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Nikolai Aleskeev was taken into custody at Moscow City Hall where an illegal gay pride march was scheduled

Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade will once again be known as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade after its members voted at an Extraordinary General Meeting

After brief retirement, he's set to become first openly gay player in Major League Soccer

Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby has announced he will vote for marriage equality on the same day that hundreds of LGBTs and their supporters marched in Sydney

BSA has voted to allow gay youth but to continue LGBT adult ban

Senate already has approved and governor has promised to sign into law

Perry says 'decision contradicts generations of tradition in the name of political correctness'

John Kerry is asked during his Ethiopia visit to act, as US aid funds groups that incite anti-gay hate and call for a ‘Kill the Gays’ bill in the country

An 18-year-old Nevada's testimony is going viral a day after the US state voted in favor of equal marriage

Blackburn Rovers footballer will appear before magistrates for allegedly making a homophobic gesture at Brighton fans

In a public wedding ceremony, an Australian gay activist is taking a stand against marriage laws prohibiting the union of two people of the same sex  by getting married to a lesbian

French comic Frigide Barjot, a leader of the anti-gay marriage movement, claims she will not attend nationwide protest due to 'violent climate'

Nikolai Alekseev, co-founder of Moscow Pride, received a warning from Russian authorities not to go ahead with the event tomorrow, or else face legal consequences

Petititon accuses most visited website in the world to be 'blatantly encouraging gay shaming culture'

An Australian court has heard how a man harassed professional footballer Alex Rance, and organised a gay orgy at Rance's parents' home after the athlete rejected his friendship 

Members of Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) say anti-marriage-equality leaders don't speak for them

The American Family Association, President Tim Wildmon has endorsed a new picture book by Amber Dee Parker and Hannah Sequra, God Made Dad and Mom

Youngest Member of Parliament in Australia increases the pressure on opposition leader Tony Abbott to allow his MPs a free conscience vote on same-sex marriage

Fan Popo discusses the obstacles to LGBT filmmaking and activism in China at Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in India

Pascal Tessier: 'For gay Scouts like me, this vote is life-changing'

But ban against LGBT leaders and volunteers reaffirmed by BSA National Council

A 19-year-old who was working at the Boy Scouts of America summer camp was fired when he told his director he was gay

Just two days before the gay pride demonstration was planned to go ahead, Ukrainian courts upheld a city ban

Despite a Moscow suburban court ban, organizers intend to go ahead with Moscow gay Pride as plannedDespite a Moscow suburban court ban, organizers intend to go ahead with Moscow gay Pride as planned

The European Parliament have advised countries joining the EU to adopt legislation against discrimination of LGBT citizens

Trans campaigners highlight problems with England and Wales’ equal marriage bill saying they were betrayed by gay allies

Woman was forced to leave a bridal shop after the owner allegedly told her customers would feel 'uncomfortable if a man was trying on dresses'

New policy will see gay men who have been celibate for five years eligible to give blood in Canada

Westboro Baptist Church, who has blamed London terror attack and Oklahoma tornado on gays, have had their website hacked by pro-gay activists