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June 30, 2013

US: Former Boy Scout plans to create new youth group banning gay members

John Stemberger, an attorney a former Scout responsible for setting up a group to oppose the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) acceptance of gay members, has said he plans to start his own youth organisation.

June 30, 2013

Russia: Putin signs anti-’gay propaganda’ bill into law

An official publication has reported today that President Vladimir Putin has signed into law an anti-"propaganda" bill targeting non-traditional relationships, which was recently approved by both house of the Russian Parliament.

June 30, 2013

London: Senior gay Tory dismisses ‘hissy fit’ reaction to Boris Johnson’s ‘up the Arcelor’ joke

The Leader of the Conservative Group in the Greater London Assembly has defended Boris Johnson from criticism over a controversial joke he made about gay men taking their husbands up the “Arcelor” on their wedding day.

June 30, 2013

Singapore: ‘Pink Dot’ LGBT rally attracts highest attendance yet

Singapore's annual pink-themed LGBT rights rally attracted more crowds than any previous year.

June 30, 2013

Divorced Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski reveals he has a boyfriend

Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski has revealed that, following his separation from his wife in 2011, he has been dating a man.

June 29, 2013

Alec Baldwin apologises to GLAAD for ‘toxic little queen’ comments

Actor Alec Baldwin has posted an open letter to GLAAD apologising for comments he made about a Daily Mail journalist in which he called him a "toxic little queen".

June 29, 2013

Straight Pride UK claims ‘it’s not easy to be straight’ because straight people are ‘persecuted’

A group named Straight Pride UK, which claims to aim for “full straight equality”, has taken to twitter to claim that straight people are "persecuted every day", and that it is "not easy to be straight".

June 29, 2013

Russia: Dozens arrested under ‘gay propaganda’ law for attempting to hold gay pride rally

Dozens of gay rights demonstrators have been arrested in the Russian city of St Petersburg, after attempting to hold a gay pride rally.

June 29, 2013

Prop 8 supporters accuse court of ‘lawlessness’ for allowing resume of same-sex weddings

Supporters of the now defunct Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in the US state of California, have claimed that the courts have acted in a "lawless" way, following the resume of same-sex weddings in the state.

June 29, 2013

Facebook removes ads from ‘cute and gay boys’ page after threat of boycott

Social networking site Facebook has announced that it is to totally overhaul its advertising systems, in order to deal with concerns raised by advertisers over potentially offensive content.