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March 21, 2013

US: Family Research Council tells members to pray that pro-same-sex marriage Supreme Court lawyers are ‘inept’

Conservative Christian lobby group the Family Research Council have released guides on their website which urge readers to pray that the US Supreme Court maintains anti-equal marriage laws, calling the alternative "an assault against Jesus Christ, Himself."

March 21, 2013

UK: Teenage TV actor denies male rape allegation and says girlfriend did not believe the pair were having a bisexual relationship

A teenage TV actor from Surrey who allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy to prove to his girlfriend he was bisexual, only took part in consensual sex, a court has heard.

March 21, 2013

Video: Pastor says Sodom and Gomorrah was God’s ‘pilot study’ for ‘homosexual society’

An anti-gay US pastor has responded to a question on his internet radio show, to say that the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah was meant as God to be a "pilot study", and a way of dealing with "homosexual society".

March 21, 2013

Conor Maynard and Boy George to perform at London gay festival

Boy George and Conor Maynard have been confirmed as acts to perform at the upcoming As One in the Park festival, a gay outdoor festival in London, later this year.

March 21, 2013

UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report

The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.”

March 21, 2013

Study: 93% of football fans rate professional players by performance before sexuality

A lecturer at Loughborough University has released results of a study into homophobia in football, which he says shows the majority of fans are tolerant of gay people and will even criticise anti-gay language.

March 21, 2013

Taiwan: Gay rights activist to reboot campaign for equal marriage following setback

A gay rights activist in Taiwan has promised to appeal against the country's ban on equal marriage, after being turned down whilst attempting to register to marry his partner.

March 21, 2013

US: Ohio Methodist Church to launch LGBT-inclusive worship service

A Methodist Church in the US state of Ohio is to launch a new worship service in April, which intends to be fully inclusive of the LGBT community, and to welcome those who may have felt unwelcome in other churches.

March 21, 2013

Somalia: Man stoned to death for alleged sexual act with teenage boy

Reports out of Somalia say a man has been stoned to death for carrying out an alleged sexual act with a 13-year-old boy.

March 21, 2013

Somalia: Man stoned to death for alleged sexual act with teenage boy

Reports out of Somalia say a man has been stoned to death for carrying out an alleged sexual act with a 13-year-old boy.