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March 30, 2013

Top family lawyer: The government should stop ‘faffing around with gay marriage’

One of Britain's leading family lawyers has accused David Cameron's government of "faffing around with gay marriage" rather than tackling other injustices within marital law.

March 30, 2013

Clare Balding: Fans of men’s football are ‘racist and homophobic’

Television sports presenter Clare Balding has hit out at men's football, has said its fans are "racist and homophobic", and that male footballers fake injuries, unlike their female counterparts.

March 29, 2013

US: San Francisco bar accused of anti-gay discrimination

A San Francisco bar has been accused of anti-gay discrimination by two women who claimed they were kicked out after responding to homophobic remarks, and who have since called for a boycott of the bar.

March 29, 2013

US: Transgender man told he cannot divorce wife

An Arizona judge has rejected a divorce petition from Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three.

March 29, 2013

Richard E Grant pays tribute to his on-screen fictional gay Uncle Monty

Tributes have been paid to Richard Griffiths, remembered by many, including Richard E Grant, for playing Uncle Monty, a gay character in the 1987 cult British film Withnail and I.

March 29, 2013

Gay Tea Party co-founder: I oppose equal marriage doing so is ‘not homophobic’

An openly gay co-founder of the US National Capital Tea Party Patriots, has said he is opposed to equal marriage, and has said that it is "not homophobic" to oppose it.

March 29, 2013

Peter Tatchell: ‘Dan Choi’s $100 fine is a victory for him but he’s been left exhausted’

The decision of a judge to fine a gay former solider $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence is a “victory” for the “exhausted” defendant, says Peter Tatchell.

March 29, 2013

Jon Stewart: There is no excuse for the Supreme Court to delay taking a stance on equal marriage

Speaking on Thursday evening's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart was heavily critical of some arguments heard in the US Supreme Court around equal marriage in the first two days of hearings this week.

March 29, 2013

Ireland: Gay Anglicans reiterate calls for same-sex marriage

Changing Attitude Ireland has made a submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention in support of extending civil marriage to same-sex couples.

March 29, 2013

Gay former NFL player: No gay athlete should ‘feel alone’ in being gay

Openly gay former NFL player Kwame Harris has opened up about being gay in the NFL, saying if he had the chance again he would hope to have "found the strength" to come out, and that he didn't want gay athletes to "feel alone".