Gay marriage

This Saturday, gay couples will be able to marry for the first time in Britain. Katie Razzall meets two couples who are planning to tie the knot.

From actress Ellen Page to diver Tom Daley, a host of high-profile stars have shocked – well, no-one really, it is 2014 after all – by coming out as gay or bisexual in recent months.

“I am a straight guy and I love going to the gay bar” – welcome to The Central in Strabane, Northern Ireland. Is this the most unusual – and remote – gay night spot in the UK?

As England and Wales prepare to celebrate same-sex marriage, Uganda passes a law that stops short of including the death penalty for homosexual acts. Advances in gay rights continue to be hard won.

This week marks the historic moment when gay couples will finally be able to marry in England and Wales. But how much will really change?

From one woman who feels she does not fit in anywhere, to another attacked by her own family for her sexuality, Cordelia Lynch hears about the prejudices faced by lesbian Muslim women in the UK.

The first gay marriages in Britain will take place on Saturday – but what is life really like if you’re gay in Britain in 2014? Watch the Channel 4 News special series.

“LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhoea, bacteria and tuberculosis”: Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh says the government will fight gay people in the same way it tackles mosquitoes.

A 2013 law bans promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations” in Russia. With the Sochi Olympics weeks away, how do the rights of Russian gay people compare with those from other European countries?

A Ukip councillor is suspended by his party after blaming the recent UK floods on the passing of gay marriage laws, and stating homosexuality is a disease “which can be cured”.

Gay marriage is to blame for the recent flooding and high winds in England, a Ukip councillor claims. Pestilence and war may also follow, the Henley-on-Thames councillor David Silvester warns.

Former Premier League footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger announces he is gay – and says he hopes “one day” young players will be able to come out while they are still playing.

A week after same-sex marriage was made legal in Canberra, around 30 gay couples will now have their marriages annulled after Australia’s high court overturns the ruling.

With 41 of the Commonwealth’s 53 member states criminalising homosexuality, will David Cameron speak out for the LGBT community at the Sri Lanka summit?