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Obama has breakfast with alleged Kill The Gays backers

Barack Obama delivers religious speech at prayer breakfast. Event sponsored by alleged US backers of Uganda's anti-gay bill. Obama failed to mention or condemn the bill

Uganda to deport British gay play producer

David Cecil is currently detained and could be forced to leave his Ugandan wife and child

Gay governor says 'Rome is too dangerous for me at night'

Puglia's governor Nichi Vendola says that 'Rome is a dangerous city for gays and lesbians.' Rome's mayor replies: 'Vendola is offending an entire city.'

Italian party leader says gay marriage is like pedophilia

Pier Ferdinando Casini says that 'on same-sex marriage we can not follow Europe, because they gave voice to movements campaigning for pedophilia'

Daughters of Westboro Baptist Church leader quit over gay hate

Two women have apologized for the pain they have caused while they were part of the 'God Hates Fags' church

Priests to bless gay marriages ‘under the radar’

Despite the ban on the Church of England hosting same-sex marriages in the bill's current form, ministers say they will risk their careers to do what they feel is right

Bisexual teen dad hanged himself in woods

English 16-year-old was found dead after he was the victim of homophobic bullying at school for over two years

Diane Rodriguez could become South America's first trans legislator

If elected, the 30 year-old LGBT rights activist and psychology student could become the first transgender individual in Ecuador's Congress, and South America's first trans lawmaker

Marco Rubio: LGBT immigrants' rights not 'a central issue'

The US Senator from Florida said that immigration reform will be 'difficult enough as is' without considering protections for same-sex binational couples

PM, Premier and Lord Mayor all welcome Sydney Mardi Gras in 2013

Australia’s Prime Minister, the state Premier of New South Wales and the Lord Mayor of Sydney have all released statements of support for the 2013 Sydney Mardi Gras season

Christian Lobby worried Australian Opposition Leader may crack on marriage

The most prominent group campaigning against the granting of marriage rights to same-sex couples in Australia is sending out signals that it is not completely confident that Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will not allow a free vote on the issue

Claim Kenyan women's sports are rampant with ‘lesbianism’

A leading Kenyan sports website claims that it has uncovered rampant ‘lesbianism’ across women’s sports teams in the country and allegations that lesbians were responsible for a recent loss against Ethiopia

Family of first Ugandan couple to be legally wed in Sweden harassed

The family of a Ugandan gay man married in Sweden in what is believed to be the first legal union between two same-sex Ugandans has been harassed after the news was published back home

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn promises that gay marriage is coming to his state

'Our Illinois is not a land of discrimination'

Boy Scouts of America delays its decision on allowing gay members to May

Board says it needs more time 'due to the complexity of this issue'

Man in coma after alleged anti-gay attack in London

Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information after an attack in gay spot Soho, London

Author donates to gay charities after every internet 'troll' attack

John Scalzi has raised up to $50,000 for LGBT and civil rights charities in his 'Counteract a Bigot Drive'

‘Gay’ Saudi Arabian prince to face jail at home

Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir killed his manservant while in a London five-star hotel, and is being transferred to Saudi Arabia

Uganda set to vote on 'Kill the Gays' bill

Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ bill is back and due to be put to a parliamentary vote this session

Real lesson of 9/11? Ban gay marriage, Christian author says

Author believes God 'allowed' 9/11 to happen as a 'wakeup call' to ban same-sex marriages across America

‘Gay cure’ Christian advocate exposed on Grindr

Matt More, a ‘gay cure’ advocate, who blogs about how Christ saved him from the ‘sin of homosexuality’, was recently discovered on gay hookup app Grindr

UK Party leaders praise MPs approving equal marriage

Politicians and gay rights groups have applauded the majority of the members of parliament for approving same-sex marriage

Gay teacher forced to move after noose was hung outside her house

Teacher now moving to Brighton after she was subject to six years of homophobic bullying from her neighbors

Tennessee ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill author: 'to be gay is like injecting heroin'

Stacey Campfield, Tennesse Republican state senator, and author of 'Dont' Say Gay' bill compared homosexuality to injecting heroin

Alan Keyes says Scouts will end up with gay sex merit badge if policy changes

Former Republican presidential contender Alan Keyes says that churches must flee the Boy Scouts of America’s ‘homosexual embrace’ if they let gays in, or else there will be merit badge for experimenting with gay sex

Complaint over ‘gay baby Jesus’ billboard thrown out

New Zealand’s Advertizing Standards Authority has thrown out a complaint over a church billboard that suggested that the baby Jesus was gay

Australian ex-gay group can’t find enough gays who want to be ex

One of Australia’s leading ex-gay ministries is unable to find anyone to attend its support group and counseled less than a dozen people last year, suggesting gay Australian Christians are increasingly reconciling their faith and sexuality

UK vote inspires Australian Greens to put forward another marriage bill

Australia’s Greens party will put forward another bill to introduce marriage equality after being inspired by a successful vote on the issue in the British House of Commons

New president of Walt Disney World is first openly gay man to hold the job

George Kalogridis joined company in 1971 busing tables at Orlando resort

Gay marriage bill advances in Illinois State Senate by clearing committee

Vote before full Senate could take place on Valentine's Day