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4 July 2012Newly-out Anderson Cooper says thanks to fans 3 CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has used Twitter to thank fans for their support after coming out as gay. -
4 July 2012Connecticut student ‘faked anti-gay harassment’ 5 A lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University is facing police charges of faking claims of anti-gay harassment. -
3 July 2012US FDA approves at-home HIV test 10 The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a rapid, at-home HIV test for the first time. -
3 July 2012Cher appears to leave Twitter after voicing support for anti-gay pastor 42 Tweets sent from Cher's account praising a pastor who said gay people were "not God's best work" have drawn confusion from fans. -
2 July 2012US gay military groups merge 4 Two US gay military groups have announced they are to merge under a new name. -
2 July 2012Mormons in mass resignation over gay marriage and polygamy 52 Around 150 Mormons have quit in a mass resignation ceremony over the church's opposition to gay marriage and polygamy. -
2 July 2012Washington DC Republican committee adds gay-inclusive language 6 The Washington DC Republican Committee (DCRC) has became the first Republican state party to adopt gay-inclusive language into its party platform. -
2 July 2012Gay Republican Fred Karger ends presidency campaign 7 Gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger has ended his campaign. -
2 July 2012Anderson Cooper publicly confirms he is gay 36 US journalist and television presenter Anderson Cooper has publicly confirmed he is gay.
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29 June 2012Kenya: Media link US ambassador’s resignation to Pride reception 7 The US ambassador to Kenya has resigned citing 'differences' with Washington DC, but reports from Africa have suggested a link between the decision and a gay pride event hosted at the embassy in Nairobi this week. -
27 June 2012Former Will and Grace stars ‘pray for a gay child’ 28 Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, stars of the ground-breaking sitcom Will and Grace have joked that they now pray their children will grow up gay. -
27 June 2012New York Knicks player Amar’e Stoudemire fined $50,000 for gay slur Twitter message 6 The NBA, America's top professional basketball association, has fined New York Knicks player Amar'e Stoudemire for sending a fan an anti-gay slur on Twitter. -
26 June 2012Video: Cyndi Lauper launches organisation for homeless LGBT youth in the US 9 Cyndi Lauper has launched a new project in the US aimed at empowering and advocating on behalf of homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth, and raising awareness of the problems they face. -
26 June 2012Scotland could learn from California’s experience on equal marriage, state governor says 43 The Governor of California has reportedly called on Scotland to lead on marriage equality legislation and to benefit from the experiences of California. -
26 June 2012San Francisco: Missing man returns a week after social networking app meeting 24 A 22-year-old man in San Francisco has resurfaced having been missing for a week after meeting a stranger on a social networking app before the city's pride celebrations. -
26 June 2012Texas: Teenage lesbian couple shot in possible hate crime 10 Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been shot in a possible hate crime, with one being fatally wounded. -
25 June 2012Proposition 8 trial witness to stop opposing marriage for gay couples 22 David Blankenhorn, founder the Institute for American Values and a witness at the trial of the ballot which led to California's gay marriage ban says he will no longer fight against marriage rights for gay couples. -
22 June 2012Poll: Obama’s equal marriage support not moving divided public 5 US President Barack Obama's recent declaration in favour of marriage equality for gay couples has not tipped public opinion towards or against the move or his handling of the issues, a recent poll shows. -
21 June 2012Republicans won’t reintroduce ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ if elected, one lawmaker says 22 The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee announced today that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) was a settled issue, which neither a Romney presidency nor a Republican-majority Senate would reverse. -
21 June 2012Washington state looks set to back equal marriage in referendum 13 In a sign that Washington may be one of the first states to buck the trend on equal marriage referenda, a new poll suggests that voters in the state might approve the measure during the presidential elections this November.
