Four gay and four straight couples are to challenge the UK’s ban on gay couples marrying and straight couples having civil partnerships. The Equal Love campaign, organised by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell and OutRage!, will see the couples registering to hold ceremonies they are not entitled to and taking legal action if they are [...]

Nitzan Horowitz, the first openly gay politician to be elected to the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), is a man on a mission. Representing the left of centre, pro-peace New Movement-Meretz party, he has called for Israel to introduce secular marriages for gay and straight couples as well as campaigning for help for LGBT people from neighboring [...]

Mentioned earlier this year, it seems Portugal might soon become the sixth European country to allow same-sex marriage. Back in January, their Parliament passed a gay marriage bill with the support from their left-of-center parties. And in even better news, this past Thursday, Portugal’s highest court ruled that the proposed law should be enacted! This [...]

Stephen Baldwin, the lesser known of the Baldwin brothers, known for his recent appearance on UK’s Celebrity Big Brother and The Celebrity Apprentice in the US, has been mouthing off about homosexuality in a recent interview with The Guardian. Baldwin, brother of Alec, Daniel and Billy, is a born again Christian, with a history of [...]

The Republican who took the long-standing Democratic seat previously held by Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts was ask point-blank his thoughts on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The guy obviously is a smooth politician. He refuses to come out and say he supports the ban on gays serving openly in the military, even though his scorecard [...]

It looks like actress Jane Lynch, who plays everyone’s favourite P.E teacher Sue Sylvester in the TV musical sensation Glee, plans to marry her longtime girlfriend, psychologist Lara Embry. According to the New York Times Carpetbagger blog, the couple intend to get tie the knot in May. Lynch’s manager has not confirmed if the reports [...]

Courtesy of Democrats.org: Today our nation will commemorate the life and work of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Over 40 years ago, Dr. King’s words inspired Rep. John Lewis to join the civil rights movement — and sparked an amazing journey. This year, Rep. Lewis has recorded a short message about what Martin Luther King [...]

New Jersey may have said no to gay marriage yesterday, but today the Portuguese Parliament, as predicted, have passed draft legislation that should see gay marriage become legal in Portugal in the first quarter of 2010. Passing easily through Parliament thanks to the majority the governing Socialist party and left-of-centre parties have,  the billwill now [...]

It may have been freezing cold in Dublin last night, but that didn’t stop it being home to a right good knees up that came with a touch of Hollywood as Colin Farrell and his five year old son joined Eamon Farrell and his husband, Stephen Mannion to celebrate their recent wedding. Best man at his brother’s wedding in Vancouver in [...]

It looks as though Maggie Gallagher may be wrong in her pompous assumption that marriage equality is not inevitable, as same-sex marriage has just become legal South of the boarder as well. From Jason Shaw: Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to legalise gay marriage, giving same sex couples a lot [...]