination 3 The council of the South Florida city of Boca Raton has unanimously appointed a 17-year-old openly gay boy to its community relations board after he spoke out against the city's lack of anti-LGBT discrimination policies.
