UK: Christian Labour MP changes his mind and backs equal marriage
The Labour MP for Huddersfield Barry Sheerman has said he now supports equal marriage rights for same-sex couples after previously being “unsure”.
David Cameron determined to press ahead with equal marriage
Despite Monday’s high-profile anti-equal marriage protest against the backdrop of the Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister David Cameron remains determined to press ahead with marriage reform.
US: NAACP to launch pro marriage equality radio adverts ahead of Maryland referendum
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People in Maryland will launch a series of radio adverts on Tuesday, urging voters to support equal marriage for same-sex couples in the state referendum on 6 November.
US: Openly gay NBA basketball player to give lecture about equality
Former NBA basketball player, and the first to ever come out, John Amaechi, will speak at a university in Massachusetts about the need for equality in professional sport.
UK: Essex Gay couple in car flood terror
A gay couple have said they thought they were going to die after their 4x4 was hit by a "tidal wave" of flood water.
Elton John: I should be allowed to call David my ‘husband’
Sir Elton John has called on the government not to concede to the opponents of equal marriage and says he would “love nothing more than to make history again” by turning his civil partnership into a marriage.
New Zealand: Presbyterian Church to defy its governing body and perform same-sex marriages
A church in Wellington, New Zealand, has vowed to go against its governing body if equal marriage becomes legal, and perform same-sex weddings.
UK: Lord Carey criticised for anti-equal marriage ‘Nazi’ remarks
Gay rights campaigners have criticised the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey for making another outspoken attack on equal marriage.
London: Hate crime memorial to take place at St Paul’s
An act of remembrance for all of those affected by hate crime will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London this Saturday.
Italy: Police break trans prostitution ring
Italian police say they have broken a prostitution ring which brought transgender people from Latin America into the country.
