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12 December 2011Fans say football clubs and agents to blame for lack of gay players 30 A survey of 3,500 football fans says they blame football agents and clubs for the lack of openly gay players. -
12 December 2011Anti-gay US politician’s ‘secret life’ as sperm donor to lesbian couples 26 An American politician who has campaigned against gay marriage has been accused of having a "secret life" as a sperm donor to lesbian couples. -
13 December 2011Trans woman ‘pushed to death’ by friend + A respected human rights lawyer and transgender woman was pushed to her death in front of a train by a friend she had been helping, a court heard today. -
13 December 2011Interview: Russell Grant on Strictly Come Dancing and returning to his theatrical roots 6 Russell Grant talks to Laurence Watts about his accidental fame in astrology, exceeding expectations on Strictly Come Dancing, and asking Holly Valance to star in a lesbian production of Romeo and Juliet. -
13 December 2011High Court challenge of Northern Ireland’s gay adoption rules begins 4 A human rights body in Northern Ireland has begun arguments at the country's High Court to reverse the ban on unmarried couples adopting children. -
13 December 2011One half of Canadian ‘gay’ penguin couple finds a straight mate 60 One half of Canada's best known gay couples, a pair of African penguins, has found a new mate, of the opposite sex. -
13 December 2011US gay serviceman reinstated following Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell discharge 11 A gay linguist who was discharged from the US Navy under the now-repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DODT) ban on openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces has been reinstated, his attorneys have announced. -
13 December 2011Police pay compensation after calling teenage photographer “stupid” and “gay” 110 A teenager has received an apology and £4,000 in compensation after Metropolitan Police officers stopped him photographing a military parade, saying it was "dangerous", "stupid" and "gay". -
13 December 2011Republicans block appointment of US ambassador to El Salvador over pro-gay rights article 26 Last night, the US senate blocked president Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to El Salvador after Republicans expressed outrage at an article she wrote in support of gay rights and unfounded rumours that an ex-boyfriend was a Cuban spy. -
13 December 2011100 take part in first gay pride march in Pune, India 6 Around 100 people participated in the first gay pride march to be held in Pune, India's eighth largest city. -
13 December 2011Sister of former Australian PM leaves Labor over marriage equality “nonsense” 64 The sister of Australia's former Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has officially left the party over what she termed the "utter nonsense" of gay marriage. -
13 December 2011Newly-crowned Mr Gay Namibia was “mugged for prize money” 17 The holder of the Mr Gay Namibia title says he was mugged outside his home in the African state by attackers demanding the prize money he had won. -
13 December 2011250,000 sign petition against St Petersburg “gay propaganda” law 7 Nearly a quarter of a million people have signed a petition calling on world leaders to hold Russia to account for a draft law in St Petersburg which threatens to silence its gay community. -
14 December 2011House of Lords urged to reject challenge to civil partnership rules tomorrow 70 Religious leaders have written an open letter to the House of Lords calling on them to reject the challenge facing the regulations for religious civil partnerships tomorrow. -
14 December 2011Ghana’s education ministry “optimistic” it can stop homosexuality 96 A spokesman for Ghana's Education Ministry has told the Accra Mail he is confident a programme in which teachers warn students of the "adverse consequences" of being gay will make it "a thing of the past". -
14 December 2011North Cyprus leader: Proposal to repeal anti-gay laws “has been submitted” 10 A Conservative MEP who lobbied the leader of Northern Cyprus to repeal the self-declared state's anti-gay laws said yesterday he had written to her confirming that the proposal had been drafted. -
14 December 2011Australia’s gay finance minister Penny Wong announces daughter’s birth 6 Penny Wong said her partner Sophie Allouache had given birth to a daughter on Sunday morning, a week after a groundbreaking vote by the Australian Labor Party to formally support equal marriage. -
14 December 2011George Clooney to star in second production of Dustin Lance Black’s Proposition 8 play 9 George Clooney has confirmed he will star in the second one-night-only production of Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play. -
14 December 2011Australian lesbians turn down bishop’s offer after school refuses their child 28 A couple in Australia whose child was rejected from a Catholic school because of their sexuality have been offered a place after intervention by the diocese's bishop, but they have turned down the offer. -
14 December 2011Parents of gay US suicide teenager launch charitable foundation in his name 6 The parents of a gay teenager who killed himself last year have launched an anti-bullying foundation named in his honour.
Articles from 2011
Top stories
Cornwall: Tory deputy chair Sarah Newton defends abstaining in equal marriage Commons vote2
Sir Gerald Howarth: ‘I should have used ‘militant’ rather than ‘aggressive’ to describe the ‘homosexuality community’14
Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill — Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained11
Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends ‘aggressive homosexual community’ equal marriage slur48
Columnist Richard Godwin: Does Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth ‘dream that everyone in Soho wants to bum him?’10
David Cameron called ‘marriage wrecker’ and warned of ‘long battle’ over equal marriage in House of Lords47
US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people39
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 8411
US: Boy Scouts of America to vote on whether to allow gay members3
Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years24
- US church blames Woolwich suspected terror killing on UK acceptance of gay people39
- David Cameron called 'marriage wrecker' and warned of 'long battle' over equal marriage in House of Lords47
- Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth defends 'aggressive homosexual community' equal marriage slur 48
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
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56- Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years24
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who 'display their lifestyle'42- Lib Dem MP John Pugh criticised for voting against equal marriage bill -- Simon Hughes and Tim Fallon abstained11
- Sir Gerald Howarth: 'I should have used 'militant' rather than 'aggressive' to describe the 'homosexuality community'14
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
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote62
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'58-
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins56
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