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9 January 2013US: Maine man could face hate crime charges for threatening gay men with a knife + A man from Maine who asked another man if he wanted to join him in "getting" two gay men walking in front of them, before showing the man and his girlfriend a knife, could face hate crime charges as well as criminal threatening and trespass charges. -
9 January 2013New York: Trans teacher sues school after being told ‘you’re worse than gay’ 13 A transgender teacher in New York City was allegedly fired from a Catholic school, having worked there for 32 years, after being branded "worse than gay." -
9 January 2013Video: Canadian TV ad campaign asks why ‘faggot’ is considered an acceptable word 8 An advertisement for the University of Albertaʼs Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services's No to Homohphobes campaign asks why the word "faggot" can be so casually used in society. -
9 January 2013Gay Cuban American poet chosen for Obama inauguration 5 President Barack Obama has chosen an openly gay Cuban American poet, whose work focusses on his homosexual awakening, to deliver a poem at his inauguration this month. -
9 January 2013Video: Anti-gay Christian radio host describes gay people as ‘disturbed’ 18 Homophobic US pastor John Hagee has used his radio show to say anything other than a man marrying a woman is "two disturbed people playing house." -
9 January 2013French Government: Twitter should ban homophobic and anti-semitic tweets 7 The French Government has suggested that the social networking company Twitter should be fighting against homophobic, anti-semitic and racist tweets that potentially break its laws on hate speech. -
9 January 2013Rosie O’Donnell and her wife Michelle celebrate birth of baby girl 2 Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell has announced that she and her wife Michelle Rounds are celebrating the birth of a baby girl Dakota. -
9 January 2013Mary J Blige: God says not to judge, so I don’t judge gay people 35 Singer Mary J Blige has addressed comments from critics asking how she can consider herself a born again Christian, and still support marriage equality. -
9 January 2013France drops assisted reproduction for lesbians from ‘marriage for all’ bill 5 The ruling French Socialist government dropped medically assisted reproduction for lesbian couples, from the country's upcoming bill to legalise marriage equality.
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Pope Francis urges French delegates not to follow ‘fashionable’ ideas8
UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities9
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 list27
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual53
Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: ‘Leave talking to smart people’7
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 homosexual53
- Mixed martial arts boss to fighter who linked equal marriage to incest: 'Leave talking to smart people'7
Despite strong intolerance of gays, Pakistan leads in world for gay porn searches42- Gay rights opponent Tory MP Edward Leigh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours list27
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
- UK: Muslim group seeks mosques for all sexualities9
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-
Lord Tebbit: I wouldn't have been surprised if Jimmy Savile was homosexual53
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
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