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David Miliband said it was an 'anomaly' that gay people are not considered married

David Miliband changes his mind to now support full gay marriage

Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband has changed his mind on the issue of equal marriage rights. During an interview with PinkNews.co.uk earlier this month, he said he thought of civil partnerships as being "completely equal" to marriage.

Angela Eagle said Penny Wong was

MP Angela Eagle defends Australian lesbian minister's opposition to gay marriage

Labour MP Angela Eagle has defended an Australian lesbian politician for publicly opposing equal marriage. Ms Eagle, who was the only out lesbian in parliament until this year, said that Australian Labor politicianPenny Wong should be commended for her previous record on gay rights.

Peter Mandelson was the most powerful gay man in Britain until this year

Banking heir sues for libel over Peter Mandelson story

Nathaniel Rothschild is suing the Daily Mail over a story which claimed he set up a meeting between Lord Mandelson and a Russian billionaire. The newspaper's story, published on May 22nd of this year, was titled "Mandelson, an oligarch and a £500m deal".

Nepal will hold a Pride march next month (Photo: Ilkerender)

Nepal to hold first gay Pride march

Nepal's only out gay MP has said that his country will hold its first Pride march this year. Sunil Pant told AFP that he hopes 3,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people will join the event, to be held on August 25th in the capital Kathmandu.

The government is holding meetings with interested parties

Gay activists say government is 'ignoring' calls for same-sex civil marriage

The government's equalities office is holding a series of private meetings this week to discuss the possibility of holding civil partnerships for gay couples in church. Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell said he and other campaigners had a meeting with junior equality minister Lynne Featherstone yesterday but claimed the majority of those present wanted full gay marriage.

Ruth Kelly resigned from Government in 2008

Best of PinkNews: Why was Opus Dei member Ruth Kelly appointed Minister for Equality?

As PinkNews.co.uk celebrates its fifth birthday, we take a look back at some of the most important exclusive stories we've broken. 
Following the last Tony Blair Government reshuffle, PinkNews.co.uk in conjunction with Andrew Pierce, then of The Times, investigated why Ruth Kelly, a well known member of the right-wing Catholic group Opus Dei had been appointed Minister for Equality. The end result was the front-page question on The Independent "Ruth Kelly: Minister for Sin?" and a lead story on the ITV News.

Penny Wong is opposed to gay marriage

Gay Australian cabinet minister Penny Wong comes out against gay marriage

The first openly gay cabinet minister in Australia has claimed that she has suffered discrimination but refused to support gay marriage.

David Norris said Ireland has more work to do on gay rights

Ireland 'has more work to do' on gay rights, gay senator says

Irish senator David Norris has said that both Northern Ireland and the Republic are "nearly there" on gay rights legislation.

The prime minister and deputy prime minister

Clegg dismisses claimed David Davis "Brokeback Coalition" description

The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has dismissed the alleged description of the Liberal Democrat/ Conservative coalition as the "Brokeback Coalition" by the former shadow home secretary David Davis.

Francis Maude is now the Cabinet Office Minister

Best of PinkNews: Tory chairman declares his old anti-gay policies "immoral"

As PinkNews.co.uk celebrates its fifth birthday, we take a look back at some of the most important exclusive stories we've broken. In this interview first published in 2006, then Conservative Party chairman Francis Maude declared the anti-gay policies he'd voted for in the Thatcher Government were "immoral" and said that they contributed to the death of gay men including his brother from HIV/ AIDs.

















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