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August 26, 2013

Colin Murray: I regret that Clare Balding was insulted on my BBC show

Colin Murray has spoken for the first time about his regrets on allowing homophobic jokes to be made at the expense of sports presenter Clare Balding on his former Five Live radio show.

August 26, 2013

Rap star Macklemore: ‘Gay rights are human rights. There is no separation’

Rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their pro-equal marriage track “Same Love” alongside Jennifer Hudson and Mary Lambert at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards.

August 26, 2013

Brighton: Gay vegetarian raises awareness of CJD following diagnosis

A 28-year-old gay vegetarian living just outside of Brighton has been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of Mad Cow Disease.

August 26, 2013

Russia may reintroduce gay blood ban and provide voluntary gay conversion therapy

Russia may resurrect its ban preventing gay men from donating blood and also introduce measures for voluntary gay-to-straight conversion therapy, a senior Russian MP has said.

August 26, 2013

Bishop of Honolulu: Equal marriage could lead to polygamy and incest

The Bishop of Honolulu has warned against attempts to legalise equal marriage in Hawaii.

August 26, 2013

Exclusive: Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri says It’s Time for equal marriage in Scotland

Scottish musician Sharleen Spiteri is the latest celebrity to speak out in support of equal marriage in Scotland.

August 25, 2013

Video: Gay and lesbian people included in Martin Luther King’s ‘unfinished dream’ at 50th Anniversary

Thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and pledging that his vision also included equality for gay and lesbian people.

August 25, 2013

US: Conservative churches change by-laws to avoid lawsuits from gay couples

A growing number of US churches, worried they might be sued by gay couples, are changing their by-laws to reflect the view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man and one woman.

August 25, 2013

France: Far-right mayor refuses to officiate at same-sex wedding

A far-right mayor in the south of France has refused to officiate at the wedding of a lesbian couple, despite the government's recently passed same-sex marriage law.

August 25, 2013

Nepal: Government excludes gay community from HIV meeting

Nepal’s interim government has been criticised for ignoring the country's gay community and misusing funds after it sent only three officials to a HIV conference in Bangkok.