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28 May 2011Peter Tatchell: Police colluded with Neo-Nazis at Moscow Pride protests 196 The human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell reports from Moscow after another year of conflicts between police, Neo-Nazis and gay rights campaigners at Moscow Pride. -
30 May 2011Fence-sitting senators could decide fate of New York state’s same-sex marriage vote 18 A group of undecided senators could determine whether same-sex marriage will become legal in New York state, according to a survey by Gannett's Albany Bureau. -
30 May 2011Increasing number of countries becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, survey shows 69 Results of a new cross-national study have shown that a vast majority of countries have become more accepting of homosexuality over the past 20 years - though the trend is markedly slower in Russia and other former Communist countries. -
30 May 2011Birmingham Pride largely a success, despite police investigation of two homophobic incidents 14 Police are treating as homophobic two incidents that took place at an otherwise successful and peaceful Birmingham Pride over the weekend. -
30 May 2011Scottish gay charity Equality Network present their thoughts on Moscow Pride to the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh 30 Edinburgh-based LGBT charity the Equality Network will today deliver a card of commiseration to the Russian consulate in Edinburgh regarding this weekend's violence at Moscow Pride. -
30 May 2011Irish minister Ruairi Quinn launches guidelines on safe and supportive schools for lesbian and gay students 16 Irish Labour Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, today launches the new publication Guidelines for Principals on Including Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students in School Policies. -
30 May 2011First Prague gay pride to take place in August 17 Prague's first Pride festival will take place this summer. -
30 May 2011Kirk leaders believe more Scots ministers will come out following last week’s vote to allow gay clergy 76 The Church of Scotland is expecting a number of its ministers to come out as gay after last week's historic vote to allow gay men and women to practice clergy. -
30 May 2011Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City ordains first lesbian rabbi 18 The Conservative movement ordained their first openly gay rabbi in a ceremony earlier this month at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. -
30 May 2011Chilean president Sebastian Pinera seeks ‘regulation and protection’ for gay couples 42 President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, said this weekend that he wants Congress to legalise de facto civil unions in an attempt to "regulate and protect" more than two million unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian couples. -
30 May 2011Trans woman asks that she be sent to a women’s prison if convicted for benefit fraud 35 A trans woman from Oldham who confessed to falsely claiming £12,000 in benefits over a period of four years, asked that she be sent to a women's prison if convicted. -
30 May 2011Steve Nash: Basketball ready for an openly gay player 12 Steve Nash, the NBA team Phoenix Suns' star point guard spoke to the New York Times following the team's president and chief executive, Rick Welts coming out as gay. -
31 May 2011Catholic Care plans to appeal a fourth time over gay adoption ruling 49 The Leeds-based charity Catholic Care are to appeal to the Upper Tribunal in the hope of quashing the ruling forbidding them to exclude gay people when considering potential adoptive parents. -
31 May 2011South African ambassador to Uganda found guilty of gay-hate speech 15 The South African Human Rights Commission has won a hate speech case against journalist Jon Qwelane over an anti-gay column he wrote prior to his appointment as the country’s ambassador to Uganda. -
31 May 2011New Canadian exhibition looks at gay maritime life of the post-war years 7 A new exhibition has opened at The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Canada, looking into the gay and lesbian subcultures that flourished at sea on passenger cruise ships, naval vessels and freighters from the 1950s onwards. -
31 May 2011Gallup poll reveals Americans believe 25 per cent of their population are gay or lesbian 26 The findings of a Gallup poll conducted in the USA last month have revealed that Americans estimate 25 per cent of their fellow countrymen and women are gay or lesbian. -
31 May 2011New website launched to further promote gay marriage equality in Australia 14 A newly launched Australian website, My Marriage Story is allowing LGBTI Australians to share stories and ideas about the promotion of marriage equality. -
31 May 2011New memorial to gay holocaust victims to be built in Munich 96 The German city of Munich, where the Nazis raided gay bars in the early days of the Third Reich, is to have a new memorial dedicated to the gay and lesbian victims of the holocaust. -
31 May 2011Twitter user claims popstar had lesbian affair while married + A Twitter user is claiming that a popular British singer had a lesbian affair during her second marriage. -
31 May 2011Nepalese census includes category for ‘third gender’ 4 Nepal's Central Bureau of Statistics has given official recognition to LGB and transgender people.
Articles from May 2011
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Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business3
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’6
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store1
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’35
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague2
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes2
US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for ‘brutal’ childhood abuse2
US Supreme Court not to decide on DOMA or Prop 8 cases today+
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership+
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign10
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'16
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill41
Republican Mike Huckabee: 'Every fear' over same-sex marriage has come true42
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay9- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 35
Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a 'homophobic radio z-lister'9
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill60
In Photos: As One in the Park 201317- US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for 'brutal' childhood abuse2
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
France: Gay rights campaigner, 18, left brain dead after far-right attack67
Ann Widdecombe: I wouldn't have enjoyed serving under David Cameron because of equal marriage65
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60-
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
Priest causes row by calling Justin Welby a 'wanker' on Facebook for equal marriage opposition55
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Tory Lord Jenkin: The Lords equal marriage vote was a victory for common decency51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48
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