Newsy
| Jun 12, 2013
In private comments to the leaders of a Latin American church group, Pope Francis noted the existence of a "gay lobby" in the Vatican, saying: "It is true, it is there ... we need to see what we can do," recounted a report of the meeting from peop...
Telegraph.co.uk
| May 29, 2013
Vincent Autin and his partner, Bruno Boileau, have become the first gay couple to wed under France's new law legalizing same-sex marriage. The couple both said "je fais" (I do) in Montpellier after announcing at a press conference that they were p...
Associated Press
| Apr 29, 2013
The White House commended NBA veteran Jason Collins for becoming the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sp...
Associated Press
| Mar 24, 2013
Paris riot police used tear gas and battled protesters as hundreds of thousands surged onto the Champs-Elysees avenue in a massive demonstration against a proposed law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The law could pass as ea...
CNN
| Mar 19, 2013
What's the last thing on earth members of the screamingly anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church want to witness? .... Besides that. How about a rainbow house? That's exactly what's standing now right across the street from the Kansas church. Aaron Jack...
France 24
| Feb 11, 2013
French MP Elie Aboud shocked and infuriated some of his collegues when he raised the issue of the "black triangle," signaling "danger," he insisted, during the legislative debate on gay marriage. The Nazis forced gays to wear pink triangles, and t...
CNN
| Jan 28, 2013
They must be working on a merit badge. In a surprise move, the Boy Scouts of America is considering changing its long-standing, controversial policy that excludes gays. Officials may allow local units to set their own rules, giving the go-ahead fo...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 27, 2013
The boisterous French conservative faction has already been heard from, now tens of thousands of citoyens have marched through the streets of Paris in support of the French government's plan to legalize gay marriage. The rally was organized just t...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jan 14, 2013
Jodie Foster "came out" as a lesbian in a sometimes confusing, but touching, speech at the Golden Globes, thanking her former lover and co-parent Cydney Bernard, and explaining that she hadn't bared her private life earlier because privacy is so d...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 8, 2012
The US Supreme Court has taken up the issue of gay marriage for the first time. It will review a challenge to a federal law that denies same-sex couples the same benefits as heterosexual couples. It will also look at whether Califorinia's ban o...
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...score. In second place, 53% of respondents say same-sex marriage should be a top policy concern. A significant percentage of respondents made po...
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...West Village on Friday, plan to rally Monday to "demand an end to hate crimes against our community," organizers said. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexua...
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Groups that may be considered part of the LGBT community include gay villages, LGBT rights organizations, LGBT employee groups at companies, LGBT student groups in schools and universities, and LGBT-affirming religious groups.
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