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October 28, 2013

US: Pennsylvania equal marriage ban turns to challenge gay inheritance tax ban

In the US state of Pennsylvania, two women are separately challenging a policy which bans same-sex couples from taking advantage of an inheritance tax waiver which covers straight couples.

October 28, 2013

Nancy Pelosi to receive pro-LGBT lifetime achievement award

US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is receiving an award in recognition of her support for LGBT rights.

October 28, 2013

Union J star Jaymi Hensley: Times have changed and girls fantasise about One Direction being gay

Union J member Jaymi Hensley has said in an interview that he thinks "times have changed", as girls now fantasise about One Direction being gay.

October 28, 2013

Chile: Gay man beaten into a coma in homophobic attack

A gay man has been beaten so badly that he is in a coma in Chile, in the latest in a spate of hate crimes to have rocked the country in recent months.

October 28, 2013

Putin: Olympic athletes will feel ‘comfortable regardless of sexual orientation’

President Vladimir Putin has once again moved to dismiss concerns about LGBT athletes attending the Winter Olympics in light of Russia’s anti-gay laws.

October 28, 2013

Bishop blasts Archbishop of Canterbury for being ‘sympathetic to homosexuals’

An Anglican bishop in Nigeria has launched a furious attack at Justin Welby for being “sympathetic to homosexuals” and says the Archbishop of Canterbury’s position on gay rights is “pathetic”.

October 28, 2013

Debt forces closure of Nottinghamshire Pride

The charity that runs Nottingham's annual Pride festival has been forced to close amid debts of almost £17,000.

October 28, 2013

Italy: Gay medical student kills himself by jumping off a balcony

A 21-year-old man has taken his own life in Rome with investigators saying he talked of suffering homophobia in a letter written before his death.

October 28, 2013

LGBT campaigner and Holocaust survivor Sharley McLean dies aged 90

Tributes are being paid to the radical lesbian feminist and campaigner Sharley McLean, who died at the weekend.

October 28, 2013

Irish Deputy Prime Minister promises equal marriage referendum by 2015

Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister has promised a referendum on same-sex marriage will be held before the next general election.