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April 11, 2013

US radio host and GOP guest: Gay ‘lifestyle’ should be treated like drug addiction and alcoholism

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council this week hosted Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema, and the pair both agreed on their opposition to the homosexual "lifestyle", which they said should be treated like drug or alcohol addiction.

April 11, 2013

Frank Ocean named most powerful LGBT figure in US music

Frank Ocean has been named the most powerful LGBT figure in America’s music industry.

April 11, 2013

Equal marriage supporter Kid Rock: I’m ‘fucking embarrassed to be a Republican’

Rock singer Kid Rock has said that he supports equal marriage, and has spoken out to say that he was "fucking embarrassed to be a Republican", because of some party policies.

April 11, 2013

US: Man arrested and given restraining order for refusing to leave partner’s hospital bedside

An arrest was made this week in Missouri of a gay man who refused to leave the hospital bedside of his partner, and a restraining order has now been made against him preventing him from visitation.

April 11, 2013

Video: Gay son of leading ‘conversion therapist’ talks about coming out to him

The gay son of one of the first therapists to write on "gay cure", therapy has spoken about about coming out, saying it was difficult, but that he managed to overcome the issue with his father.

April 11, 2013

Bahrain: Male sex workers sentenced to jail by judge who claims ‘Homosexuality ruins nations’

The judge in the case of two male sex workers in Bahrain has said he gave them the maximum penalty as a deterrent to others, and a sign that "Homosexuality ruins individuals and nations."

April 11, 2013

Peter Tatchell: ‘Thatcher talked freedom but supported tyrants’

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell shares his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher who died earlier this week and writes about her relationships with foreign dictators.

April 11, 2013

US: Volunteer demands reinstatement at Catholic parish which fired him for being gay

A volunteer at a Long Island Catholic parish has demanded reinstatement after being dismissed when the church received an anonymous letter revealing he was gay.

April 11, 2013

US: Neurosurgeon who linked equal marriage to bestiality pulls out of speaking at diploma ceremony

Dr Benjamin Carson, a neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins University and a conservative speaker, has pulled out of appearing as commencement speaker at the school's diploma ceremony.

April 11, 2013

France: Anti-gay Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim quits over plagiarism row

France’s Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, who has written essays against equal marriage, has resigned in a plagiarism row.