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22 November 2011Outcry forces Pakistan to hold back on ‘obscene’ text message blocks 10 The country's telecommunications authority had reportedly told mobile phone providers to start blocking words, including "gay", "lesbian" and "homosexual" from text messages sent between private users. -
22 November 2011Video: Romney supports “gay rights”, but not gay marriage 46 Since he began campaigning for the presidency in 2008, and again in 2011, Mitt Romney's support for the LGBT community has waned. -
22 November 2011Spain’s new PM opposes gay marriage laws 46 Mariano Rajoy's conservative Popular Party has already lodged an appeal in Spain’s Constitutional Court against the country’s 2005 landmark law. -
22 November 2011Video: Gay kiss interrupts Al-Jazeera report on Spain’s centre-right victory 19 Amid concerns about the future of gay marriage in Spain, a couple manoeuvres into view on a report on the election and engages in a passionate embrace. -
22 November 2011London Wasps sign UK government’s anti-homophobia charter 6 The Equalities Minister Lynn Featherstone has congratulated the club for signing the charter and said: “I applaud them for doing so". -
22 November 2011Peruvian mayor concerned tap water “will turn town gay” 36 The mayor of a small town on the coast of Peru is worried that drawing water with high strontium content could lead to "reduced male hormones" and homosexuality. -
22 November 2011Sentencing postponed in lesbian murder case 1 Zoliswa Nkonyana,19, was stabbed and stoned to death near Cape Town during February 2006. -
23 November 2011Oxford college flies university’s “first-ever rainbow flag” 42 Rainbow flag is raised among the medieval city's spires for college's Queerweek festival, thought to be the first gay symbol to fly above the institution in its 900-year history. -
23 November 2011No charges against students in case of bullied New York teen’s suicide 81 Chief says he is "not satisfied" after a lack of evidence, the statute of limitations and rules that a victim must file a complaint prevent police from charging students. -
23 November 2011US lesbian couple “unsure whether to file complaint” over refused wedding cake 75 Christian baker "politely refused" to make cake for lesbian couple, and said it was not intended to "discriminate against them", but to protect her because she will "answer to God" for her actions. -
23 November 2011Pope says HIV is “an ethical problem” during Africa trip 41 Pontiff said sex education should be "anchored in the natural law and enlightened by the word of God and the Church’s teaching", with abstinence, fidelity and "rejection of sexual promiscuity". -
23 November 2011Denmark set to introduce gay religious wedding ceremonies “in spring 2012″ 33 The Lutheran Church, Denmark's state church and most popular religious denomination, should be able to hold full gay wedding ceremonies next year under new proposals. -
23 November 2011Outcry prompts St Petersburg legislature to reconsider “gay propaganda” law 20 Law which passed its first reading with near unanimity this week will be reconsidered after international condemnation. -
23 November 2011Gay man comes out to deny moorland camper van sex assault + Defendant says he believes younger man consented to a sexual act after drinking heavily, and described "a kind of release" in being obliged to come out. -
23 November 2011Ospreys fine Kristian Phillips for gay slur tweet after “genuine remorse” 17 Welsh rugby team have issued an undisclosed fine to the 21-year-old wing for describing a Big Brother contestant as a "faggot". -
23 November 2011Celebrity fitness instructor Angie Dowds dies after cliff fall 10 One of two fitness instructors who have featured on the ITV programme The Biggest Loser since 2005 has been found dead at Beachy Head in Sussex. -
24 November 2011Trans woman will be first to stand for Scottish council elections 12 Carol Mapley, the Labour Party's National Transgender Officer in Scotland, will be the first trans person to contest an elected seat in the country. -
24 November 2011Mugabe calls UK’s human rights aid policy “satanic” 101 Zimbabwean President calls the idea of diverting aid away from the government unless they enshrine human rights, including gay rights, a "diabolic suggestion" and a "stupid offer". -
24 November 2011UK Government criticises proposed anti-gay Russian law 14 In a statement, released on Wednesday, an FCO spokesperson said: “The message of this law, that homosexuality is unacceptable, let alone in any way similar to a crime like paedophilia, is wrong". -
24 November 20113 gay men in Cameroon jailed for 5 years 28 The sentences are believed to be the toughest prescribed by the country’s law.
Articles from November 2011
Top stories
Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow ‘fashionable’ ideas+
UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities7
Bermuda: Anti-discrimination law adopted amid equal marriage controversy1
Gibraltar LGBT activist awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list1
German Cabinet adopts bill to give gay couples equal tax benefits8
Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours list25
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual50
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’6
TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list5
Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
- Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual50
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'6
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches40- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list25
Gay police officer leaves Savile inquiry job in order to take part in Big Brother 13
Northern Ireland elects first openly gay mayor 5
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12
San Francisco: Gay blogger sentenced for taking toilet photo of gay supervisor Scott Wiener 2- TV presenter Clare Balding awarded OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list5
- Canada: Hockey player apologises after tweeting anti-gay slur about NBA player2
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'69
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right61
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill60
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding53
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons51
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'50
Australia: Radio host sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner is gay50
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