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The first same-sex civil union has been held in Rome. The ceremony has happened three months after a law came into force that accepts same-sex unions. Italy was the last member of the EU to legally recognise same-sex unions. The civil union bill came about after the European Court of Human Rights upheld complaints of discrimination by same-sex couples, who currently have no legal rights in Italy Luca de Sario, 30, and Francisco Raffaele Villarusso, 43, were considering getting married in Spain. They had even...

A man who attacked a gay couple in a New York restaurant has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Bayna Lekheim El-Amin assaulted Ethan Adams and Jonathan Snipes at a Dallas BBQ in the Chelsea area of the city in May 2015. Video footage of the event showed El-Amin using a chair to attack the couple, hitting them over the head and stamping on them, while he called them “faggots”. He was found guilty of second-degree assault and first-degree attempted assault. El-Amin’s defense...

Theirs is a love story for the ages. It began at first sight and has lasted throughout the decades. It has now grown stronger, despite illness and distance. “The second I saw Takashi I knew he and I would be together forever,” a teary-eyed Dale Green, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran told The Pride L.A. “There wasn’t even a slight chance that we would not be. It was love at first sight and it was profound and mutual. We both knew that, then and...

A Polish couple have been sent death threats after their beautiful coming out video went viral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sGI1DrvZ2w Polish TV presenter and journalist Jakub Hajduk and his partner David, shot the adorable coming out video over 3 days in July at the Baltic Sea. However, the couple were sent abusive messages online. The couple were told to “cut their throats”, whilst other said that they wanted to “send them to the gas chamber.” The couple also received private messages on their Facebook accounts with...

Apple has finally announced its latest product, the much anticipated iPhone 7 on Wednesday, and to celebrate the diversity of its consumers, the new launch features a gay couple in its product film. Apple has always been a huge supporter of LGBTQ rights. From releasing a rainbow pride flag emoji to speaking up for Australia’s fight for same-sex marriage legalisation, the multi-billion-dollar California company is not only pushing the boundaries of science and tech, but also for the progress of equality among the people. Apple’s new iPhone 7 features...

A popular theater director and his partner were the victims of a sneering homophobic rant by a London bus driver who first denied them entrance at the front of the bus and then refused to drive after they entered through a rear door, reports the Evening Standard. According to Omar Okai, he and his boyfriend felt “humiliated” as the innuendo-laden insults were thrown at them by the driver of the 25 bus route. “We put our hands out to get the...

The ups and downs gay couples face in the typical relationship aren't usually portrayed with as much accuracy and sensitivity as the treatment gay relationships get in the new "Falling For You" music video by indie singer Lyon Hart. Wow, all the feels - and all the Kleenex! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=1qMWcdqVljc Source

How awful, to endure such abuse! A British gay couple was moved to file a police report after alleging that their former landlord acted in hateful and homophobic ways, even after moving into a new home. Olly McLellan, 32, and partner Scott Cole, 30, said that their landlord began his campaign of hate just after they moved into his home in January. It is alleged that the landlord would,  "shout homophobic abuse about them, block their driveway and refuse to fix things because they were gay." To escape the...

Crappy landlords. We’ve all had one or two over the course of our adult lives. It’s just the reality of being a renter. But chances are you’ve never had one quite like Olly McLellan and Scott Cole’s. The couple just went public with their landlord horror story, which includes no shortage of nasty notes, passive aggressive parking insults, illegal trespassing, trash dumps, and harassment all garnished with a healthy serving of homophobia. “His behavior was just shocking because homosexuality and same sex marriage is not unheard of...

'We want to show there's no difference between gay love and heterosexual love.' A Polish TV presenter has come out in one of the cutest ways ever – by lip syncing to 80s duo Roxette in a video with his boyfriend. Jacob Hajduk and David, a couple of seven years, shot the video in July mostly at the Baltic Sea in Poland. The single, Some Other Summer, had come up on their iPod. No one else was on the beach so they...

Tom Bosworth of the U.K. talks with The Advocate about his Olympics, and his engagement. Let's find out in what way he did it. Check it out: Source

Broadway supercouple Michael Arden (Spring Awakening, Big River, Anger Management) and Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening, Les Miserable, Carrie, Smash) tied the knot in Somerset, England today at Babington House. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQvMx5BNp9/ https://twitter.com/michaelarden/status/766318373907140608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Congratulations, guys!! Source

A show of solidarity takes place at a supermarket in east London where two men were told to leave because they were holding hands. Around 200 protesters have staged a mass 'kiss-in' at a Sainsbury's Local store after a gay couple were told to leave the supermarket by a security guard. Thomas Rees, 32, and Joshua Bradwell, 25, were ejected from a branch in Hackney, east London, after a customer complained about them holding hands. On Saturday evening, shoppers appeared puzzled as the scores of gay...

Jeffrey Gent has made it his mission to bring to light the stories of hundreds of LGBT individuals who have lived their lives almost entirely in the closet. Gent developed an immense passion and curiosity for LGBT vintage photography after his grandfather handed him a cabinet card of a young man from the 1890s, telling him, “I just realized the other day that you look so much like my Great Uncle Clarence. It’s funny, he was a confirmed bachelor his...