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March 27, 2013
Trans media victim Lucy Meadows' death sparks debate in UK parliament

Over 200,000 people have signed a petition urging the Daily Mail to sack columnist Richard Littlejohn for his anti-trans remarks

A parliamentary debate is being planned in order to learn lessons from the treatment of transgender teacher Lucy Meadows, who died last week.

Her MP Graham Jones, Labour backbencher, is seeking to debate in parliament about the circumstances leading to Meadows’ death.

After a local newspaper ‘outed’ her last December, the Daily Mail also reported on her transition and columnist Richard Littlejohn wrote an opinion piece stating she was ‘in the wrong job’.

February 15, 2013
Irish county to vote on gay marriage

Councilor Gillian Wharton-Slattery will ask Kerry County Council in Ireland to back a motion supporting marriage equality

A county in Ireland will vote on same-sex marriage next week on 18 February.

February 12, 2013
Meet the MPs deciding on the next stage of gay marriage

19 members of parliament will now meet in committee to decide on each aspect of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

After the UK House of Commons voted in an overwhelming majority to back marriage equality in England and Wales, the world started celebrating.

But don’t go buying your hats yet, as there are several stages left before Queen Elizabeth II can sign the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill into law.

Today (12 February), 19 members of parliament will hear evidence from religious, parliamentary and gay rights experts.

Over the next few weeks they will go through each line of the bill and decide on the merit, the accuracy and whether it should remain.

February 5, 2013
Senior Tories plead with backbench MPs to vote for gay marriage

George Osborne, Theresa May and William Hague has written a letter asking Conservative MPs to back marriage equality in the vote

Senior Conservatives are appealing to backbench members of parliament vote for marriage equality in England and Wales today (5 February).

In a joint letter to address the split in government, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Foreign Secretary William Hague and Home Secretary Theresa May have attempted to persuade other Conservatives to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage.

November 29, 2012
'Urine pouring into' gay MP Ben Bradshaw's office

Former Labour minister made headlines when he attacked same-sex marriage earlier this year

Openly gay member of parliament Ben Bradshaw has complained to the UK House of Commons authorities that ‘urine seems to be pouring’ into his office.

The seeping liquid is trickling down a corner of the area in which one of the former Labour minister’s staff works.

He took to Twitter to complain his office ‘stinks’, revealing Victorian copper piping was to blame for the plumbing problem which had plagued his office for two days.

July 26, 2012
New Zealand to vote on gay marriage

Same-sex marriage bill is likely to be passed in New Zealand, with support across all parties

A same-sex marriage bill was picked today to be debated and voted on by the parliament in New Zealand.

The Definition of Marriage Amendment Bill was sponsored by lesbian Labour MP Louisa Wall and it states that marriage should be defined as the union of two people regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The bill was one of five drawn from a pool of 62 bills in the Members’ Bill Ballot.

June 12, 2012
PM Julia Gillard tells Aussie gays she proves they don’t need marriage

Australian Prime Minister, Christians and even coffee chains all caught up in same-sex marriage fight

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told gays that her own relationship proves you don’t have to marry.

Gillard, who opposes same-sex marriage equality, isn’t married to her long-term partner Tim Mathieson but says they are still committed to each other.

She told ABC TV: ‘I think you can have a loving relationship of love and commitment and trust and understanding that doesn't need a marriage certificate. That's my life experience – so I'm speaking from that life experience.’

May 24, 2012
Free vote to Tory MPs on gay marriage

Conservative MPs will be given a free vote on whether to support legalizing gay marriage

Conservative MPs will be given a free vote on whether to support proposed plans on legalizing gay marriage.

Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy PM Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband have all given their full support to allow gay couples to marry.

Yesterday (23 May), Number 10 said the plans were a ‘government commitment’ signifying all ministers to vote in favor of the proposed plans, reported the BBC.

April 6, 2012
Gay MP attacks same-sex marriage

Ben Bradshaw says Britain’s gay community does not need the word ‘marriage’

One of Britain’s first openly gay MPs, Ben Bradshaw, has attacked the government’s plans to legalise same-sex marriage.

A former Labour minister, Bradshaw said the gay community does not need the word ‘marriage’ to have equal rights.

He defended these words today (6 April) on Twitter by stating the fight for marriage equality was just ‘semantics’.

Bradshaw told The Washington Post: ‘This is more of David Cameron trying to drag the Conservatives kicking and screaming into the modern world.

March 16, 2012
UK MP cuts ties to Christian gay ‘cure’ charity

Pro-LGBT shadow minister Liz Kendall took interns from CARE but didn’t know about their ‘extreme views’

Another British MP, Liz Kendall, has pulled out of an intern program run by a homophobic Christian charity.

Kendall, who is in Labour leader Ed Milliband’s shadow minister team, said she found the charity’s views ‘deeply offensive’.

Campaigner Phillip Dawson started a campaign after he discovered Christian Action Research and Education (CARE) was funding interns for members of parliament.

December 29, 2011
New Labour leader supports gay marriage

New Zealand Labour leader David Shearer backs same-sex marriage equality and gay adoption rights

New Zealand’s new Labour Party leader has said he supports marriage equality and gay adoption, saying civil unions are not enough.

David Shearer, the newly-elected Labour leader in New Zealand, says he is for marriage equality and it has his support ‘in principle’ but would have to see the details of the legislation first. Although civil unions have been legal in New Zealand since 2005, some still want full marriage equality and now the country's political leaders are begining to understand that need.