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21 May 2012Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days over filming roommate’s gay kiss 108 A US student who was convicted of using a webcam to secretly film his room-mate sharing a gay kiss, who eventually committed suicide, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. -
21 May 2012MEPs support ‘free speech’ after Kiev pride violence 11 Members of the European Parliament are concerned about the number of gay pride marches being cancelled or banned across Europe due to homophobic violence or laws criminalising public support for LGBT rights. -
21 May 2012Azerbaijan accuses Iran of slander over Eurovision gay pride rumours 23 Azerbaijan has accused neighbouring country Iran of slander after claims that Baku would host a gay pride march to coincide with this week’s Eurovision song contest. -
21 May 2012DC Comics superhero to come out as ‘prominent’ gay character 85 A major DC Comics character is likely to come out as lesbian, gay or bisexual in the not too distant future. -
21 May 2012First transgender ‘Miss Universe Canada’ pageant contestant misses out on title 90 The first ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title after strutting the runway this weekend. -
21 May 2012Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way Ball’ goes ahead in Philippines despite religious protests 18 Controversial bisexual star Lady Gaga has confirmed her concerts will go ahead on Monday and Tuesday night in the Philippines, despite protests from conservative Muslim and Christian groups. -
20 May 2012GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms 125 The US clothing retailer GAP has released a new advertising campaign in Los Angeles, which features a gay couple embracing under one t-shirt, and has predictably drawn the wrath of the anti-gay group, One Million Moms. -
20 May 2012Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder 120 A middle-school teacher in Kansas has courted condemnation from students and gay rights activists after he wrote on his Facebook page that being gay was 'the same as murder.' -
20 May 2012US black civil rights group, NAACP, endorses equal marriage 31 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has passed a resolution yesterday endorsing equal marriage, two weeks following President Obama's move to do so. -
19 May 2012Republicans hastily add anti-equal marriage coda to a defence bill 54 In a sign that equal marriage might be made a more prominent issue than previously thought, following President Obama's support for the measure, Republican-led House of Representatives have hastily added a provision on to a large-scale defence bill that would ban equal marriage ceremonies at military chapels. -
19 May 2012Malaysia: Muslim lesbian activist launches controversial book 21 A Canadian Muslim has launched a controversial new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia, where the majority of citizens are Muslim, despite attempts by a government minister to ban the event. -
19 May 2012Virginia: Republicans block first openly gay judge 41 Senior Democrats in Virginia have cried foul after Republicans in the general assembly moved to block the appointment of what would have been the state's first openly gay judge. -
19 May 201250 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch ‘your little buns’ in elevators 100 The rapper 50 Cent has told a magazine that he is backing President Barack Obama's personal support of equal marriage for same sex couples, but argues that organisations should be created to protect the rights of heterosexual men, who might be at risk of gay men touching them up in an elevator. -
18 May 2012New York mural compares gay rights in Israel to its neighbours 76 A mural in New York's West Village has provoked controversy by depicting gay rights in Israel and comparing it to the status of LGBT people in the countries that neighbour and surround it. -
18 May 2012Maryland: Equal marriage not legal yet, but divorce for gay couples is okay 8 The highest court in Maryland has ruled today that while the state recognises only heterosexual marriages, gay couples married in other states can have their marriages dissolved in the state.
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Editorial: Thanks Home Secretary for coming @Out4Marriage, now come out for religious same-sex marriage!2
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama’s support10
Video: Colin Powell supports equal marriage9
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government’s equal marriage promise49
Mariela Castro praises President Obama for gay rights support7
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
‘Big Bang Theory’ actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage115
Iran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision ‘gay parade’39
Video: Prime Minister’s closest aide, Desmond Swayne MP, comes @Out4Marriage31
'Big Bang Theory' actor, Jim Parsons, comes out as gay42
Poll: Opposition to equal marriage, especially black voters, hits record low after Obama's support10
Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear22
DC Comics superhero to come out as 'prominent' gay character85
Video: Obama campaign releases LGBT manifesto18
US gymnastics hopeful comes out as gay ahead of Olympics20
Paul Iacono comes out as gay15
Actor Matt Bomer comes out32
Daniel Radcliffe: Newspapers believed I was gay because I had a 'gay face'39
Video: Home Secretary Theresa May comes @Out4Marriage to reaffirm Government's equal marriage promise49
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people217
Chris Bryant: Tory MP's response to equal marriage enquiry 'as cruel as it was offensive'128
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms125
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder120-
Update: No. 10 says MPs will be given free vote on equal marriage115
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days over filming roommate's gay kiss108
Malawi: New president 'to decriminalise homosexuality'103
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators100
First transgender 'Miss Universe Canada' pageant contestant misses out on title90
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage89
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