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October 27, 2012

Gallup says LGBTs could swing US election

A new report says the votes of LGBT Americans could push President Obama over the line into a second term in a narrow election

A new report from the prestigious Gallup polling organization has suggested that overwhelming support in the LGBT community could be enough to win US President Barack Obama a second term in office.

September 7, 2012

Russian lesbian editor fired for snubbing Putin, she says

LGBT rights advocate Masha Gessen says she was fired from editorship of Russia’s oldest magazine for refusing to send a reporter to cover a Putin publicity stunt

Russian writer and LGBT rights advocate Masha Gessen was fired from a prestigious magazine role for not covering a expedition attended by President Putin, she said on Twitter this week.

Since February, Gessen was editor-in-chief of Russia’s oldest magazine, travel monthly Vokrug Sveta (Around the World) until her contract was terminated this week.

June 21, 2012

Alec Baldwin accused of anti-gay Twitter rant

30 Rock star calls British journalist and editor an 'English Queen'

Alec Baldwin is being accused of an anti-gay Twitter rant despite previously supporting marriage equality in New York.

After an article by New York Daily News said Baldwin had pushed and punched one of their photographers, he responded by calling the newspaper liars.

The 30 Rock star tweeted on Tuesday (19 June): ‘@nydnbrooklyn @nydailynews Ever since that English Queen took over the Daily News, they lie like the Post...’