British-American actor Andrew Garfield has expressed his unwavering support for gay marriage, saying there is no argument against equality.

In an interview with The Times, the 29-year-old Amazing Spiderman actor said: ‘Of course I’m in favor of marriage equality. Same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was inspired to join the clergy by an anti-gay American pastor, The Times has claimed.

The British newspaper says the head of the world’s Anglican Christians took holy orders after hearing California Pastor John McClure speak in London.

McClure is a vocal opponent to gay marriage and abortion. He also believes the Apocalypse has started, that the ‘new Babylon’ is on America’s East Coast and will burn in an hour and that the world will end in the first half of this century.

Another priest has accused Cardinal Keith O’Brien of initiating ‘inappropriate behavior’.

It is the fifth such allegation to be made public against the former leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, after O’Brien resigned on Monday (25 February).

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish Government should legalize gay marriage, but is now being told she would 'lose more than she would gain'.

Adil Bhatti, former SNP national council member, said: 'The gay community don't have that many votes compared to those that you would lose from the religious groups like the Muslims and the Catholics.

In the Oscar-nominated documenentary How to Survive a Plague, the late Ed Koch is certainly not one of the heroes in the story of the AIDS epidemic in New York City.

The film's director, David France, says he believes the success of the film may have been responsible for The New York Times quickly amending Koch's obituary earlier this month to include his inaction during the AIDS crisis that had gripped his city during his terms as mayor.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to give tax breaks for married couples in order to win the marriage equality vote.

Members of parliament are pressing the cabinet to make an announcement in March to implement the coalition government’s promise to reward married couples and civil partnerships in the tax system.

A High Court judge has attacked UK government plans to legalize same-sex marriage saying they should be focusing on family breakdown.

Sir Paul Coleridge told the Times newspaper marriage equality was a ‘minority issue’.

The UK and Scottish governments are pushing ahead with plans to introduce same-sex marriage with legislation due next year. No religious bodies will be forced to wed gay couples though some will be able to opt in to doing so.

While the story of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk got its widest exposure through the 2008 feature film for which Sean Penn won an Oscar, it was an acclaimed 1984 documentary that first told his story on the screen.

On Wednesday (19 December), it was announced that the documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk, was among the 25 films chosen by the US Library Of Congress for preservation in its National Film Registry.

A Maltese man is walking free after running over an Australian tourist in his car who ‘provoked’ him by implying he was gay.

Alan Gauci, of Mellieha, was let off the hook by Magistrate Carol Peralta yesterday (9 October), after he admitted to causing permanent disability to Jeremy Lalic in 2004.

Six years ago on 21 March, Gauci deliberately ran his victim over in a car at 4am after being called ‘gay’ by the tourist

Peralta said ‘perhaps in the accused’s psyche and other villagers’, it was not acceptable’ to be called gay.

Britain’s leading gay rights organization, Stonewall, has announced the shortlist today (28 September) for its annual awards.

The ceremony on 1 November at the V&A museum in London is a glamorous highlight of the UK’s gay calendar.

British television presenter Clare Balding has called for more openly gay women on television.

Balding, who became a national treasure after presenting sports coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics at London 2012, has said the media needs to show more women of diversity.

In an interview with The Times, she said: ‘There’s a lack of visibility. I remember an article that said, ‘Lesbians are like baby pigeons: you never see them,’ and then naming a couple – me and Sue Perkins.

A UK Catholic adoption agency is asking a judge to grant it the right to deny its services to gay couples today (13 September).

Catholic Care has gone to the Upper Tribunal in London to ask the court to defy anti-discrimination laws, and agree only heterosexual couples should be allowed to raise a child.

Justice Sales told the group it is forbidden from restricting their services to married heterosexual couple, the Times reports.