Maine: City Halls prepare for midnight openings to issue same-sex marriage licences
Town and city halls in the US state of Maine will be opening at midnight on Saturday to issue licences for couples to hold same-sex marriages.
Obituary: Gay composer and pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a gay British composer and pianist who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, died on Christmas Eve aged 76.
Turkish gay fashion designer receives bloody nose in Istanbul attack
Gay rights activists in Turkey have condemned the attack on gay fashion designer Barbaros Şansal.
Maryland: Gay hairstylist viciously attacked on Christmas Eve
A gay man in the US city of Baltimore, Maryland, has been left battered and bruised after he was attacked on Christmas Eve.
US: Gay Republican group says Chuck Hagel ‘wrong on gay rights’
The Log Cabin Republicans, the conservative gay campaign group which supports the GOP, is going full page with its opposition to the likely nomination of Chuck Hagel as US defence secretary.
Manchester: Road survey criticised for asking gender-related questions
Local government officials in Greater Manchester have defended a transport public consultation document that asks respondents to identity their race, sexuality and gender following complaints.
Poll: 52% of Americans say Boy Scouts should not allow openly gay Scout leaders
A majority of Americans say the Boy Scouts of America should not allow openly gay Scout leaders, according to a Gallup poll released earlier this month.
Maryland: Business turns away all wedding bookings instead of having to cater for gay couples
A business in the Annapolis, the state capital of Maryland, has decided to turn down all wedding related bookings to prevent a legal challenge from banning same-sex couples trying to use his trolleys for their wedding.
Ugandan bishop: I have never seen homosexuality in my country — only in Europe
According to an Anglican Bishop in Uganda, same-sex relationships don’t occur in his country because “African sexual values are completely heterosexual".
Poll: 71% of Tory members say equal marriage is splitting the party
A poll carried out by the ConservativeHome website has found that 71% believe same-sex marriage is splitting the Tory party.
