Gay News: civil rights

The host of a US radio station has claimed that Hillary Clinton could be gay, and said that she was "shocked" that, at a UN conference, there were "tents on lesbian lovemaking". (...)

The new pope privately stood up for civil unions in Argentina in 2010, in a bid to stop the country from legalising equal marriage. (...)

Former EastEnders star John Partridge has ruled out returning to the BBC 1 soap and says he doesn't like being asked if he intends to change his civil partnership into a marriage. (...)

The American Clivil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California wrote to a school district demanding that it end discrimination against gay students by administrators and teachers in its high schools. (...)

Sir Ian McKellen has announced that he is to officiate at fellow actor Patrick Stewart's wedding, and said that he has officiated at civil partnership ceremonies before. (...)

A new poll by an anti-LGBT rights Christian campaign group has found that a clear majority of Americans, particularly younger people, support gay rights. (...)

Two Republicans join majority in historic House voteby Mike Andrew - SGN Staff WriterA bill giving Colorado's LGBT residents the ability to form civil unions has cleared its final legislative hurdle.The Colorado House passed the(...)

by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff WriterA new poll by LifeWay, the polling arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, shows that a large majority of Americans support LGBT rights, including the right to marry.Unlike the American Baptist(...)

A gay rights advocacy group has voiced its anger at being excluded from a local St Patrick's Day Parade in Massachusetts, however organisers say that they just applied too late. (...)

Highland Council has responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on its proposed equal marriage bill by saying civil registrars shouldbe able to refuse to marry same-sex couples. (...)