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October 31, 2012

US: $16 million Minnesotan marriage amendment campaigns are the largest ever

The main groups supporting and opposing the Minnesotan constitutional marriage amendment have raised in total, around $16 million, with equal marriage supporters having raised almost twice than those opposed to it.

October 31, 2012

UK: Gay sport stars lend support to NUS campaign

England and Surrey cricketer Steven Davies, the sports first openly gay player, is backing the National Union of Students' (NUS) campaign to tackle homophobia in sport, along with gay rugby star Gareth Thomas.

October 30, 2012

San Francisco: Gay history museum vandalised following baseball game

San Francisco's GLBT History Museum has reopened after it was damaged earlier in the week.

October 30, 2012

London: Second man dies following gay sauna incident

The Metropolitan Police have launched an appeal for information following the death of two men after they collapsed in a London sauna.

October 30, 2012

Nadine Dorries: Same-sex marriage could cost the Tories 4 million votes

Tory MP Nadine Dorries says the issue of marriage equality could drain the Conservative Party of four million votes from Christian supporters.

October 30, 2012

London: Killer of gay man has sentence reduced

A double killer from west London, who murdered a gay pensioner, has had his prison sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal after it was deemed to be excessive.

October 30, 2012

Stonewall defends ‘bigot’ awards category after banks withdraw support

The UK’s largest gay rights charity has defended its ‘Bigot of the Year’ title following complaints from two of its corporate supporters.

October 30, 2012

Brighton: Community group calls for increased security in gay district

The chairman of Brighton and Hove’s LGBT Community Safety Forum says the city’s gay quarter of Kemptown is fast becoming a no-go area.

October 30, 2012

Comment: Why does Nick Griffin think he can get away with it?

Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Stephen Gray argues that BNP leader Nick Griffin’s recent homophobic online outbursts illustrates how the MEP is desperate for publicity, above anything else.

October 30, 2012

French political leader calls for same-sex marriage protests

The leader of France’s main centre-right opposition party has called for street protests to take place across the country over the government’s proposed equal marriage law.