Rylan Clark is the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013
Rylan Clark was declared the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 on Friday evening, in the live final on Channel 5.
Italy: Catholic anti-gay blog returns after hacking downtime
An Italian Catholic blog has been reinstated after falling to a DDoS attack. LGBT blogs cheered when Pontifex went down, but the site's webmaster has called them "wrong".
India: Report declares that ‘all sexual identities deserve protection’
A committee lead by the former Chief Justice of India has declared that all sexual identities are deserving of protection, and has called for education about LGBT people in schools.
Comment: The same-sex marriage bill isn’t the end of the journey towards gay rights
Chris Ashford, Reader in Law and Society at the University of Sunderland analyses the Marriage (Same sex Couples) Bill for PinkNews and argues that despite first appearances, it isn't the final piece of the jigsaw to achieving gay equality.
Comment: Religious opponents of equality should follow the Unitarian Church and agree to marry gay couples
The Chief Officer of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches hopes that other faith groups will follow his organisation's lead and agree to marry gay couples.
Brendon Ayanbadejo: I want to use Super Bowl media for equal marriage awareness
NFL player, and equal marriage advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo, has said that he wants to use the massive exposure which the Super Bowl brings to speak out about marriage equality.
Labour MP Steve Reed: The battle for equality is not yet over
Writing for PinkNews, Steve Reed, Labour MP for Croydon North and Patron of LGBT Labour welcomes the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – but warns “this is no time to rest on our achievements.”
China censors gay sex scenes from release of Cloud Atlas
In China, the cinematic release of the film Cloud Atlas took place on Monday, however before it was shown, almost forty minutes of "gay and straight sex" was cut from the film without the producers' knowledge.
Comment: The Conservative Party has come a long way on gay rights to legislate for equal marriage
Writing for PinkNews, Colm Howard-Lloyd, national policy director of LGBTory says the publication of the government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill shows the Conservative Party is a champion of equality.
Russian national anti-gay law passes first reading
On Friday, the Russian State Duma adopted the first reading of a homophobic censorship bill which would impose federal sanctions for the promotion of "gay propaganda".
