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'Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage,' says Valentine Vu

Gay Vietnamese-Canadian fashion design lecturer who lives in Ho Chi Minh City argues Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage

Dubai forces Rhea Litré to perform out of drag

Authorities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have forced US artist Rhea Litré US to perrform out of drag

UN congratulates Vietnam on LGBT rights progress

UN's resident co-ordinator in Vietnam praises the Southeast Asian nation's LGBT rights achievements in the last year

Gay marriage will create another 'stolen generation', says Australian Christian Lobby

Australian Christian Lobby equates gay marriage to the removal of aboriginal children from their families, stolen generation representative calls for apology for 'disrespectful' and 'dehumanizing' comments

Chinese 'Groupon' site offers gay couples free trip to Canada to marry

China's biggest group deals website, Meituan, is offering a free trip to Canada for a gay couple to marry

New Yorkers march to remember gay man murdered last week

Protestors promise to remember the name of killed gay man Mark Carson

Gay marriage bill still on track despite fight in UK parliament

British MPs have rejected amendments that would have watered down or delayed gay marriage proposals

Gay soccer pro Robbie Rogers hopes to be back playing soon - in Los Angeles

Tells GSN: 'Hopefully it works out ... it should be sorted out in the next few weeks'

Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers

The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to allow openly gay and lesbians to become ministers

Obama to male grads: 'Be the best husband to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner'

Morehouse College speech calls on grads to have empathy for all minority groups

Ex Australia's PM Kevin Rudd goes from 'dinosaur' to backing gay marriage

In an unforeseen shift of opinion, Australian MP Kevin Rudd has thrown his full support behind changing federal legislation on same sex marriage

LGBT people in Britain have worse health than straights

Higher rates of bullying, suicide and self-harm, drug and alcohol use, smoking, and social isolation in old age revealed in study

Landlord fired five months after turning pub gay

Pub manager claims he was forced to leave his home and place of work after he chose to give Ipswich their gay pub back

Ukraine lawmakers demand ban on Kiev gay pride

62 Ukrainian parliamentarians signed a petition demanded from Kiev's mayor to ban a planned gay pride parade later this month

MPs should vote for straight civil partnerships, gay activist demands

Veteran gay activist Peter Tatchell says UK government is ‘inconsistent, hypocritical and wrong’ by offering same-sex marriage but not straight civil partnerships

Labour abandons support for 'wrecking' gay marriage amendment

Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Yvette Cooper tells opposition party MPs to not vote for Tim Loughton's opposite-sex civil partnerships amendment

Church of Scotland to debate gay ministers

Four years after the first openly gay reverend in a same-sex relationship was appointed to a new parish by the Church of Scotland, the governing body will decide whether to allow ministers in same-sex relationships

Church forces Archbishop Welby to abandon straight civil partnerships

Church 'unconvinced' there was a ‘genuine and widespread public need’ for change as gay marriage bill goes through UK parliament

Poll shows most Britons want gay marriages and straight civil partnership

New YouGov poll shows majority of Britons support same-sex marriages and civil partnerships for straight couples

England and Wales gay marriage bill could be delayed up to two years

Tory party in-fighting and an amendment giving straight couples civil partnerships could delay the equal marriage bill until after the next election

Gay marriage ban impacts on skilled migration, says Aussie former senator

Western Australia convenor of Australian Marriage Equality says that political leaders' resistance to gay marriage is bad for business

Nearly 50% of Chinese gay men and lesbians are in the closet at work, survey shows

Survey from Aibai reveals that Chinese employees are not comfortable living open lives at work

Transgender footballer has a heart attack on pitch

Trans rights advocate Martine Delany is recovering in hospital after a heart attack on pitch during a game for Tasmania's women's league

AIDS Walk New York succeeds even in rainy weather

For 28 years, there is a day in May when New Yorkers come together for for AIDS awareness and education

Polari magazine editor assaulted in South London

Christopher Bryant, editor of gay and lesbian online magazine Polari, and his partner were viciously beaten last night in an anti-gay attack

London: gunshots outside gay club Fire

Club-goers took to social networking to report gunfire outside Vauxhall’s super-club Fire

NYC: rally to honor murdered gay man, fourth gay bashing in one month

A rally will be held at New York’s LGBT community center at 5:30 pm on 20 May in honor of Mark Carson

Gay marriage will ‘rob’ parents of their rights, say UK Muslim leaders

Hundreds of Muslim leaders throughout the UK have signed a letter in a unified protest against the government’s same-sex marriage bill

UFC fighter Nate Diaz suspended and fined over ‘biggest fag’ tweet

UFC lightweight division fighter Nate Diaz has been suspended for three months and fined $20,000 over a homophobic tweet directed at another fighter in the latest sign that homophobia will not be tolerated in the sport

Schoolgirl expelled and charged over relationship with 15 year old fellow student

18 year old Florida schoolgirl Kaitlyn Hunt was kicked off her basketball team, expelled from school and is now being prosecuted after her 15 year old girlfriend’s parents complained about their relationship