Chicago: Trans activist leaves group over HRC donation
A Chicago transgender activist has left her volunteer post because the organisation she worked for accepted funding from the Human Rights Campaign.
Over a million party in Rio for gay pride
More than a million people took part in Rio’s annual gay pride celebrations over the weekend.
George Osborne ‘foolish’ on same-sex marriage, says Archbishop Nichols
George Osborne’s support for equal marriage is “foolish” and resembles a “political football” says the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent Nichols.
Brighton Pride drops two day festival seafront 2013 plan
Organisers of Brighton Pride say next year’s event is likely to continue in its current form at Preston Park, having ruled out a move to the city’s seafront for the time being.
NYC: Ceremony for murdered gay rights activist
A memorial service has taken place for a gay rights activist who was killed last month in New York.
Mayor of Reykjavik: Homophobes aren’t scared, they’re just assholes
The Mayor of Reykjavik, Jón Gnarr, a long time advocate of equality, has spoken out online at the protest yesterday in Paris against equal marriage rights for gay couples.
Comment: Coming out as gay at a Catholic high school
PinkNews.co.uk reader Andrew Doughty writes about what it's like to be a gay teenager in a British Catholic school in 2012.
X Factor: Union J star Jaymi Hensley comes out as gay
Jaymi Hensley, star of X Factor finalists Union J, has followed the advice of his mentor Louis Walsh and revealed that he is gay and in a three year relationship with his boyfriend.
Scotland: First minister’s vicar speaks out against Alex Salmond’s plans to let gays marry
Alex Salmond’s local vicar has spoken out against the first minister’s plans to make gay marriage legal in Scotland.
New Zealand: Employment Authority to decide on ‘dirty homosexual’ slur
A New Zealand caregiver who quit his job after being called a "dirty homosexual" by a colleague, has accused his former employer of failing to adequately support and protect him.
