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Cuba president’s daughter wins US gay rights award

Mariela Castro wins an award for her groundbreaking LGBT rights advocacy work

New Zealand: gay man ‘humiliated’ and ‘disappointed’ over priesthood rejection

Eugene Sisneros is claiming he was not allowed to enter into priesthood training because he’s in a gay relationship

Lesbians legally married in Cambodia despite no law change

Some lesbian women who have lived together for over ten years in some provinces in Cambodia could be the first legally recognized gay couples in Asia

New Zealand anti-gay-marriage group to lose charity status

'Groups that think differently to the prevailing politically correct view will be targeted in an attempt to shut them up,' says Family First NZ national director Bob McCoskrie

Anti-gay marriage candidates win Tasmania election

Despite a campaign to make local election all about marriage equality, anti-gay-marriage candidates win all three contested seats in Australian state of Tasmania

World's first transgender MP seriously ill

New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, who became the world's first openly transgender MP in 1999, has chronic kidney failure

Anti-gay coalition win election in Malaysia

Ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, who regularly support anti-gay policies, will return to government in Malaysia - but several vocally homophobic politicians lose their seats

Albania passes landmark gay hate crime laws

Two laws just approved by Albania's parliament make it one of the countries with the most advanced legislation in the region for protection of LGBT people

LGBT ally Brendon Ayanbadejo talks about Jason Collins' coming out on Meet the Press

LGBT ally Brendon Ayanbadejo goes on Meet the Press to discuss the importance of Jason Collins coming out

Estonia: 35,000 sign petition to oppose legal recognition of same-sex couples

A petition against the recognition of gay couples has garnered triple the signatures expected by organizers

Italy’s Biancofiore says gays 'ghettoise' themselves, gets fired

After just 48 hours as the newly elected Equalities Minister, Michaela Biancofiore has been reassigned to a different role for her continued homophobic remarks

Male rape and assault charges ‘are completely false’ says gay MP Nigel Evans

Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, released on bail last night after being arrested for male rape and assault charges, made a live statement today revealing he knows his accusers

US Christian group compares teaching kids about same-sex parents to smoking

US group Faith 2 Action has produced a video mocking the book Heather Has Two Mommies which compares teaching kids about same-sex parented families to teaching them how to smoke

Australian Football League stars to tackle homophobia among players and fans

A group of prominent Australian Football League (AFL) players will pledge to never use homophobic language on the field and will urge people to confront other fans when they use homophobic slurs

Study finds US gay men becoming less promiscuous

Data from the US National Surveys of Family Growth has shown that gay Americans have become less promiscuous over the decade that same-sex marriage became available to them

Minister of Interior declares: ‘Lebanon is against sodomy’

Marwan Charbel, Lebanon’s Minister of Interior declared that being gay is illegal and ‘wondered’ if married French gays should be allowed to enter the country

British gay MP Nigel Evans arrested for male rape and sex assault

Deputy Speaker of House of Commons Evans in custody being questioned by police. Prime Minister informed

Harvard professor apologizes for blaming dead gay economist for global financial crisis

Niall Ferguson, author and history professor at Harvard University, recants connecting John Maynard Keynes’ homosexuality to ‘destructive’ economic policies

Minnesota lawmakers to begin voting on gay marriage bill

As early as next week, Minnesota House and Senate representatives may vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state

Nigeria: Man stabbed to death over allegedly gay sex

Nigerian media sensationally report a married man has been stabbed to death over allegedly gay sex, while LGBT activists slam the country's press for creating a moral panic

First Lady Michelle Obama to fundraise for DNC LGBT leadership council

First Lady Michelle Obama will attend fundraising event for LGBT Democrats that will be hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen

Harvard professor blames dead gay economist for global financial crisis

Niall Ferguson, author and history professor at Harvard University, ties John Maynard Keynes’ homosexuality to ‘destructive’ economic policies

Anti-gay Cardinal Keith O’Brien to be forced into exile by Vatican

Cleric been told by the Vatican to leave the UK so as not to create further embarrassment for the Catholic Church

Australian Opposition Leader called out on opposition to free vote on marriage by activists

Australian equal marriage activists say that if Australian Opposition leader Tony Abbott is so sure few of his MPs will vote for marriage equality then why not let them

Republican Paul Ryan now says he’s ok with gay adoption

2012 Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has announced he is comfortable with the idea of gay people adopting children despite voting against it in the past and his opposition to same-sex marriage