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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

Activists tell Gay Star News they won't stop until Boy Scouts of America is truly equal

Zach Wahls and Jennifer Tyrrell not satisfied with current proposal to end gay ban

Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers could be planning a return to his sport

Retired after coming out but has been practicing with Los Angeles Galaxy

Ohio politician says murder of trans woman was a ‘hate crime’

Cernia Acoff, 20, was stabbed, dumped in a pond tied to a concrete block and a steel pipe three weeks after she went missing

Bullets sent to French gay mayor over his plans to get married

Thierry Speitel is the latest of politicians who have been sent death threats over their support for marriage equality

Gay marriage opponent and Berlusconi fan chosen as equality minister

Italy’s new Under-Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities has been criticized for her statements on transgender and gay issues

Shop stops trans bride from trying on wedding dresses

Trans woman filing formal complaint after she was stopped from trying on dresses in a bridal shop in Canada

UKIP anti-gay politicians lose election

A candidate who claimed exercise prevents gayness and another who said gay sex is 'frightful sordidness' lost a UK local elections bid

Gaydar fights back with mobile web service

Gaydar responds to strong competition in gay men’s smartphone dating market with release of new service and promises changes to Gaydar Girls soon

Scrap 'gay panic' murder defense in South Australia, says Greens MLC

Tammy Franks says South Australia should follow Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia and abolish 'archaic law with dangerous consequences'

Catholic priest says committed gay relationships should have 'not just recognition, but joy'

Canberra-based priest says he believes the church's attitude to gay relationships is changing

Dutch LGBT rights advocate says Japan is starting along path to gay marriage

Borris Dittrich, former Dutch MP and LGBT director for Human Rights Watch, said 'the start is happening now'

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee happily signs gay marriage bill into law

There are now 10 US states plus District of Columbia with marriage equality

Lesbian fights to become UK’s first trans MP

Rianna Humble, who is also a lesbian, is a Labour politician campaigning for a seat in the 2015 general election

‘Ex-gay’ caught on Grindr says he was ‘not looking for sex’, admits he’s still gay

Matt Moore, a blogger for the Christian Post who claimed he was 'cured' of 'sinful homosexuality', has admitted he still has feelings for men

Gay equality cop commended for work on LGBT issues

Police constable Ian Ashton has been awarded for helping LGBT members of the UK police

Rhode Island to become 10th state to pass gay marriage

All New England states are to have same-sex marriage after Governor Lincoln Chafee passes the equal marriage bill into law

Malaysia government will 'block LGBT' in bid to win election

Government should be 'ashamed' says Human Rights Watch for publishing 'discriminatory, dangerous and unacceptable' material

'Impersonating a woman' decriminalized in Samoa

Third gender fa'afafine in Samoa celebrate the end of legal discrimination

Singapore judge's decision 'major setback' says Human Rights Watch

Yale University and companies with headquarters in Singapore should condemn judge's upholding of anti-gay law, says Human Rights Watch speaking exclusively to Gay Star News

LGBT rights campaigners make Tasmania Upper House election all about marriage equality

Voters who go to the polls in three divisions in Tasmania on Saturday are urged to vote for marriage equality

Delaware State Senate to vote on gay marriage bill next week

Bill has already passed House and Governor Jack Markell has promised to sign into law

Church cancels speech by former NFL player because of his support of NBA's gay player Jason Collins

LeRoy Butler was scheduled for anti-bullying presentation at Wisconsin church

Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage attorneys talk to business leaders

Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage attorneys talk to business leaders at the Out in the Street conference

Two more Brazil states pass gay marriage

Paraíba and Santa Catarina have become the 13th and 14th states to legalize equal marriage, meaning 60% of Brazilians can get married without going through the two-step process

School tells lesbian couple to break up or son will be expelled

South African Christian school allegedly told a legally married lesbian couple their homosexuality was 'comprimising their values'

McDonald’s worker told by boss to ‘act less gay’

Fast food restaurant employee in New Zealand claims a manager told him if he 'acted gay' he would be disciplined

Lebanon: activists protest against arrest and abuse of gays

Lebanese human rights advocates protest demanding Dekwaneh’s mayor be brought to justice for illegal arrest of gay club goers who were stripped naked and photographed, physically and verbally abused