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Gay Welsh priest likens equal marriage fight to apartheid

Dean of St Albans believes gay weddings will be held in churches in just 10 years time

Aussie senator stands-by gay marriage leads to bestiality view

Liberal colleagues distance themselves from unapologetic senator after Cory Bernardi reaffirms his views in an interview

Pro gay rights former king of Cambodia dies aged 89

Norodum Sihanouk who lived through tremendous changes in his country and spoke out in support of gay marriage in 2004, died in hospital in Beijing yesterday

AIDS Walk LA founder blasts city of Santa Monica over bus advertising ban of non-profits

Craig Miller says ban is same kind of government 'inaction' and 'censorship' that contributed to epidemic

AIDS Walk LA raises nearly $3 million

Michael Urie, Andrew Rannells and cast of cult hit Popular join more than 30,000 walkers at annual fundraiser

Lesbian couple attacked during Atlanta gay pride

Two men targeted gay women outside Atlanta hotel in what victims claim is a hate crime

Students expel anti-gay Chick-fil-A from school campus

University student government agrees to ban homophobic US fast food chain over its ongoing opposition to gay marriage

Boxer Orlando Cruz wants to be first gay world champion

Puerto Rican sports star says he consulted a psychologist before making the decision to come out

First LGBTI sports festival celebrated in Nepal

Hundreds of LGBTI athletes compete in Kathmandu at the first sports festival of its kind in Nepal

Indonesia overrides patents on HIV drugs

President Yudhoyono issued a decree last month allowing cheap local production of drugs that treat HIV

Injustice at every turn for Native American trans people

A new report finds extreme poverty and more HIV and attempted suicide among American Indian and Native Alaskan transgender people

Over $20,000 raised at first China AIDS Walk

Over 100 people walk along the Great Wall for the first China AIDS Walk last Saturday

Michele Bachmann's sister speaks out about the politician's anti-gay views

Rep. Michele Bachmann's half sister talks about what it means to have a famous anti-LGBT family member

Greek neo-Nazis protest gay Jesus play

Premiere of Corpus Christi was cancelled after a violent protest by extremist right-wing group Golden Dawn

Former SNP leader calls gay marriage ‘step towards fascism’

Gordon Wilson, who led the Scottish Nationalists in the 1980s, has attacked government plans for marriage equality

Boy Scouts kept files on gay men alongside paedophiles

The Boy Scouts of America collected files on members they suspected of being gay among files on members they suspected of being child molesters

NZ Greens seeking to fast track same-sex adoption

New Zealand’s Greens Party have moved forward with their own bill to ensure a couple’s suitability, not sexuality, is the only criteria used in deciding who is an appropriate person to adopt

Alabama court blocks lesbian partner from adopting her wife's child

Alabama court affirms state's anti-marriage law and blocks lesbian from adopting wife's child

French mayors demand gay marriage ‘withdrawal clause’

Right-wing politicians say they should not be forced to conduct marriages between same-sex couples

US Census Bureau considering how to count LGBT people

US Census Bureau looking at how the LGBT community can be counted in 2020

63 former priests defy church on same-sex marriage in Washington

A group of former Catholic clergy with a combined service to the church of more than 800 years has criticized efforts by Washington bishops to interfere in the debate on marriage equality in the US state

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch positively reviews AIDS film then gets blasted by people in it

Larry Kramer calls Koch 'evil' and wonders: 'Is he trying to make up to us?'

Human Rights Campaign donates nearly $1 million more to gay marriage battles

Money evenly split between Maine, Washington, Maryland and Minnesota

US anti-equality campaigners say no room for compromise

Anti-gay forces have seized on the suspension of a deaf university diversity officer over her opposition to same-sex marriage to say that there is no room for compromise on the issue

New York City Mayor donates $250,000 to marriage equality in Maryland

Michael Bloomberg: 'I do not believe that government has any business telling one class of couples that they cannot marry'

Stonewall offers 17 gay role models to change the way we work

New guide for employers and employees celebrates the power of positive role models and mentors to make workplaces better for lesbian, gay and bi staff

Lesbian bludgeons lover with hammer in Facebook friend feud

Jealous woman in the Philippines attacks lesbian girlfriend after victim refused to 'unfriend' her ex-lover

Ex scout gives Eagle award to rejected gay teen

A former Boy Scout has offered his Eagle medal as a sign of support to a teenager who was denied his own because he is gay.

Gay Games boycott Sochi summit over safety fears

Federation of Gay Games refuse to put delegate in danger during Peace and Sport conference amid tide of homophobia in Russia

Taiwan TV channel fined $300,000 for broadcasting lesbian kiss

Movie channel LS Time fined over US $10,000 for showing 1992 film The Silent Thrush at primetime