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June 19, 2015

Will Republican Presidential candidates take a pledge to permit anti-gay discrimination?

Republican Presidential candidates have been challenged to pledge to re-ban same-sex marriage, ban teaching about same-sex marriage in schools, and permit discrimination against same-sex couples.

June 19, 2015

Vicar: York Minster blessing Pride is like welcoming paedophiles

A Vicar in Hull has hit out at a decision by a canon at York Minster to bless the city's Pride parade this weekend, suggesting that accepting gay people means also accepting paedophiles and "serial adulterers".

June 19, 2015

US lawmaker: Schools should face criminal charges for teaching homosexuality is acceptable

A Republican lawmaker wants to levy criminal charges against schools that teach homosexuality is acceptable, if any students ever get sexually transmitted infections.

June 19, 2015

The Pope’s advice to trans people? ‘Accept the body God gave you’

The Pope has given some advice to transgender people - that they should just accept the body that came as "God's gift".

June 19, 2015

MP claims votes at 16 will make people ‘vulnerable to sexual predators’

A Labour MP has claimed that lowering the voting age to 16 could lead to people being "more vulnerable to sexual predation".

June 19, 2015

Campaign launched to light up Vancouver bridge with rainbows

A campaign has been started urging the city of Vancouver to light up a major bridge with rainbow colours for pride.

June 18, 2015

Joe Biden will decide if he is running for President ‘by August’

Vice President Joe Biden will either announce he is running for President or rule himself out before August, sources say.

June 18, 2015

Republicans trying to stop gay marriage by banning all non-religious weddings

Desperate Republican politicians from Michigan are already trying to evade an expected Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage - by trying to ban all weddings outside of churches.

June 18, 2015

Watch: Robin Williams stars as gay man in trailer for final film Boulevard

A trailer has been released for Boulevard - the last film completed starring late actor Robin Williams.

June 18, 2015

Sinn Féin condemns hoax bomb sent to Dublin gay rights charity

The chair of Sinn Féin's LGBT group has spoken out after a fake toxic substance was sent to a pro-gay charity in Dublin.