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20 October 2012US: Same-sex marriage scam angers former couple who thought they were married 8 A Florida man has spoken out about his anger at being issued an invalid marriage license by an Iowa courthouse, and says his case represents wider problems faced by gay couples who cannot marry in their home states. -
20 October 2012Gay boxer wins first fight since decision to come out 32 Orlando Cruz has won his first fight since publicly declaring that he is indeed a gay man. -
20 October 2012US: Alderman Moreno will still block Chick-fil-A opening until policy change is official 4 A Chicago alderman has, for the second time, threatened to block the opening of a new branch of Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chicken restaurant, which has been involved in a controversy over its apparent opposition to equal marriage. -
20 October 2012Minnesota student defends wearing anti-equal marriage T-shirt 132 A student in Minnesota has decided to make her own anti-gay T-shirt to wear on campus ahead of the state’s public referendum on equal marriage. -
19 October 2012Poll claims 3.4% of US adults identify as LGBT 21 The research was conducted by both Gallup and the Williams Institute and was based on interviews with more than 121,000 people. -
19 October 2012Kentucky: Bisexual wife of gay attacker testifies against husband + The wife of Anthony Ray Jenkins has given evidence against her husband who stands accused of attacking a gay man in the US state of Kentucky. -
19 October 2012US: Almost-Eagle Scout presents 400,000 signatures to BSA urging anti-gay policy change 13 A teenager from Moraga, California, who was denied his Eagle Scout badge for coming out as gay, has presented a petition containing over 400,000 signatures, to the Boy Scouts of America, urging them to change their anti-gay policy. -
19 October 2012US: Court official faces same-sex marriage fraud charges 1 An investigation has been launched into the case of a court official from Iowa, who allegedly filed false documents saying she had married a same-sex couple from Florida, despite never having met the men, who had never travelled to Iowa for a ceremony. -
19 October 2012US: Poll shows Maryland voters likely to approve equal marriage 12 A poll released on Thursday suggests that voters in the state of Maryland could be the first to approve equal marriage by a popular vote. -
18 October 2012Born to Run (again) Bruce Springsteen backs Obama 1 After vowing not to participate in this year's US presidential election, Bruce Springsteen says the candidates' differences on LGBT rights and other issues has driven him to publicly endorse Barack Obama. -
18 October 2012US: Westboro Baptist Church loses appeal against Missouri funeral picketing restrictions 19 The Westboro Baptist Church lost an appeal this week against a law in the state of Missouri restricting their protests at military funerals, which often contain anti-gay slurs. -
18 October 2012Anne Hathaway to donate wedding picture profits to equal marriage charities 15 Anne Hathaway has pledged a portion of the money made from the sale of her wedding pictures towards supporting equal marriage. -
18 October 2012Video: Ex-Jersey Shore cast member debates against equal marriage 23 Angelina Pivarnick, formerly a cast member on the hit US television series, Jersey Shore, has been featured in an online video debate around equal marriage, and argued her point against the idea. -
17 October 2012US: Cousins accused of attacking gay victim in a park stand trial 9 Two cousins in the US state of Kentucky charged with attacking a gay man in a park have gone on trial. -
17 October 2012Video: CNN anchor cuts interview with anti-gay guest 25 CNN news anchor Carol Costello abruptly ended an interview with the American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer, after he was accused of making “hate speech”. -
17 October 2012Video: Victoria Jackson says equal marriage would ‘make god mad’ 59 Victoria Jackson, the former Saturday Night Live actress-turned Tea Party activist, spoke on the Howard Stern show about her opposition to equal marriage, saying that she doesn't believe in it. -
17 October 2012US: Gay prisoner sues jail, claims another prisoner bit off part of his nose + On Tuesday, a gay inmate of a Kentucky prison filed a lawsuit against a fellow prisoner, as well as the prison itself, claiming that he had part of his nose bitton off in an attack following days of harassment. -
17 October 2012US: Suspended university diversity officer demands reinstatement and compensation 20 The chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University has spoken out, saying she should be reinstated, as well as receiving fair compensation for the embarrassment her suspension caused. -
16 October 2012Anti-gay church pickets funeral of lesbian US Army sergeant 34 Westboro Baptist Church has attempted to disrupt the funeral of US Army Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson, a married lesbian soldier who was killed this month along with several other people in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. -
16 October 2012Video: LGBT celebrities rally around Obama ahead of TV debate 8 Ahead of tonight’s second presidential debate in New York several of America’s biggest LGBT celebrities have come together to endorse Barack Obama’s re-election bid in a new campaign video.
