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April 26, 2012

Robert Spitzer apologises to the gay community for ‘ex-gay’ study

The author of the controversial study on 'conversion therapy' for gay men and lesbians, Dr Robert Spitzer, has issued an apology to the gay community, and to those who underwent so-called 'gay cure therapies,' for having made the study public in the first place.

April 26, 2012

Live London Mayoral Q&A Transcript: Independent candidate Siobhan Benita

Today, PinkNews.co.uk held the first of our Live Mayoral Q&As with the independent candidate Siobhan Benita. She popped into the PinkNews.co.uk office to answer questions on schools, transport fare cuts, why she's often been ignored by the mainstream media and whether it's right for London to be twinned with Tehran...

April 26, 2012

Welsh government to investigate PinkNews exposé that Catholic schools promote anti-gay petition

The Welsh Government is to begin an offical investigation after PinkNews.co.uk exposed that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 300 English and Welsh schools to promote the Coalition for Marriage's anti-gay petition which asks the British Government not to go ahead with prime minister David Cameron's pledge...

April 26, 2012

US 2010 census reveals gay couples more likely to be interracial

Newly analysed data from the US' 2010 census has revealed gay couples are more likely to be interracial in their make-up than straight couples.

April 26, 2012

Iran believed to have executed a ‘gangster’ for engaging in gay sexual activities

A young man described as a 'gangster' who is known only by the initials CH M was hanged publicly in Marwdasht, Fars Province, Iran, for allegedly engaging in 'sodomy' with another man.

April 26, 2012

Live Q&A with mayoral candidate Siobhan Benita

PinkNews.co.uk mayoral Q&A with Siobhan Benita

April 26, 2012

Comment: Encouraging pupils to sign the Coalition for Marriage is shocking, repugnant and probably illegal

Richy Thompson of the British Humanist Association says the actions of the Catholic Education Service in asking state-funded schools to draw attention to the Coalition for Marriage may break equality and education laws.

April 26, 2012

Row over legality of Coalition for Marriage presentations in Catholic state schools

A row has erupted over correspondence issued by the Catholic Education Service to nearly 400 Catholic schools in England and Wales which asked them to 'draw the attention' of pupils to the Coalition for Marriage's anti-equality petition, first revealed by PinkNews.co.uk yesterday.

April 26, 2012

Rosie O’Donnell slams Lindsay Lohan over forthcoming Elizabeth Taylor role

Television presenter Rosie O'Donnell has slammed actress Lindsay Lohan over news she will play...

April 26, 2012

Woman tipped for New York mayoral candidacy announces plans to marry girlfriend

A lesbian who is expecting to run in New York's next mayoral race will marry her girlfriend in...