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6 February 2012Court to rule tomorrow if California’s gay marriage ban is constitutionally valid 13 A federal appeals court will rule tomorrow on whether California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is constitutionally valid. -
6 February 2012Edinburgh plans Valentine’s Day marriage rally 6 Gay marriage advocates in the Scottish capital are asking equality-lovers to march in support of the cause on 14 February. -
6 February 2012Tunisian human rights minister: No free speech for gays 52 Tunisia's human rights minister Samir Dilou has attacked new online magazine Gayday and said gays need ‘medical treatment’ in a TV interview. -
6 February 2012Lesbians in rural train ‘attack’ after kiss + A court has heard claims that a 16-year-old lesbian in Sussex was attacked on a train after kissing her girlfriend. -
3 February 2012Gay verger ‘shocked’ by woman’s sexual assault claim + A gay verger told a court today he had "no wish" to touch the breasts of a woman he stands accused of sexually assaulting at Wakefield Cathedral. -
3 February 2012Firm discriminated against gay lawyer with ‘batty boy’ friend 24 A London law firm has lost an appeal of a ruling that it discriminated against a gay barrister. -
2 February 2012Comment: No more stalling, gay and straight couples deserve equality now 66 On the first anniversary of the Equal Love campaign's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, Peter Tatchell examines the inequalities of straight marriage and gay civil partnerships. -
2 February 2012Guilty verdict for killer of gay teen Jack Frew 18 A jury in Scotland has found gay teenager Craig Roy guilty of the murder of Jack Frew in 2010. -
2 February 2012Maryland girl: For my birthday, ban gay marriage 198 A committee at the Maryland state senate, where equal marriage legislation is being considered, has heard the birthday wish of a 14-year-old girl: to keep the ban on gay marriage. -
2 February 2012US police ‘told gay couple faggots don’t deserve to wear pants in jail’ 46 A US gay couple arrested on assault charges say they were denied trousers for a day after being told "faggots don't deserve to wear pants in jail". -
2 February 2012London protest follows Sweden’s trans sterilisation rule 24 Worldwide protest at continuing insistence by the Swedish government on what has been described as a policy of eugenics in respect of trans men and women led on Monday to the unusual sight of a demo outside that country's London embassy. -
2 February 2012South African lesbian killers sentenced to 18 years in prison 8 Four men convicted of murdering a lesbian near Cape Town have received 18-year prison sentences, days before the sixth anniversary of her death. -
2 February 2012Washington state senate approves equal marriage 12 Washington's state senate approved a bill last night to give equal marriage rights to gay citizens. -
1 February 2012Protest at York Minster over Sentamu gay marriage views 77 Around a hundred protesters gathered outside York Minster today to protest against anti-marriage equality comments made by the city's Archbishop. -
1 February 2012Lithuanian who called for ‘another Hitler’ to tackle gays fined 38 A furniture-maker in Lithuania has been ordered to pay a fine of £375 after calling on Facebook for "another Hitler" to kill gays.
