Blog Posts | OK 2B GAY

January 23, 2013

Exclusive: Philip Hammond: Government’s marriage reforms don’t protect faith groups

The defence secretary says he has “concerns" about the government’s proposed equal marriage bill - and faces an equal marriage protest at the University of London this Friday.

January 23, 2013

Tory MP calls for Equality Act changes to prevent repeat of Facebook anti-equal marriage dismissal

Conservative MP Edward Leigh wants to amend the Equality Act to prevent discrimination on the grounds of a person's definition of marriage, citing the case of a manager fired for saying he was against equal marriage on Facebook.

January 23, 2013

Tory MP Tim Loughton: Gay people have told me they ‘don’t want to get married’

Former children’s minister Tim Loughton has restated his opposition to equal marriage and has once again said: “marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.”

January 23, 2013

Australia: Lord Mayor apologises for telling LGBT charity not to display ‘offensive’ banner

A Lord Mayor in Sydney, Australia has apologised after city council staff instructed an LGBT charity to take down signage at a family festival, due to complaints that it was 'offensive'.

January 23, 2013

US: Rhode Island state house committee ‘resoundingly endorses’ equal marriage bill

The US state of Rhode Island was one step closer to legalising equal marriage, after its House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill which would make it legal.

January 23, 2013

Ke$ha: I want to kiss Obama for supporting gay rights which are an issue ‘close to my heart’

Singer, Ke$ha has said if she was elected, she would make the "funnest" US president ever, and that she would ensure equal rights for all, including gay and lesbian people, an issue "close to [her] heart".

January 23, 2013

Taiwan: Gay couple withdraw lawsuit against the state for ban on equal marriage

A gay couple in Taiwan who filed a lawsuit last year after being rejected in their application for marriage, have said they will withdraw their case tomorrow.

January 23, 2013

Israel: Anti-gay marriage Jewish Home party wins seats in general election

The Jewish Home party (Habayit Hayehudi), is predicted to have won 12 seats, less than was originally expected, in the Israeli general election held on Tuesday. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to stay on as prime minister of a right-wing coalition.

January 22, 2013

London: Two men arrested in connection with anti-gay ‘Muslim area’ video

Two men have been arrested after video surfaced of a group shouting homophobic abuse at a man in east London.

January 22, 2013

Malaysia: Ex-PM wins defamation lawsuit against paper which alleged he was pro-LGBT

Former deputy prime minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim has won a lawsuit against a newspaper on the grounds that articles about him 'distorted' the truth by painting him as a gay rights supporter.