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April 29, 2013

Comment: To Australia’s Prime Minister: Follow the lead of your homeland (Wales) & support marriage equality

Murray Lipp, an Australian citizen living in New York and administrator of the Facebook page ‘Gay Marriage USA’, discusses Australia’s slow progress towards marriage equality in a comment piece for PinkNews.

April 29, 2013

South Africa: Dead teen was beaten, starved and forced to eat faeces at camp linked to ‘gay conversion’

A court has heard how a teenage boy in South Afica died from severe and substantial injuries sustained while attending a camp which has been linked to "gay conversion", after allegedly being beaten, starved, and forced to eat his own faeces.

April 29, 2013

Bill Clinton congratulates NBA star Jason Collins for coming out and says ‘it’s an important moment for sport’

Bill Clinton has praised Jason Collins for going public about his sexuality, becoming the first NBA player to come out as gay and continue their career.

April 29, 2013

Northern Ireland: Protests take place at Assembly as equal marriage measures fail again

Northern Ireland's Assembly on Monday voted narrowly to reject legislation to legalise equal marriage in the country.

April 29, 2013

Jason Collins becomes NBA’s first gay player to come out and continue playing

American basketball star Jason Collins has become the first openly gay athlete in one of the big-four American team sports to come out as an active player.

April 29, 2013

Australia: Liberal leader Tony Abbott says no to equal marriage referendum at election

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott, has said he does not agree with MP Tony Windsor, who proposed that the issue of equal marriage be put to a vote by Australians on election day in September.

April 29, 2013

Q&A: LGBT professional business networking with Radius

Tuesday evening sees the latest event for Radius, the London based LGBT professional networking event, this time held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

April 29, 2013

New Zealand: ‘Homophobic’ beer advert causes controversy

A brewery in New Zealand has responded to controversy caused by a billboard containing an advert for one of its beer brands, which has been described by some as "homophobic".

April 29, 2013

UK: Ethnic minority church leaders call for same-sex marriage referendum

Leaders representing more than a million British ethnic minority churchgoers have called for a referendum on equal marriage.

April 29, 2013

Vatican not to conduct inquiry into Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s ‘inappropriate sexual conduct’

The Catholic Church is to take no further action over Cardinal Keith O'Brien's admission of inappropriate "sexual conduct", following accusations from four priests.