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Prince Harry praised for preventing gay bashing attack on fellow British soldier

Sunday, June 9, 2013
LONDON -- Britain's Prince Harry is being praised on recently revealed news that that he intervened and prevented a planned attack on a gay soldier in 2008. [ Read more → ]
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British lawmkers vote in favor of marriage equality bill

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
LONDON -- British lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage championed by Prime Minister David Cameron, despite stronger-than-expected opposition from within his Conservative Party. [ Read more → ]
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UK conservatives urge Cameron to delay vote on same-sex marriage

Sunday, February 3, 2013
LONDON — Conservative Party members in Britain have written to their leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, to urge him to delay a parliamentary vote on gay marriage. [ Read more → ]
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British government publishes bill to legalize same-sex marriage

Friday, January 25, 2013
LONDON — The British government published a bill to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, and said lawmakers will get their first vote on it in Parliament next month. [ Read more → ]
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Majority of gay youth in Britain say they’re victims of homophobic bullying

Thursday, July 5, 2012
LONDON -- New research by the University of Cambridge for British gay rights charity Stonewall UK's School Report 2012 found that 55 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in Britain’s secondary schools experience homophobic bullying. [ Read more → ]
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Britain warns it will cut aid to African nations for persecuting LGBT citizens

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Britain's Tory led government has announced that it will reduce financial aid to nations that persecute their LGBTQ citizens. [ Read more → ]
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Britain’s Equality Minister to unveil plans to legalize same-sex marriage by 2015

Saturday, September 17, 2011
The British Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone, is unveiling plans for introduction of a measure before Parliament that legalizes same-sex marriage in Britain before 2015. Featherstone, a Liberal Democrat, has also vowed to make Britain "a world leader for gay rights." [ Read more → ]
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