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June 28, 2013

Westboro Baptist Church to picket One Direction concert for being ‘fag-enabling peverts’

The adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has said it will picket the concerts of boy band One Direction, deeming them "fag-enabling", because they "think it's funny... to grab each other's asses on stage".

June 28, 2013

Ivan Massow: The gay scene is ‘obsessed’ with destructive drugs and sex leading to HIV

Gay millionaire and prominent Tory supporter Ivan Massow says today’s gay scene seems “obsessed” with “drugs” and “sex” resulting in an empty world of hedonism

June 28, 2013

London Jewish gay groups to hold pre-Pride Chavurah

Two prominent Jewish gay and lesbian groups are to hold their annual pre-Pride Chavurah in St John's Wood this evening.

June 28, 2013

US: Gay man adopts 73-year old partner to avoid inheritance tax

A gay couple in the US say they have had to use adoption to avoid paying the inheritance tax that would be forced on them due to their state's lack of same-sex marriage laws.

June 28, 2013

Video: YouTube announces it is ‘Proud to Love’ the LGBT community

In a moving compilation video posted this week, video site YouTube has launched a campaign to feature gay pride videos, and has launched a campaign to inspire LGBT people and their allies to show their pride.

June 28, 2013

Alec Baldwin calls Daily Mail reporter a ‘toxic little queen’ in homophobic rant

Alec Baldwin on Twitter launched a homophobic attack on a Daily Mail reporter last night, calling him a "toxic little queen", and urging his followers to "straighten out this fucking little bitch."

June 28, 2013

Feature: How the Stonewall riots started the LGBT rights movement

In the early hours of 28 June 1969 a relatively unassuming gay bar in the West Village of Manhattan became the epicentre of an event that changed the course of LGBT history.

June 28, 2013

Blackburn: Family charged with attempted kidnap of lesbian

A woman and five of her children have appeared in court charged with the attempted kidnap of a woman who was in a same-sex relationship with one of her daughters.

June 28, 2013

President Obama: Same-sex marriages should be recognised across all American states

In the wake of this week's US Supreme Court rulings in two key equal marriage cases, President Obama said in a speech that he believes all marriages should be valid across state borders.

June 28, 2013

Maria Miller: I want PinkNews readers to tell me the biggest issues facing the LGBT community

Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Culture Secretary Maria Miller says she is "proud" that equal marriage legislation is on track to becoming law. She also reveals a public consultation on where the government should focus its efforts next on LGBT policy will begin this autumn.