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April 11, 2013

US: Lesbian daughter of New York mafia boss pleads mercy for her ‘supportive’ father

The daughter of a high-ranking New York mafia boss has pleaded for mercy on his behalf, saying he supported her and her same-sex partner and deserves to spend time with their son.

April 11, 2013

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead headed for top 5 in UK chart in wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death

A campaign to get the song Ding Dong the Witch is Dead into the Official UK Top 40 Chart appears to have been successful, as the song reached number four in the chart, amidst the race to the top of this Sunday's chart.

April 11, 2013

Denmark: Copenhagen bar apologises after kicking out gay couple for kissing

A bar in Copenhagen has apologised after ejecting two men for kissing, and one of them, a member of a Danish LGBT youth organisation, reported it as a hate crime.

April 11, 2013

Anti-homophobia and transphobia protest takes places in Paris

LGBT campaigners in France have protested over the fear that homophobia and transphobia is on the rise in the country.

April 11, 2013

Comment: A brave new world for GMFA

Matthew Hodson, head of programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA writes for PinkNews.co.uk on how funding cuts poses a challenge to the charity's HIV prevention work.

April 11, 2013

Former Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold: I won’t dance on Thatcher’s grave but she made gay people feel ‘marginalised’

As a gay woman former BBC Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold says celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher is inappropriate, although admits she celebrated her exit from Downing Street in 1990.

April 11, 2013

London: Gay men’s health charity GMFA faces uncertain future after funding cut

GMFA has spoken of its shock at the news it will no longer receive funding for its London HIV information services.

April 11, 2013

Uruguay votes to make same-sex marriage legal nationwide

Uruguay is to become the 12th country in the world to make it legal for same-sex couples to marry nationwide after Congress ratified a bill passed last week in the Senate.

April 11, 2013

US: Washington state sues florist for refusing to provide service for same-sex wedding

The US state of Washington’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a florist which refused to provide flowers to a same-sex wedding.

April 11, 2013

US: Montana House votes to repeal unconstitutional sodomy law

The House in the US State of Montana has voted in support of a bill to remove a law which makes gay sex a crime.