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12 May 2012Four Iranian men due to be hanged for sodomy 203 Iran court sentence four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy. Four men named 'Saadat Arefi', 'Vahid Akbari', 'Javid Akbari' and 'Houshmand Akbari' are due to be executed shortly after their verdict was approved recently by high court judges, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) in Iran. -
12 May 2012Law Society bans anti-equality conference organised by World Congress of Families 67 The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has banned a conference organised by the World Congress of Families, an organisation that considers only a heterosexual marriage as the centre of a "natural family." -
12 May 2012Australia: Victims of a Facebook hate group sue the military 7 Just as Australian military marks the twentieth anniversary of making it possible for gay men and women to serve openly in the military, the victims of a Facebook hate page that revealed and threatened gay members serving therein, have filed a law suit over the army's handling of the scandal. -
12 May 2012North Carolina Governor denounces Amendment One 36 The Governor of North Carolina, Democrat Beverly "Bev" Perdue, has denounced the recent passage of Amendment One, which outlaws all civil unions outside heterosexual marriage, which she said made the state "look like Mississipi." -
12 May 2012Update: ‘Homophobic’ woman from Nebraska ‘has mental health problems’ 151 A woman who made startlingly graphic and homophobic comments during an anti-discrimination legislative hearing in Lincoln Nebraska, the video of which went viral within days, has been described as 'having mental health problems' and being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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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’4
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’29
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 bill40
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 gay8
Former Talksport presenter furious after being branded a 'homophobic radio z-lister'9
Tory Lord Mawhinney tables 'traditional marriage' amendment for equal marriage bill60- Mixed martial arts fighter: 'Equal marriage could lead to incest, bestiality and child marriages' 29
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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