Support for gay marriage among Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, has reached 70%, according to a poll released Thursday (21 March) by The Pew Research Center.

Not only is this level of support among those 18-32 far higher than the support among older generations, it has grown dramatically from 51% 10 years ago.

This is particularly significant since 'Millennials' make up 27% of the adult population today compared to 9% in 2003.

Overall, support is at 49% compared to 33% in 2003.

The refugee appeals board in Denmark has set a precedent by granting asylum to a gay man from Afghanistan because he is at risk of persecution if he returns home.

'People normally have to demonstrate they are being persecuted in their home country in order to be granted asylum,' said the man's lawyer, Kåre Traberg Smidt, The Copenhagen Post reports.

Elton John used to say the civil unions were enough and that same-sex couples didn't really need marriage.

He doesn't feel that way anymore.

The singer and David Furnish became domestic partners on December 25, 2005, the very first day gay couples in Britain were allowed to obtain a civil partnership.

Canadian foreign affairs minister John Baird pledged that Canada has will continue to help and has aided ‘a large number’ of gays and lesbians immigrate from Iran, which renounces them for their homosexuality.

Too many countries have regressive and punitive laws that criminalize homosexuality,’ he said.

Campaigners seeking to repeal the US state of Washington’s same-sex marriage laws are calling for Catholic churches to collect money on their behalf in violation of the states political fundraising laws.

Preserve Marriage Washington has been asking churches to collect ‘all [cash] envelopes from donors, put them in a larger mailing envelope, put your church name and return address on the mailing envelopes and send it via regular US mail [to us]’

Singer Adam Levine made headlines earlier this year when he said that if he were US president for a day, the first thing he'd do is make gay marriage legal.

The Maroon 5 frontman now says his pro-marriage equality views have little to do with the fact that he has a gay brother.

British political party Labour chaired a meeting where representatives of Quakers, Unitarians and Jewish groups debated their views on gay marriage yesterday (4 July).

The left-leaning party said their backing shows a range of views among faith groups and does not condemn opposition.

The meeting follows the coalition government closing the 12-week consultation on gay marriage on 14 June, with the legislation expected for 2015. 

Ugandan gay rights activists are demonstrating in London today (15 June), protesting the UK's deportation of LGBT asylum seekers and the return of the African nation's anti-homosexuality bill.

Campaigners from the Movement for Justice held a rally outside Uganda House in London at 1pm, holding banners and chanting 'Lesbian and gay men have the right. Here to stay, here to fight', and 'Racist, sexist, anti-gays, you can't take our rights away'.

A little over a week ago, Rachel, a 28 year-old asylum seeker from Uganda had her room in a home in a township by Cape Town, broken into and vandalized.

The burglary on 21 May, saw her lose almost all her belongings.

The police filed a report and sent Rachel (whose real name we are withholding for safety reasons) her crime number by text, but so far she’s heard nothing further from them.

‘People have been pointing a finger at my neighbor, who works night shifts and stays in the home all day long’, she tells me.

An Anglican priest was suspended for preaching against gay marriage yesterday (4 April), when he asked his congregation to sign a petition opposing UK government plans.

The 78-year-old Peter Gowlland invited the worshippers at All Saints Church in Sanderstead, Surrey, to be ‘bold like the apostles’ and sign the anti-civil gay marriage petition.

Montana Democrat Dave Strohmaier wants to take a liberal perspective to the House of Representives. In a recent ad, called 'If You're a Progressive, Prove It' the candidate promises to advocate for marriage equality.

In the video Strohmaier, clad in a brown suit and his ever present tan hat, officiates a wedding. As a bride walks down the aisle, the candidate makes a promise.

Catholics in England and Wales will be urged to oppose gay marriage during masses in 2,500 churches on Sunday (11 March).

In a letter written by Archbishop of Westminster the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, congregations are called on to protect the true meaning of marriage by taking part in a national consultation on the British government's plans for equal marriage rights and to lobby their MPs.