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Sydney MP condemns Australian Christian Lobby

Former national convener of Australian Marriage Equality calls on MPs to join him condemning lobby group who said being gay was less healthy than smoking

Pride in London could still be axed this year

Organizers have warned they will make a decision in April if the Pride in London event on 29 June has enough money and volunteers to go ahead

Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble plans to introduce gay marriage bill this week

'Minnesota has changed a lot and is continuing to change at a very rapid pace'

Singapore law minister: we won’t repeal anti-gay sex law

In a meeting with religious leaders, Singapore’s law minister, said the city-state’s anti-gay sex law will not be repealed nor will it be enforced

Gay travel firm Mantrav goes bust after Gran Canaria hotel troubles

British gay travel firm to file for insolvency. Trouble hit when a resort they were selling in Gran Canaria failed to open, leaving customers wanting refunds

Gay medic, 24, killed in tragic ambulance accident

An Eagle Scout and emergency medical technician, who made an It Gets Better video in 2011, was killed in a car accident

Gay couples having children is child abuse, says anti-abortion group

New guidelines providing free IVF to same-sex couples and women over 40 is wrong, says Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Man arrested for sucking on a sex toy in his car

A 67-year-old man from Michigan with an oral fixation was arrested and booked in jail for sucking on a dildo in a public place

New Zealand gay couple kicked out of a nightclub for a kiss

A gay couple was kicked out of a nightclub in Nelson, New Zealand after its bouncer saw them kissing

Wedding mag forced to publish lesbian bride advert

Wedding magazine rejected a picture of a lesbian couple but after the story went viral, they agreed to host the advert

HIV infection among Israeli gay men up 55% since 2005

Israel's ministry of health found that infection rate amongst gay men is five times more common than among straights

Last mass for gay Catholics held in Soho, London

Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, scrapped the services for being 'inconsistent' with Catholic teaching

Canberra considers intersex box for birth certificates

Legal experts advise changes to birth certificate options and say people should not have to undergo surgery to have gender legally recognized

Musical with negative portrayal of LGBT people tours Malaysia

'We want to awaken the youths and parents to the issue,' says the director of musical with negative message about LGBT lifestyles

Publisher Linda Johnson Rice makes an argument for marriage equality

Linda Johnson Rice, life long resident of Chicago and publisher, writes an op-ed in support of marriage rights

Teacher who said 'gays don't have a purpose' gets a rebuttal

LGBT groups in Indiana launched a 'You Have a Purpose' Facebook page as a response to the special-ed teacher who made homophobic remarks this week

African lawyer defies death threats, hopes to return to Cameroon

'It would be cowardly to give up' says lawyer who fled Cameroon for the US after receiving death threats related to his work in LGBT rights

Tens of thousands watch uniformed military march in Auckland Pride parade

Tens of thousands gathered in Auckland on Saturday to watch members of the New Zealand armed forces march in uniform for the first time in the city’s first Pride parade in 12 years

First same-sex spouse of a US veteran approved for military burial

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs has approved the first same-sex partner of a US veteran for burial in a national cemetery

Facebook gets behind tax relief for California gay couples

The social network announced its support of new legislation that would give tax breaks to LGBT employees who pay for their partner's benefits

Homophobic rape should be a hate crime, demands football group

International LGBT group Football v. Homophobia has started a new campaign against gender-based violence in South Africa

'Gays don't have a purpose' says special-ed teacher

Speaking in favor of an anti-gay prom in Indiana, a special education teacher adds fuel to the fire with homophobic comments

2015 execution date set for killer who strangled gay man

A Cincinnati man who strangled and stabbed a man he met at a gay bar in 1985 will be executed in 2015 after an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that his execution can go ahead

SWAT team chases down Oregon gay bashers

A gang of youths accused of bashing and robbing a young gay man at gun point got more than they bargained for when Oregon Police dispatched a SWAT team to the scene