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14 May 2012Church of Ireland Synod: Gay relationships cannot be ‘normative’ 68 The General Synod of the Church of Ireland has passed a motion confirming its opposition to the recognition of gay marriages and describing straight unions as the only 'normative' context for a sexual relationship. -
13 May 2012Newsweek names Obama as the first ‘gay’ president 76 Within days of President Obama formally declaring his support for equal marriage, the American magazine Newsweek has named him the first 'gay' president in its front cover. -
13 May 2012UK is the ‘best place in Europe’ to be gay 93 For all the anti-equality campaigns by some politicians and right-wing religious groups, United Kingdom has been chosen as the best place in Europe for gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in terms of legal rights, according to a study by the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Europe. -
12 May 2012Update: ‘Homophobic’ woman from Nebraska has ‘mental health problems’ 152 A woman who made startlingly graphic and homophobic comments during an anti-discrimination legislative hearing in Lincoln Nebraska, the video of which went viral within days, has been described as having 'mental health problems' and being diagnosed with schizophrenia. -
12 May 2012North Carolina Governor denounces Amendment One 36 The Governor of North Carolina, Democrat Beverly "Bev" Perdue, has denounced the recent passage of Amendment One, which outlaws all civil unions outside heterosexual marriage, which she said made the state "look like Mississipi." -
12 May 2012Australia: Victims of a Facebook hate group sue the military 7 Just as Australian military marks the twentieth anniversary of making it possible for gay men and women to serve openly in the military, the victims of a Facebook hate page that revealed and threatened gay members serving therein, have filed a law suit over the army's handling of the scandal. -
12 May 2012Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy 212 Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy. Four men named 'Saadat Arefi', 'Vahid Akbari', 'Javid Akbari' and 'Houshmand Akbari' are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran. -
11 May 2012Costa Rica: Vice Presidents endorse equal rights for gay couples 4 The vice presidents of Costa Rica, Alfio Piva and Luis Liberman have said, in an interview with Amelia Rueda, that gay couples deserve the same rights as heterosexuals, though they stopped short of endorsing equal marriage. -
11 May 2012Poll: 51% of Americans agree with Obama’s support of equal marriage 13 More than half of Americans have said that they approve of President Obama's support for equal marriage, though 60% of the respondents also said that this announcement would have no bearing on their voting decisions, according to a Gallup/USA Today poll released this evening. -
11 May 2012Video: ‘Insanely homophobic’ public hearing on anti-discrimination in Lincoln, Nebraska 143 A startlingly homophobic and inaccurately graphic video of a woman testifying at non-discrimination ordinance hearings in Lincoln, Nebraska, has gone viral in the LGBT blogosphere, within a day of its being put online. -
11 May 2012David Walliams, Stephen Fry and The Saturdays come @Out4Marriage 13 Celebrities including Stephen Fry, Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams and The Saturdays have already pledged their support of introducing equal marriage in the UK. -
11 May 2012US advisory panel recommends Truvada drug be marketed for HIV prevention 118 An FDA panel in the US has approved the administration of the drug Truvada to at-risk but uninfected people in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV, though experts warn condoms must remain the 'bedrock' of such efforts. -
11 May 2012Colombia: Partner of gay Catholic priest wins pension rights 11 The gay partner of a deceased Catholic priest has been told he is allowed to have his lover's pension, despite the cleric's vow of chastity. -
11 May 2012New Zealand prime minister ‘not opposed’ to marriage for gay couples 20 New Zealand's prime minister has said he is 'not personally opposed' to allowing gay couples to marry, but added that it was not part of the government's legislative programme. -
11 May 2012Church of Ireland withdraws controversial marriage motion from debate 9 A motion to affirm the Church of Ireland's view of straight marriage as being the "only normative context for sexual intercourse" has been removed from this week's General Synod meeting after it provoked complaints.
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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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