Gay Tory candidate selected to challenge Hazel Blears
A gay Conservative candidate has been selected to challenge Hazel Blears for her Manchester seat. Matthew Sephton is the chair of the party’s affiliated gay group, LGBTory. He was selected this weekend...
View ArticleTelevised trial of Proposition 8 ‘possible’
The judge presiding over the legal challenge to Proposition 8, the Californian voter-approved ban on gay marriage, is seeking to record and broadcast proceedings. Under a new pilot programme introduced...
View ArticleSame-sex hand holding day goes worldwide
The organiser of an initiative to help gay people feel confident holding hands in public is celebrating the spread of the movement across the world. Gay rights activist David Watkins began the monthly...
View ArticleTrans woman crowned UK Scrabble champion
A trans woman has been crowned the UK Scrabble champion in London. Mikki Nicholson, 32, only began playing the game five years ago. She beat former world champion Mark Nyman for the UK title. The...
View ArticleIreland: Bid to overturn laws prohibiting gay marriages welcomed
A new legal challenge has been launched in Ireland to test the country’s legislation which currently prohibits gay marriages from taking place. Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan will...
View ArticleUS: Virginia appeals against same-sex marriage to be heard in May
A US appeals court has set a May date to hear appeals against a judge’s decision to strike down a ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Arenda Wright Allen struck down a law banning same-sex marriage in the...
View ArticleUS: Newly out Arizona senator told to ‘act more gay’ by colleague
Newly-out Arizona Senator Steve Gallardo has been told to ‘act more gay’ by a colleague attempting to have him removed as party whip. Democratic senator Olivia Cajero Bedford questioned Gallardo’s...
View ArticleCanada: Court challenge over proposed BC law school that bans gays
A group of lawyers is taking the government of British Columbia to court, over plans for a law school which does not allow gays. According to The Globe and Mail, the lawyers will this week launch a...
View ArticleUS: Texas judge refuses to let state intervene in same-sex divorce case
A Texas judge has refused to let the state intervene in the case of a same-sex couple attempting to get divorced. Due to a legal quirk following the repeal of DOMA, it is possible for couples to become...
View ArticleUS: Florida Governor dodges questions about same-sex marriage while Attorney...
Florida Governor Rick Scott has repeatedly dodged questions about same-sex marriage, while Attorney General Pam Bondi attempts to halt marriages by filing an appeal. On Thursday, a judge in Monroe...
View ArticleAustralia: Campaigners mark 10 years since introduction of ban on same-sex...
Campaigners in Australia are marking the 10th anniversary of the country’s legal ban on same-sex marriage. Australia’s Marriage Act was first amended to explicitly ban same-sex marriage in August 2004...
View ArticleUS: Legal challenge to Houston equal rights law gets January court date
A court challenge to Houston’s equal rights ordinance will be heard in January. Anti-equality activists last month submitted boxes of around 31,000 signatures to block a planned LGBT equality law –...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: Couple launch legal bid for same-sex marriage recognition
A legal challenge to Northern Ireland’s ban on same-sex marriage has been filed in Belfast’s High Court. Northern Ireland is currently the only part of the UK to not permit or recognise same-sex...
View ArticleAnti-gay marriage Australian PM Tony Abbott faces leadership challenge
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – who is a strong opponent of same-sex marriage – is facing a potential leadership challenge. The leader of the Liberal party has been Prime Minister since 2013,...
View ArticleAustralia: Anti-gay marriage PM Tony Abbott survives leadership challenge
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has narrowly survived a leadership spill that could have ended his political career. Mr Abbott, the leader of the Liberal party, has been Prime Minister since...
View ArticleDan Savage tells Republican to ‘prove’ sexuality is a choice by ‘sucking my...
Dan Savage has issued a challenge to Republican Ben Carson to back up his claims that sexuality is a choice. Fox pundit Ben Carson, who is a rumoured Republican presidential candidate, said earlier...
View ArticleWatch: Out YouTuber Chrissy Chambers launches legal challenge over ‘revenge...
YouTuber Chrissy Chambers has launched a campaign to clamp down on ‘revenge porn’ – after her ex-boyfriend released explicit videos of her. The video-maker has built a following of nearly half a...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland ‘violates religious freedom’ by not recognising equal...
A same-sex couple in Northern Ireland have launched legal action over the country’s ban on same-sex marriage – but in a surprising move, they are arguing it violates their religious freedom. Though...
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Court hears legal challenge against Australia’s equal marriage vote
A legal challenge against Australia’s planned public vote on equal marriage will begin today. Later this month Australians will be asked to vote on whether same-sex couples deserve the right to...
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Cruise ship giant Carnival will push for equal marriage in Bermuda after ban...
Cruise ship giant Carnival has joined action seeking to restore equal marriage in Bermuda – after the law forced it to abolish onboard same-sex weddings. Bermuda this year passed a law that replaces a...
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