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Gay couples sue Utah for right to marry

As Supreme Court prepare to vote on Prop 8 and DOMA, three couples have sued the US state for the right to marry

HIV infections among New Zealand gay and bi men rose in 2012

Diagnosed infections up from 69 men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2011 to 87 in 2012

Sydney Mardi Gras Awards recognize outstanding events, volunteers and floats

The festival is over but Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 organizers haven't forgotten all the hard work

Hundreds attend candlelit vigil for Lucy Meadows outside Daily Mail office

Transgender primary school teacher who was hounded by the press is remembered at a vigil outside the office of the Daily Mail in London

Gays rape children, Hillary Clinton is a lesbian for backing gay marriage, says radio hostess

Sandy Rios, of the American Family Association, said that children are being abused by gay rights advocates and Bill and Hillary Clinton support gay marriage because of their sexuality

Gay Star News previews blockbuster week at US Supreme Court for gay marriage

Challenges to Prop 8 and DOMA could have historic implications

Gay teen fire killing: Attorney General reviewing three-year sentence

Stonewall boss Ben Summerskill and Stop Hate UK say 42 months jail is not enough for Jordan Sheard who set light to gay teen Steven Simpson on his 18th birthday

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts invites lesbian cousin to attend Prop. 8 hearing

Jean Podrasky is from San Francisco and wants to marry her partner

Israel’s new health minister to remove ban on gay blood donations

Yael German, Israel’s new minister of health, has instructed a public committee to deliberate the removal of a ban on blood donations from gay men

Gay NFL player ready to come out in ‘next few months’

According to several sources, a closeted National Football League player is preparing to come out as gay

Senator Rob Portman's gay son on why his Republican dad waited to support marriage equality

Will Portman: 'We’d had a tacit understanding that he was my dad first and my senator a distant second'

Gay couple given $100k for their dream wedding

A same-sex couple from Maine have won a $100k dream wedding courtesy of a wedding and lifestyle magazine

Doctor Who gay producer accused of ‘preying’ on young men

John Nathan-Turner, the most well-known producer of the British science fiction show before the reboot, is the subject of a 'scandalous' biography

Child used as human shield in Paris anti-gay marriage protest

French riot police used batons and tear gas to stop anti-gay protestors from marching in a restricted area

UK medical council to investigate doctors' treatment of transgender patients, after dozens of complaints

Trans rights campaigner Helen Belcher collected dozens of complaints against GPs after conducting a survey with transgender people

Irish veteran gay rights activist Christopher Robson dies

'Brave, principled and passionate' gay rights activist, who fought decriminalization and the AIDS crisis in the 1980s in Ireland, died on Saturday

'The assertion that LGBT rights are incompatible with Asian values is false,' says Nepal gov minister

Strategies devised for improving LGBT rights in Asia at UN seminar in Kathmandu, Nepali gay rights activist criticizes government for not renewing group's license

Proposition 8 lawyer explains the issue on news show Meet the Press

Proposition 8 lawyer David Boies talks legal strategy on Meet the Press

Hundreds of pro and anti gay marriage protest in London

Several hundreds of protestors crowded London’s Trafalgar Square rallying against and for marriage equality, this afternoon

Official Tunisian paper slams leading Egyptian feminist as 'promoting' 'gayness'

Al-Fajr, Tunisia's ruling party's official paper, accused Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt's leading feminist, of 'promoting homosexuality and prostitution'

Conservative operative doesn't trust marriage polling data

Evangelical leader Gary Bauer insists that gay mariage polling data is 'skewed'

Cardinal Keith O'Brien's accusers reject smears of being a 'gay lobby'

The four men who suffered abuse by Britain's top Catholic Cardinal reject allegations that they were seeking revenge over his anti-gay speech

Austria priest suspended due to anti-gay hate speech

Karl Tropper, an Austrian priest, has been banned from Easter preaching and forced to retire due to his continual use of hate speech against gays and Muslims 

New New Zealand Archbishop says its ok for church and state to disagree on marriage

The newly elected head of the Anglican Church in New Zealand says that he believes that governments have the right to decide who can and can’t get married – even if they come to a decision that the church disagrees with

Oregon high school introduces unisex toilets for transgender students

A school in Northeast Portland has introduced unisex toilets to cater for transgender and other gender non-conforming students – though the bathrooms will be available to anyone who wants to use them

Rick Perry is not pleased with Madonna's views on the Boy Scouts

Texas Governor Rick Perry is unhappy with Madonna's comments on the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy

Gay couple to force Paraguay to accept marriage equality

Simon Cazal and Sergio López, a gay couple in Paraguay is mounting a legal challenge to force the country to recognize theirs and others’ gay marriage 

New York City Health Dept urges sexually active gay men to get Meningitis vaccine

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has urged all men who have sex with men outside of a committed relationship to get vaccinated against Meningitis as more deadly cases of invasive meningococcal disease among gay men emerge

Limbaugh compares marriage equality to man-on-furniture love

US right wing shock jock Rush Limbaugh has suggested that he might marry his sofa if allowed to and believes same-sex marriage might open the gateway to that becoming a reality

New Jersey governor clarifies stance on gay conversion therapy: he does not believe in it

But Chris Christie has said he is 'torn' over signing bill that would ban it