Birmingham pride have sold ‘crazy’ numbers of tickets for this year’s event according to their Twitter page.

Same-sex marriage advocates in England and Wales are gearing up for another debate in the House of Commons today and tomorrow (19-20 May).

But while members of parliament lock horns, members of the public have taken to Twitter to make their voices heard.

Whether it's satirical, funny, or just making a great point, we've gathered 18 amazing tweets in support of marriage equality. Check them out here:

Police are investigating reports of gunfire outside a London gay club early this morning.

Prior to a BBC report that said no arrests have been made and no injuries were reported, party-goers took to Twitter to express their concern.

Roland @RollsUK tweeted: The police cordoned off Fire in Vauxhall.’

@CheekyLondon wrote: ‘Loads of police and loads of forensics.’

Police were called to the scene around 4 am., but reportedly the perpetrators were not found.

An anti-gay Twitter account is calling for a ‘Straight Pride’ on the social networking site.

For the past four days, ‘Straight Pride UK’ has tweeted messages about the need for a heterosexual march on 20 May to protest the upcoming debate on same-sex marriage in the House of Commons.

‘Being straight is not easy under the circumstances of our society. Straight people are being persecuted every day by political correctness,’ they write.

Chris Kluwe, the NFL punter who has become a hero in the fight for LGBT equality, will be playing for the Oakland Raiders next season.

Kluwe was cut by the Minnesota Vikings this month after more than eight years on the team. His departure came after he rose to fame as an outspoken ally of marriage equality.

Kluwe, always very active on Twitter, has not yet commented about his hiring which was to be formally announced later today. He will have a one-year contract.

Bret Easton Ellis is becoming almost as well known for his controversial Twitter rants as for being the author of such works as American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction.

One of those rants - about being 'disinvited' to the GLAAD Media Awards - has the media monitoring organization accusing Ellis of creating a 'publicity stunt.'

A team of research students has mapped out the most homophobic and racist states in the US using hate speech Tweets.

A group of students from Humboldt State University in California have published the results of their Geography of Hate project, which set out to identify ‘the geographic origins of online hate speech.’

According to the website: ‘the data behind the map is based on every geocoded tweet in the US from June 2012 – April 2013 containing one of the “hate words”.’

Blue singer Duncan James says Twitter trolls told him he would AIDS and die after he revealed his sexuality.

The bisexual British singer said he has been subject to 'absolutely vile' comments since talking about his personal life on the UK documentary series The Big Reunion. 

‘When I first came out I thought people were going to gay bash me and call me a f*ggot walking down the street,’ he told Now magazine.

‘But these days people can be absolutely vile on Twitter. One troll wrote, “I hope you get AIDS and die, you f*ggot”.’

Unconfirmed reports suggest a suspected arsonist has been detained by Spanish police for setting on fire four gay establishments at the Yumbo Center during Maspalomas Gay Pride.

At the time of writing, at least four terraces of the second floor of the Yumbo Centre have been reported on Twitter as having been affected by a fire, apparently started deliberately at 8am today (6 May) in the tourist town of San Bartolomé, Canary Islands, Spain.

Retired NFL player LeRoy Butler decision to send a tweet of support to now openly-gay NBA player Jason Collins has cost him an $8,500 speaking gig at a Wisconsin church.

Butler, who played safety for the Green Bay Packers, does not name the church but he took to Twitter today to share the fallout from the tweet to which simply read: 'Congrats to Jason Collins.'

Apparently some parents saw the tweet and complained to the church.

It turns out that Robbie Rogers, a former midfielder for the US national team who most recently played in England, was a bit of a warm-up act for the NBA's Jason Collins.

Collins came out publicly as a gay man on Monday (29 April) in a Sports Illustrated cover story and will be interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America Tuesday.

After a day during which he made history, openly gay NBA player Jason Collins is giving thanks for the outpouring of support from fans, some fellow players and even President Obama.

'All the support I have received today is truly inspirational,' Collins wrote in a tweet late Monday (29 April). 'I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled but I'm not walking it alone.'