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February 8, 2013

Lance Bass: Chris Brown should go to jail for calling Frank Ocean a ‘faggot’

Former 'Nsync star, Lance Bass, has spoken out about a recent alleged incident during which Chris Brown called Frank Ocean a "faggot", and said the R&B star should face jail as the "only way to" be rehabilitated.

February 8, 2013

Ghana: Justice Minister-designate opposes gay rights

The Justice Minister-designate for Ghana has said that the constitution should be interpreted as criminalising homosexuality, despite her colleague's claims that gay people have rights.

February 8, 2013

Tory Whip Anne Milton refused to vote on same-sex marriage because she didn’t ‘feel strongly’ about it

Conservative MP and government whip Anne Milton declined to vote this week on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) because “she did not feel "strongly about it".

February 8, 2013

David Attenborough accused of excluding homosexuality from animal documentaries

Sir David Attenborough has been accused by a university academic of restricting his programmes to representing only a "single interpretation" of the sexual behaviour of animals, excluding the possibility of homosexuality.

February 8, 2013

Polish trans MP Anna Grodzka loses out on deputy speaker job in parliamentary vote

Anna Grodzka, the transgender MP who had been a contender for the position of deputy speaker, has lost out in a parliamentary vote that chose to keep the incumbent deputy speaker in the role.

February 8, 2013

Comment: Why do Europe and LGBT equality measures cause such splits in mainstream parties?

Writing for PinkNews, Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Adrian Trett says there are political similarities when it comes to arguing the case for equality and the European Union.

February 8, 2013

Scotland: Church minister and worshippers leave Church of Scotland in gay clergy row

The minister of a church in Aberdeen and its members have quit the Church of Scotland over the issue of gay clergy and have decided to set up in a hotel instead.

February 8, 2013

Comment: I am surprised and disappointed at Sarah Teather for voting against marriage equality

Natalie Grazin, a gay Jewish mother in north London, has shared with PinkNews a letter she has written to Liberal Democrat MP and former Children’s minister Sarah Teather, who voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, earlier this week.

February 7, 2013

US: Campaigners plan to pump $2 million into efforts to legalise equal marriage

In the US, a New York based equal marriage advocacy group has laid out plans to pump funds into several states' legislative battles to legalise equal marriage.

February 7, 2013

UK: Bisexual teenage father hangs himself in woods after being bullied

The body of a teenager found hanged in woodland in Lancashire has been revealed as 16-year-old Anthony Stubbs, a young father who had reportedly been bullied for being bisexual.