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October 26, 2012

Northern Ireland marks landmark gay rights anniversary

Thirty years ago in 1982 Jeff Dudgeon, a shipping clerk and gay rights activist in Belfast, successfully challenged the criminalisation of sexual relations between men at the European Court of Human Rights.

October 26, 2012

Jamaica faces legal action over anti-gay laws

Three people have launched legal against Jamaica due to the country’s continued enforcement of anti-gay laws.

October 26, 2012

Video: Google promotes equal marriage video ahead of ballots

Google is raising awareness of the equal marriage public ballots that are due to take place in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington next month with a new campaign video featuring its staff.

October 26, 2012

Brighton: 2 teenagers arrested after attack in gay quarter

An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy from Brighton have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following an attack in the city’s LGBT district.

October 26, 2012

Nick Griffin: Civil partnerships lead to death of children

BNP leader Nick Griffin claims to have the “support” of gay people after making a series of outspoken comments to a student newspaper about same-sex parenting.

October 26, 2012

Interview: Chaosmen’s Gavin Sevin talks gay-for-pay in the adult entertainment industry

Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Laurence Watts profiles porn actor Gavin Sevin, and learns all about the nature of a straight performer, who is also synonymous with gay sexual entertainment.

October 26, 2012

12th annual Intersex Awareness Day marked around the globe

Campaigners are marking Intersex Awareness Day, which is taking place on Friday.

October 26, 2012

US amateur boxing in clash over coach’s remarks about ‘gay’ female fighters

The organisation responsible for amateur boxing in the US has been criticised for its failure to remove Hal Adonis from its board, after he said half of all female fighters were either lesbians or child abuse victims.

October 25, 2012

US: Obama endorses equal marriage measures in three states for November ballots

US President Barack Obama has announced his support for measures in three US states, which would make equal marriage legal.

October 25, 2012

US: Ex-Maine bishop says voting for equal marriage is ‘unfaithful to Catholic doctrine’

The former bishop of Maine today released a statement saying that any Catholic who votes in favour of equal marriage “is unfaithful to Catholic doctrine.”