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18 February 2011Teenager jailed for kicking gay man in the face 13 A teenager from Newcastle has been jailed for his part in an attack on a gay man. -
18 February 2011New Hampshire’s gay marriage law under threat 10 Politicians in the US state of New Hampshire are attempting to repeal a 2009 marriage equality law. -
18 February 2011Man evicted after threatening to petrol bomb gay couple returns to same street 13 A Manchester man who was evicted after threatening to firebomb a local gay couple has returned to the same street. -
18 February 2011WikiLeaks cables reveal Ugandan homophobia 7 Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show the extent of Ugandan homophobia. -
18 February 2011Court overturns Budapest police’s ban of gay pride march 10 The Budapest Metropolitan Court has overturned a police decision to deny permission for Budapest's Pride march planned for June 18th 2011. -
20 February 2011Leonardo DiCaprio to play gay J Edgar Hoover in film penned by writer of ‘Milk’ 12 Former teenage heart throb Leonardo DiCaprio will play J Edgar Hoover, in a biopic of the FBI's first director as a cross dressing repressed homosexual. -
20 February 2011Ireland’s first civil partnerships have taken place early and in secret 25 The first civil partnerships in Ireland have already taken place, more than a month earlier than the planned introduction of the ceremonies. -
20 February 2011Preview: BBC investigates religious gay Muslim marriages being held in the UK and USA 22 Less than a week after the government announced the process for religious civil partnerships, BBC Radio 5 Live are to broadcast an investigation into the growing numbers of gay Muslims seeking Islamic marriages. -
21 February 2011Gay-only hotels to be investigated for discriminating against straights 134 The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to investigate gay-only hotels for possible breaches of equality law. -
21 February 2011Trans model Lea T says she wished she was gay 6 Givenchy muse and model Lea T has revealed she used to wish she was gay instead of transgender. -
21 February 2011Ugandan asylum seeker says publicity will put her life at risk 9 A Ugandan asylum seeker who was ordered to leave the UK says that publicity means her life will be at risk if returned to Uganda. -
21 February 2011Liverpool to promote gay village 10 Liverpool is to promote and develop its gay quarter to cash in on the so-called 'pink pound'. -
21 February 2011The Queen’s composer hits out at ‘gay-bashing thugs’ in Church of England 6 The Queen's composer has attacked "gay-bashing fundamentalists" in the Church of England for refusing to allow civil partnerships. -
21 February 2011Rufus Wainwright has baby with Leonard Cohen’s daughter 8 Rufus Wainwright has become a father. -
21 February 2011Israel appoints first out gay judge 14 The first openly gay judge has been appointed in Israel. -
21 February 2011Man claims he had four-year gay affair with killer Raoul Moat 18 Killer Raoul Moat had a four-year affair with another man, it has been claimed. -
21 February 2011Norman Tebbit: All David Cameron stands for is gay weddings in Westminster Abbey 55 In an extraordinary rant, the former chairman of the Conservative party, Lord Norman Tebbit, has said that apart from a "big society gay wedding in Westminster Abbey", he has no idea where prime minister David Cameron wants to take Britain. -
21 February 2011Target agrees to fund gay groups following Lady Gaga deal 44 A special edition of Lady Gaga's new single, 'Born This Way', is to be exclusively sold at the retailer Target. -
22 February 2011America’s biggest firms pay for transgender treatment 17 Some of America's biggest firms offer their employees medical insurance to cover gender reassignment. -
22 February 2011Feature: The Grindr story 67 Grindr, the app which revolutionised how gay men meet, is almost two years old.
Articles from February 2011
Top stories
US: Boy Scouts of America lifts national ban on gay youth members+
Video: Teenager gets kicked out of Boy Scouts for being gay+
UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported10
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship19
US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill+
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: I’ve not come out strongly against same-sex unions, but we don’t do them41- US: Boy Scouts council to vote on lifting ban on gay members1
US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder18
US Boy Scouts President: Allowing gay boy scouts would be ‘the right decision’1
Peter Tatchell: ‘I may disagree with David Cameron on austerity, but on equal marriage I salute him’13
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people61
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 64
David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords47
Seven amusing and shocking things we learned during the equal marriage debate7
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth 'dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?' 10- Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship19
Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe homosexuals53
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins57- US church: Equal marriage bill is to blame for violent Woolwich murder18
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 8411
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133-
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage93
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill66-
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur64
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote63-
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people61
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