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July 18, 2013

Nick Clegg tells PinkNews: Russia needs to ‘move with the times’ when it comes to LGBT rights

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has urged Russia to protect the rights of LGBT citizens following concerns about gay athletes attending the 2014 Winter Olympics.

July 18, 2013

Satanists hold ritual to turn homophobic church founder’s mother gay ‘in the afterlife’

A Satanist group, the Satanic Temple, has held a 'Pink Mass' at the grave of Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps' mother, and have claimed that she "is now gay, in the afterlife".

July 18, 2013

Kaleidoscope Trust: Equal marriage could make ‘life worse’ for gay people in developing countries

LGBT rights charity the Kaleidoscope Trust has warned that gay rights in the West, including the recent Same Sex Marriage Act, could lead to an erosion of LGBT freedoms in the developing world.

July 18, 2013

Montenegro: Minister of Labour and Welfare backs country’s first ever Pride parade

The Labour and Welfare Minister of Montenegro has said that he is willing to support the country's first ever Pride parade planned to be held for October.

July 18, 2013

Poll: Half of Virginia voters support equal marriage

Half of Virginia voters have now said they support equal marriage, with a clear majority of females approving of it, a new poll has discovered.

July 18, 2013

Video: Scottish Socialist Party says Scotland needs equal marriage ‘to be a beacon to the world’

Former MSP Colin Fox has become the latest public figure to speak out on why he supports equal marriage in a message recorded as part of the Equality Network’s It’s Time campaign

July 18, 2013

Unitarians celebrate the signing into law of equal marriage for England and Wales

The Chief Officer of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches has described the signing into law of equal marriage for England and Wales as a "remarkable step".

July 18, 2013

Maria Miller: Equal marriage would have made suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst proud

Culture Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller says that Wednesday's Royal Assent of equal marriage fits a proud tradition of British social reform, including the suffragette campaigns of the women's rights activist Emmeline Pankhurst.

July 18, 2013

David Cameron explains what equal marriage means to him

The passing of equal marriage for England and Wales cements the UK's position "as the best place in Europe for LGBT equality", Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

July 18, 2013

Exclusive: I am so proud we have had the courage to make love equal by David Cameron

Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk and the media partner of our Out4Marriage campaign, the London Evening Standard, the Prime Minister has said that love should not be "divided by law". David Cameron also heaped praise on Out4Marriage and Freedom to Marry, the Conservative equal marriage group founded by Nick Herbert.