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February 20, 2013

Registrars should not have to marry gay couples says Tory MP David Burrowes

Tory MP David Burrowes, who last week accused PinkNews of “fomenting hostility” against the opponents of equal marriage, also believes registrars should not have to marry gay couples.

February 20, 2013

US: Former first lady Laura Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney to star in equal marriage ads

A media campaign in support of same-sex marriage will feature President Barack Obama, ex-first lady Laura Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney.

February 20, 2013

UK: Equalities minister writes to Iain Duncan Smith after HIV positive man left feeling ‘ashamed’ at job centre

Equalities Minister Helen Grant has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith after a gay HIV positive man in her Maidstone constituency was left humiliated by staff at a job centre.

February 20, 2013

Comment: The biggest challenge LGBT face is other people’s language

LGBT youth volunteer Thomas Wales writes for PinkNews on the need for society to do more to stamp out homophobic language.

February 20, 2013

US: Washington DC bill could make legal birth certificate gender alterations easier

A bill introduced on Tuesday could make it easier for transgender residents of Washington DC to legally alter the gender on their birth certificate, by eliminating the need for a court order to do so.

February 20, 2013

Hopeful for papal office: ‘African traditions protect against homosexual tendency’

The cardinal who many sources have named as favourite to become the next Pope, has said in an interview that he thinks African culture "protects against" homosexuality.

February 19, 2013

Comment: We should celebrate the departure of a revolting villain

Ralph Jones writes of how the decision of Pope Benedict XVI to resign is being welcomed by the LGBT community.

February 19, 2013

US Head of Christian group suggests that same-sex parents should be ‘cast into the sea’

The executive director of a Christian anti-gay group in the US has referred to a study which claimed that children of gay parents were worse off than those with straight parents, and quoted scripture which read that those doubting God should be "cast into the sea".

February 19, 2013

Alaskan Republicans apologise for ‘inappropriate’ laughter over same-sex unions question

Leading Repiblicans of the Alaska House of Representatives have apologised for laughing when the issue of civil unions was raised at a caucus.

February 19, 2013

Study: 3.5% of Americans are LGBT

A state-by-state poll in the US claims to put an end to estimates of what percentage of the population identifies as LGBT.