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TEL AVIV -- Israeli police have arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting at Tel-Aviv’s gay youth center that took place in 2009. The three suspects were arrested Wednesday and will appear in court Thursday for a remand hearing. [ Read more → ]

LONDON -- The upper chamber of the British parliament, the House of Lords, voted Tuesday to back the government plans to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales. [ Read more → ]

PETROPAVLOVSK, Kamchatska, Russia -- The killing of a 39-year-old airport deputy administrator last Wednesday was fueled by the victim's sexual orientation, Russian police officials told LGBTQ Nation on Monday. [ Read more → ]

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Lawmakers in Nigeria passed a bill Thursday banning same-sex marriage and outlawing anyone from forming organizations supporting gay rights, setting prison terms of up to 14 years for offenders. [ Read more → ]

MONTPELLIER, France — In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said "oui" then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss. [ Read more → ]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico --- Puerto Rico's governor has signed a bill that prohibits employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. [ Read more → ]

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada — The president of Grenada's Senate says the Caribbean island should reconsider its laws prohibiting sex between men. [ Read more → ]

PARIS — Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday. [ Read more → ]

MOSCOW — Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country’s first-ever gay pride march. [ Read more → ]

KIEV, Ukraine — At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event. [ Read more → ]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. [ Read more → ]

KIEV, Ukraine -- A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence. [ Read more → ]

LONDON -- Britain's House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales. [ Read more → ]

LONDON — Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships — an important compromise that must still pass further hurdles before it can become church law. [ Read more → ]

RABAT, Morocco -- A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. [ Read more → ]

BEIJING — Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society and demands for stronger individual rights. [ Read more → ]

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. [ Read more → ]

TBILISI, Georgia — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there. [ Read more → ]

PARIS -- France's constitutional council, the country's highest constitutional authority, on Friday rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new marriage equality law, saying the law is constitutional. [ Read more → ]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. [ Read more → ]