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Dr Purna Sen, Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat from 2008 until 2011, has been elected as chair of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) human rights charity The Kaleidoscope Trust.
MPs have voted by a majority of 225 in favour of the new Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. The Bill will extend the legal form of marriage to lesbian, gay and bisexual people and permit religious denominations to celebrate such marriages should they wish.
MPs will get the chance to vote on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for the first time today, Tuesday 5 February. Three senior Conservatives have made a late appeal to their party to drop any opposition to plans to allow gay marriage in England and Wales. Chancellor George Osborne,…
As the Government finally publishes its Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill to introduce equal marriage, Stonewall has urged supporters in England and Wales to write to their MPs calling on them to support the measure when it is debated on 5 February. In December, an Ipsos MORI poll found 73…
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