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  • 23 Dec 2012
    Anglican coalition broadly welcomes equal marriage provisions

    The LGBT Anglican Coalition has welcomed the UK government equal marriage proposals, but criticised the Church of England's exclusion from them.

  • 22 Dec 2012
    American attitudes to LGBT people shifting, latest polls show

    In the wake of historic victories for LGBT supporters in last month's US elections, USA Today/Gallup polls find growing acceptance among Americans.

  • 18 Dec 2012
    Equal marriage: Essex court case will not help

    I am disappointed to see that a same-sex couple in Essex say that they plan to sue the government over the ban on same-sex weddings taking place within the Church of England.

  • 15 Dec 2012
    Gender identity and marriage equality

    The invisibility and silence on the trans aspect of the government's equal marriage proposals highlights the reductionist arguments of some of the pressure groups and the way that the debate is more complex than they wish to acknowledge, says Sally Rush. This silence is symptomatic of the everyday marginalisation, invisibility and misunderstanding trans people face within the media and wider society. It needs to be broken, just as the discrimination currently enshrined in law needs to be removed.

  • 12 Dec 2012
    Miller's marriage mess-up reveals ministers' ignorance and contempt

    The government's proposals for same-sex marriage have revealed them to be clueless about religion, contemptuous of civil rights and bizarrely ignorant about the history, culture and politics of Wales. There is a serious possibility of these proposals failing to pass through Parliament. We must step up the campaign for civil rights, not assume they have been won.

  • 7 Dec 2012
    Faith groups to be given freedom to host same-sex weddings

    Gay and bisexual Christians are celebrating the news that faith groups will have the right to host same-sex weddings that will be recognised in law.

  • 27 Nov 2012
    People 'pretend' to be gay, says UKIP by-election candidate

    UKIP are facing accusations of homophobia after their candidate in the Croydon North by-election said people "pretend" to be gay as a "fashion".

  • 26 Nov 2012
    By-election candidate misleads voters over same-sex marriage

    I have today sent the following letter to Winston McKenzie, the UKIP candidate in the Croydon North by-election (due on Thursday):

  • 26 Nov 2012
    Queer Christianity at King's College

    A few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking about ''Queer Christianity: The media and public perception” at King’s College, London. The audience were great. The questions and discussion were really interesting, encouraging and enjoyable.

  • 23 Nov 2012
    Petitioners urged to act now against Uganda's 'death to gays' bill

    The Ugandan Parliament is set to pass a brutal law that could carry the death penalty for homosexuality, and campaigners are lobbying hard against it.