Pinksixty News THURSDAY 31 MAY 2012
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 31/05/2012

With just two weeks until the UK government consultation on equal marriage ends, Stonewall's Ben Summers said, 'If you support equal marriage, it's not enough to just talk or tweet about it'. He's urging Brits to complete the online consultation'.

Opponents of equal marriage in a US state, provided more than twice the number of signatures than needed in order to bring forth a referendum. Maryland has already legalised gay marriage, but a referendum could jeopardise this ruling.

British TV channel SKY Atlantic will broadcast a series of programmes on gay icons to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The series called 'God Save the Queens' will look at gay icons and their roles in changing attitudes to gay people over the past sixty years.

Canadian police have begun a manhunt for a bisexual pornstar wanted in connection with a gruesome murder. Luka Rocco Magnotta, is suspected of dismembering a male victim and posting his foot to the office of the Canadian Prime Minister.

And finally, US TV producer Jim Paratore, who launched The Ellen DeGeneres show and The Rosie O'Donnel Show, has died age 58. Paratore was credited with re-establishing Ellen's TV career after a hostile reaction to her coming out in 1997.