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17 February 2012St Petersburg lawmaker dismisses ‘fake’ mothers’ plea over anti-gay law 51 A letter sent by the mothers of gay children to St Petersburg lawmakers asking them to reconsider their 'gay propaganda' law has been dismissed as a fake by a senior official who reportedly said "no one cares about offending the gay community". -
17 February 2012Liberian senator tables ‘gay death penalty’ bill 64 The former first lady of Liberia has reportedly tabled a bill which could make homosexuality in the country punishable by death in her new capacity as a senator. -
17 February 2012Blogger’s son, 7, ‘comes out’ 88 A blogger has described the moment her 7-year-old son came out to her but accepted she is not sure whether he will turn into a gay adult. -
17 February 2012Canada expected to fill gay marriage ‘gap’ today 21 Canada is expected to announce changes to its Civil Marriage Act today which will stem fears about the validity of gay marriages between couples who could wed in Canada but not their home countries. -
17 February 2012Colombia: Gay priests ‘hired hitmen after AIDS diagnosis’ 30 A pair of Catholic priests in Colombia reportedly hired hitmen to kill them after one was diagnosed with AIDS. -
17 February 2012Comment: East London gay pub isn’t at risk, so why smear Ken Livingstone? 133 Tom Copley argues that the White Swan pub in Tower Hamlets is not being threatened under 'sex establishment' rules and attempts to associate Ken Livingstone with the plans are part of a smear campaign against the former mayor. -
18 February 2012Maryland House of Delegates approves gay marriage bill 37 The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill legalising same-sex marriage that is widely expected to be passed by the state senate and already has the support of the governor Martin O'Malley. -
20 February 2012Lord Carey: Equal marriage is ‘one of the greatest political power grabs in history’ 210 A former Archbishop of Canterbury has railed against the prime minister's support of equal marriage rights for gay couples, calling it undemocratic and 'one of the greatest political power grabs in history'. -
20 February 2012Comment: The Coalition for Marriage stands for homophobic discrimination 99 Coalition members are entitled to believe that same-sex marriages are wrong, but they are not entitled to demand that their opposition to such marriages should be imposed on the rest of society and enforced by law, Peter Tatchell argues. -
20 February 2012Video: Betting ad asks if trans women are ‘stallions or mares’ 97 Paddy Power, the Irish betting company, has been slammed for a new advert which introduces transgender women to the Cheltenham horse races and asks the viewer to decide whether they are a 'stallion or a mare'. -
20 February 2012Video: Anti-homophobic bullying song in No 11 chart success 11 A charity single raising money to tackle homophobic and transphobic bullying has hit number 11 on the official UK Independent Singles Chart. -
20 February 2012Sweden set to drop sterilisation rule for official trans recognition 16 The Swedish Christian Democrat party has abandoned its support for the rule which requires transgender people to be sterilised before the state recognises their gender and so cleared the way for repeal. -
20 February 2012Mitt Romney campaign co-chair resigns on claim he ‘threatened to deport gay lover’ 14 A co-chairman of Mitt Romney's Arizona presidential campaign and elected official Paul Babeu has been forced to resign amid claims he had threatened to have a gay lover deported. -
20 February 2012Tube ads tell commuters: ‘Real men get raped’ 48 An awareness campaign launched in the capital's Tube network today aims to raise awareness of the rate of sexual crimes against men, which it says could be as high as 8,500 a year in London alone. -
20 February 2012Five-year-old may be youngest trans person in UK 39 A five-year-old may be the UK's youngest transgender person recognised by the NHS, with parents who say they will "leave it up to him to decide what he wants to do".
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20 February 2012Audio: Media regulator to assess why Jazz FM aired ‘five minutes of gay porn’ 46 Jazz FM has apologised after listeners were subjected to several "highly regrettable" minutes of the soundtrack to a gay porn film on Saturday night. -
20 February 2012Delay puberty for children with gender doubts, My Transsexual Summer star says 37 Primary school children should be taught about transsexuals from age ten and have the option of jabs which delay the onset of puberty, according to Drew-Ashlyn Cunningham, one of the stars of Channel 4's acclaimed My Transsexual Summer documentary series. -
20 February 2012Comment: Paddy Power thinks it’s fun to play ‘spot the trans lady’ – want to bet? 57 Irish bookmakers Paddy Power's latest advert asks viewers to “spot the transgendered [sic] ladies” at the Cheltenham Festival. -
21 February 2012THT relaunches HIV hardship fund with help from Elton John AIDS Foundation 61 HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has relaunched a national Hardship Fund for people living with HIV in severe financial need. -
21 February 2012Emma Watson: Papers asked if short hair meant I was gay 28 Emma Watson has revealed she was questioned by journalists over her short hairstyle and whether it meant she was coming out as a lesbian.
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Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down+
US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination2
US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay11
Former BP CEO Lord Browne to write new book on homophobia in business4
Scottish trans woman ‘forced’ to leave town after she was branded a ‘witch’10
US: Psychotherapists slam ‘gay cure’ app still available from Google app store3
Mixed martial arts fighter: ‘Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages’48
Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague3
Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk6
US Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8: Six possible outcomes3
- US: GOP Senator says he thinks businesses should be able to sack people for being gay11
- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 48
US: Gay Catholics to turn their backs on Cardinal who compared Pride to Ku Klux Klan rally10
French Olympic swimmers pose as 'imaginary gay couple' for anti-homophobia campaign12- Scottish trans woman 'forced' to leave town after she was branded a 'witch'10
US: Caterpillar Inc cuts ties with Boy Scouts over lack of progress on gay leadership2- Video: Married binational gay couple kept apart by DOMA urges US Supreme Court strike-down0
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: It's 'absurd' to think my hairdresser partner Tim Mathieson is gay16- US: President Obama urges Congress to pass bill to end anti-LGBT workplace discrimination2
Nebraska: University withdraws lesbian student for 'immoral homosexual acts'18
Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce: I'm called a 'homophobe' and 'Uncle Tom' for opposing equal marriage102
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill61
Lord Dear proposes new amendment to equal marriage bill concerning 'traditional marriage'60
Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right59
French mayor: 'I will go to the gallows' before performing a same-sex wedding52
Labour's Clause 20 sex education amendment fails in the Commons50
Lord Hylton tables new wrecking amendment for the equal marriage bill50
Pope Francis: There is a 'gay lobby' at the heart of the Vatican 'it exists'48-
Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages'48
YouGov poll: Next Doctor Who actor being straight less important than being male and British45
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