UK Members of Parliament (MPs) have again backed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales.

It was the third and final reading of the bill in the House of Commons.

In the vote 366 MPs voted for the bill with 161 against, a landslide majority of 205.

The last two days have seen attempts by some Conservative backbench MPs to water down the bill, meaning marriage registrars could opt out of conducting same-sex weddings and teachers wouldn’t have to tell pupils that equal marriage was the law.

Both were rejected.

The Attorney General has told the Court of Appeals to review the sentence of a man who was given just 42 months jail for burning a gay teen to death, Gay Star News has learned.

Steven Simpson, who had Asperger’s syndrome, a speech impairment and epilepsy was celebrating his 18th birthday when the incident happened in the early hours of 23 June last year.

As he became more drunk, homophobic insults were scrawled on his arm and stomach and he was encouraged to strip to his underwear and dance.

The former gold mining town of Bisbee, Arizona has become the first jurisdiction in the state to recognize same-sex relationships.

The city council voted on Tuesday to legalize same-sex civil unions despite the threat of legal action against it by the Arizona Attorney General.

Attorney General Tom Horne had written to the council prior to the vote to warn that it had ‘no authority to pass the ordinance’ and that if it was approved he would seek to have it blocked in court before it could come into effect.

The National Football League is under fire after prospect Nick Kasa (pictured) said pro scouts asked about his sexuality during last month's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate Kasa's allegations.

Schneiderman is reminding the league, which has never had an openly gay player in its history, that it is illegal to ask a player if he is gay.

Gay couples in Maryland can now start making those wedding plans.

The state's attorney general has announced that marriage licenses can be obtained by same-sex couples beginning 6 December and can begin to marry in the state beginning 1 January.

Voters earlier this month approved a referendum approving gay marriage - one of three states to do so. They other states were Minnesota and Washington.

The attorney general of the state of Rio de Janeiro annulled a law that protected LGBT from discrimination.

The attorney general cancelled on Tuesday (2 October) anti-discrimination law that has been in-force for over 12 years, stating that it was introduced in an unconstitutional manner.

The law was introduced in 2000 by the then legislator and state deputy, Carlos Minc, who now serves as the Rio de Janeiro state minister of the environment. It was voted and passed by the state’s assembly.

Another Australian jurisdiction has announced it will legalize same-sex marriage, while at a federal level, Australian Government senators have introduced their own private members bill to legalize same sex marriage.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which houses the Australian capital of Canberra, today announced it would legalize same-sex marriage at a territory level, joining the states of South Australia and Tasmania who have also pledged to do so.

A lawyer is being ordered to pay millions after defaming a gay student by saying he seduced minors with alcohol and promoted a ‘homosexual lifestyle’.

A Detroit federal court jury awarded the 22-year-old Christopher Armstrong, who graduated last year as the University of Michigan’s first openly gay student body president, $4.5 million (£2.9m, €3.65m)on Thursday (16 August).

Andrew Shirvell, a former Michigan assistant attorney general, was found guilty for defamation, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

When it came time for California's Attorney General Kamala Harris to address the crowd at Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's annual LGBT Garden Party over the weekend, the sound system was no longer working properly.

The the words of the event's guest of honor could still be heard loud and clear above the crowd.

A lawyer is suing the Nigerian government over an anti-gay bill which, if passed, would put LGBT people at risk of violence and arrest.

Robert Igbinedion has filed a law-suit against the African country's president and attorney general at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming the Same Gender Marriage Prohibition Bill violates Nigeria's constitution.

The constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, the US federal law that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman, will be challenged for the first time in a federal appellate court next week.

A three-judge panel on the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston will hear arguments on DOMA on Wednesday (4 April).

The Indian government insists that it supports the high court’s decision to decriminalize gay sex.

The announcement by Attorney General G E Vahanvati, follows confusion over the government’s stance on the issue, which is currently being debated again in Delhi supreme court.

Criminalizing gay sex among consenting adults in private is a violation of fundamental rights, Vahanvati said, reported The Times of India.