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March 8, 2013

Canada: Quebec launches first awareness campaign to tackle homophobia and transphobia

The Minister of Justice in Canada's province of Quebec has launched a campaign against homophobia, including television and radio ads attempting to help people become more open and accepting towards same-sex couples.

March 8, 2013

Mexico: Supreme Court rules that anti-gay slurs are hate speech

The top court in Mexico has ruled that two words, both anti-gay slurs which are commonly used in the country, are hate speech, and therefore should not be protected as freedom of speech under the constitution.

March 8, 2013

Trans man announces plans to marry his mother’s best friend on live television

A trans man took to ITV's This Morning programme earlier this week and announced his intention to marry his mother’s best friend. The newly engaged couple found support in the groom-to-be's mother.

March 7, 2013

Gay Los Angeles city council candidate elected

Los Angeles City Council District 11 has elected its second consecutive gay man for city council.

March 7, 2013

Massachusetts: School faces backlash and accusations of ‘blasphemy’ for staging gay biblical play

The head of a school in the US state of Massachusetts says a student production of a play that retells the biblical story of Genesis with gay characters will go on as planned despite objections.

March 7, 2013

GLAAD commends Carly Rae Jepsen and Train for pulling out of Boy Scouts jamboree

Gay rights group the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has commended performers Carly Rae Jepsen and Train for pulling out of performing at the Boy Scouts of America's annual jamboree because of the organisation's anti-gay policy.

March 7, 2013

US: FBI to investigate killing of Mississippi gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian as a possible hate crime

The FBI will investigate last week's killing of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian as a possible hate crime, the agency has confirmed.

March 7, 2013

US: City councilman comes under fire for sending email alert calling someone ‘gay’

A Washington, Pensylvania councilman has come under heavy criticism from the city's mayor for sending out an email testing an alert system, in which he called someone gay.

March 7, 2013

US: Professional mixed martial arts fighter forced to come out as trans woman

A professional mix martial arts fighter has been forced out of the closet as a transsexual.

March 7, 2013

US: Florist refused to provide flowers for gay couple’s wedding because of her ‘relationship with Jesus Christ’

A florist in Washington State has refused to provide flowers to a gay couple for their wedding because of her religious beliefs.