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March 6, 2013
Gay man elected to Los Angeles City Council

Mike Bonin to replace old boss Bill Rosendahl who was first gay councilman in city history

Openly gay candidate Mike Bonin was elected to the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday (5 March).

He replaces his boss, Bill Rosendahl, who was the first openly gay council member in the city's history. Rosendahl is retiring after two terms and had endorsed his longtime chief of staff Bonin.

On his campaign website today, Bonin described himself as 'grateful, relieved and thrilled.'

January 31, 2013
Barney Frank will not become first gay male US senator - and he's not pleased

Massachusetts governor does not appoint former congressman to John Kerry's vacated seat

Barney Frank, the first openly gay man in history to serve in the US Congress, will not be returning to Washington DC as a senator.

Frank had hoped to be appointed, on an interim basis, to the seat vacated this week by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. But the state's governor, Deval Patric, instead appointed his former chief of staff William 'Mo' Cowan.

October 9, 2012
Gay Los Angeles City Councilman battling cancer won't run for another term

Bill Rosendahl has endorsed hias chief of staff, also gay, to succeed him

Bill Rosendahl, the first openly gay man ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council, told his constituents on Tuesday (9 October) that he would not be seeking reelection so he can focus on his battle with cancer.

Rosendahl, 67, has been representing the city's 11th district for seven years and had initially vowed to run for the third term this year.

But now Rosendahl has decided to hand the baton to his longtime chief of staff Mike Bonin, who is also gay.

October 1, 2012
Arnie reveals he performed gay marriages

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he wed two gay couples in his office while California governor but denies he supports same-sex marriage

Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed he married two gay couples while he was governor of California.

The Terminator star told CBS News last night (30 September) that he married his former chief of staff Susan Kennedy, who he once dubbed a 'cigar smoking lesbian'.

'I performed the wedding in the office,' the Austrian hard-man revealed to interviewer Lesley Stahl after she asked whether he went to Kennedy's wedding.

'I married her in the office, in the governor's office.'

May 3, 2012
Australian same-sex marriage advocate defended from Christian lobby attack

Leading advocate accused of marrying for political reasons ahead of senate inquiry into gay marriage.

A leading Australian marriage equality advocate has been defended from a Christian lobby attack suggesting that his impending same-sex marriage is politically motivated.

Aspersions were cast on national convener of Australian marriage equality Alex Greenwich’s reasons for marrying his partner in Argentina.

April 10, 2012
'Outing' of gay sex sting suspects could 'destroy lives'

Activists slam media for identifying 18 men arrested in LA restroom

Activists in Los Angeles say the naming and shaming of 18 men arrested in an undercover gay sex sting could 'destroy lives'.

The LA Gay and Lesbian Center has slammed newspapers and TV channels, including the Daily Breeze and CBS2, for publishing the names, mugshots and birthdates of suspects arrested in a Manhatten Beach public restroom last week.

Leaders of the center say the coverage of the story could lead to public humiliation and claim one of the men attempted suicide as a result.