Celebrity Big Brother contestant Rylan Clark broke down in tears yesterday on the Channel 5 reality series and claimed he was more hated than paedophile Jimmy Savile.
A bill which would allow gay couples to enter into "domestic partnerships," with a view to extending some marital rights to same-sex couples, was filed in the Florida Senate on Wednesday.
The US Marine Corps has issued advice to its legal staff to say that spouses clubs operating on its military bases must admit gay couples, or will have to leave.
The ruling French Socialist government dropped medially assisted reproduction for lesbian couples, from the country's upcoming bill to legalise marriage equality.
Singer Mary J Blige has addressed comments from critics asking how she can consider herself a born again Christian, and still support marriage equality.
The French Government has suggested that the social networking company Twitter should be fighting against homophobic, anti-semitic and racist tweets that potentially break its laws on hate speech.
President Barack Obama has chosen an openly gay Cuban American poet, whose work focusses on his homosexual awakening, to deliver a poem at his inauguration this month.