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September 4, 2013

US: Judge rules deceased gay man’s death certificate can list him as married despite equal marriage ban

In a second similar ruling by the same judge, a gay man has won an appeal to have his late husband's death certificate display that he was married, despite a state-wide ban on equal marriage in Ohio.

September 4, 2013

William Hague: ‘Britain must stick to its values and not retreat on issues like gay rights in Russia’

Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken out against anti-gay laws in Russia to say that Britain's foreign policy must have "a conscience", and that it is in the nature of Britain to "stand up for human rights overseas."

September 4, 2013

Video: US radio host says ‘the Nazi Party started in a gay bar in Munich’

US radio host, Bryan Fischer, who once claimed that Russia's anti-gay laws were "homorealistic," has recently claimed the Nazi Party was started in a Munich gay bar.

September 4, 2013

US: Pennsylvania court to hear arguments in case against clerk who issued same-sex marriage licences

A court in the US state of Pennsylvania will today begin to hear arguments around the case of a county clerk who is being sued by the state because he issued marriage licences to same-sex couples.

September 4, 2013

Russia: Gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseyev seeks urgent meeting with Vladimir Putin

Gay rights activist and Russian pride organiser Nikolai Alekseyev has officially requested a meeting with Vladimir Putin after the President claimed he was willing to speak with members of the LGBT community in a recent interview.

September 4, 2013

Texas and Mississippi National Guard refuse to process gay couples’ benefits despite Pentagon directive

The National Guard in the US states of Texas and Mississippi have refused to process benefits requests from Tuesday from same-sex couples, despite a directive from the Pentagon to do so.

September 4, 2013

US Priest: Christians should no longer ‘go gaily into the dark’ — the word gay has been ‘too distorted’

Father Paul Check, the director of a program which attempts to make gay Catholics live chaste lives, has said that Christians should now go "cheerfully" rather than "gaily" into the dark, as the word gay has been too "distorted."

September 4, 2013

US county clerk: I’m ‘on the right side of history’ by defying state ban on equal marriage

A county clerk who is defying Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples has said he is only doing what is right.

September 4, 2013

Vladimir Putin: There is no discrimination against gay people in Russia

Vladimir Putin, who in June signed a law banning 'gay propaganda' in Russia, has sought to reassure concerns about athletes who display rainbow flags during the 2014 Winter Olympics, urging that there is no discrimination against gay people in his country.

September 3, 2013

Photos: Thousands protest against Russia’s anti-gay laws at London’s Whitehall

A protest against the treatment of LGBT people in Russia is currently underway in London near the official residence of the Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street. Here are a selection of the latest photographs.