First clause of equal marriage bill passes Committee stage in UK Parliament
The first clause of the equal marriage bill has passed in the committee considering it in the UK Parliament today.
Manchester University society shut down after anti-gay Muslim video expose
A society at the University of Manchester has closed after a student secretly filmed an extremist Muslim saying gay people should be killed – with a complaint then received by police.
US: Drag queen disinvited from reading to kids for being “inappropriate”
A drag cabaret star in the US city of Philadelphia had an invitation to read to primary school aged children as part of an after school program, revoked, as officials deemed the invitation "inappropriate".
UK: Gay hate Islamic preacher to visit Reading University
An Islamic cleric, who has called for gay people to be punished with death, is due to visit Reading University on Thursday.
US radio host praises African countries for refusing to decriminalise homosexuality
Linda Harvey, a host of the Ohio based Christian radio station WRFD has praised countries which refuse to decriminalise homosexuality and said that the "radical" effort of the White House to achieve equal human rights
Bermuda says no to same-sex marriages
A top Bermuda minister has said the government has ruled out allowing same-sex marriage.
John Bercow wrongly outs rugby star Ben Cohen in gay gaffe
The Speaker of the House of Commons was left red-faced after accidently referring to rugby star Ben Cohen as “openly gay” – even though the former player has a wife and is straight.
US: Pro-marriage equality GOP lawmaker dismisses $500,000 threat from anti-gay group
A Republican state Senator from Minnesota who said he would vote for equal marriage and was the target of a new pledge by anti-equality group the National Organization for Marriage to defeat him, has said he will not bow to the financial pressure.
US: Anti-equal marriage group pledges $500,000 to defeat pro-equality GOP legislators in Minnesota
A group opposed to equal marriage in the US state of Minnesota has pledged half a million dollars to defeat any Republican legislator voting to legalise marriage equality in the state.
British Gay Catholic journalist claims ‘half of all Catholics priests are gay’
A gay British Catholic journalist and former Dominican friar has reiterated claims that Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to stand down this Thursday was partly over his concerns regarding clerical misconduct.
