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January 18, 2013

US: LGBT dragon boat team founded in North Carolina in response to anti-equal marriage law

A lesbian in North Carolina has started a dragon boat team for sporty LGBT people after being disheartened by a law that only recognises opposite-sex marriages.

January 18, 2013

US: Boeing will now allow pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples

Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has reversed a previous decision to deny pension survivor benefits for married same-sex couples.

January 18, 2013

London: Protesters demonstrate outside Guardian offices over transphobic Burchill article

More than 100 transgender people and cisgender allies have taken part in a protest outside the central London offices of the Guardian and Observer newspapers over the publication of a transphobic article by Julie Burchill.

January 18, 2013

Press Complaints Commission to investigate Julie Burchill’s transphobic article

The Press Complaints Commission is to launch an inquiry into the Observer's decision to publish a transphobic article by Julie Burchill.

January 18, 2013

US: President of National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association dies, aged 48

The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) has said its president, Michael Triplett, has died.

January 18, 2013

Oxford Union ‘gay parenting’ debate: The winning speech

In an Oxford Union debate on Thursday evening about gay parenting, a motion in support of the principle was passed by a large majority. Here is the winning speech, delivered to the packed house.

January 18, 2013

US: Sperm or egg donors to same-sex couples could be liable to pay child support

Questions on whether or not sperm or egg donors could be liable to pay child support have been raised since a US judge ruled that a man must pay child support for the child of a lesbian couple who he donated sperm to, after they split up.

January 18, 2013

India: Visa regulations block gay surrogacy to foreigners

The Indian Home ministry has circulated rules to embassies which prevent unmarried or gay people travelling to become surrogate parents.

January 18, 2013

The Saturdays: We ‘aren’t lesbians’ but we ‘like to perve on girls’

Girl band the Saturdays have said that, even though they are not lesbians, they prefer to check out women than men, and said they "perve on girls".

January 18, 2013

UK: Smartphones automatically block Pink News and other LGBT news sites

Several mobile phone providers have blocked Pink News and other LGBT interest websites as part of the automatic settings that are programmed into smartphones.