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GAY MARRIAGE Gay marriage legalised in Scotland following historic vote at Holyrood MSPS have passed the landmark Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill by 105 votes to 18, making Scotland the 17th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage dailyrecord.co.uk 5 Feb 14 | |
 | Equal Marriage Northern Ireland is currently being developed. For information on upcoming meetings please check out their websites facebook.com equalmarriageni 5 Feb 14 |
UK "Who knows how many gays and lesbian young people in Northern Ireland have committed suicide because of this bloody party?" DUP assembly members confront a Queen's University academic over comments made in an email bbc.co.uk 5 Feb 14 | |
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Mark Bennett
Tributes flood in for the Mayor of Lambeth, who has died suddenly aged 43. Mark took part in the 2013 Pride London parade wearing his mayoral chains standard.co.uk 5 Feb 14 |
| Amy Lamé to stand for MP The lesbian campaigner and broadcaster is standing for selection as Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood amylame.com | youtu.be 5 Feb 14 | |
RUSSIA Paul O'Grady to lead Russia protest in London tonight TV star heads protest against Putin's anti-gay crackdown -and against the silence of Olympic sponsors, including McDonalds, Visa and Coca-Cola. - Meet outside Downing Street, Whitehall, Wednesday 5 February, 6-7pm facebook.com 5 Feb 14 Gay rights protests to target Russia's games Gay rights activists across the world seek to persuade sponsors of Sochi 2014 to speak out over Russia's controversial laws on homosexuality bbc.co.uk 5 Feb 14 AT&T becomes first U.S. corporation to condemn Russian anti-gay law "We support LGBT equality globally and we condemn violence, discrimination and harassment targeted against LGBT individuals everywhere. Russia's law is harmful to LGBT individuals and families, and it's harmful to a diverse society." lgbtqnation.com 5 Feb 14 Norwegian minister to take his husband to Sochi Paralympics Health Minister Bent Hoeie will make a point about gay rights in Russia by attending the Sochi Paralympics with his husband chicagotribune.com 5 Feb 14 | |
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BrewDog
Scottish brewer sends Russian gay legislation 'protest beer' to Vladimir Putin digitalnewsroom.co.uk 5 Feb 14 |
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'It's hunting season, we are the hunted'
The level of hostility towards gay people in Russia right now is eye-watering. Watch Channel 4's Dispatches tonight at 10pm channel4.com 5 Feb 14 |
GAY PRIDE New York Mayor boycotts St. Patrick's Day Parade over gay-pride ban Bill de Blasio is taking a stand against their policy that does not allow gay participants to identify themselves by their sexual orientation nydailynews.com 5 Feb 14 | |
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