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21 April 2012
Australia: Parliamentary Speaker denies allegations of sexually harassing a male employee 12 The Speaker of Australia's House of Representatives, Rt Hon Peter Slipper, has denied that he sexually harassed a male staff member and misused parliamentary public-funds known as Cabcharges.
21 April 2012
Canada: Gay porn interrupts local television news 23 A newscast on a local television station in Hamilton, Ontario was interrupted yesterday by three minutes of hardcore gay pornography, which has drawn equal amounts of humour and outrage across social networks.
21 April 2012
An influential US rabbi ‘comes out’ as an LGBT ally 8 Rabbi Shmuli Yanklowitz, who was chosen by Newsweek as one of the most influential rabbis in the United States, has declared that he is "coming out of the closet," not as a gay man, but as a "proud ally with those of LGBT orientation."
21 April 2012
Senior Anglican Clergy: “Church should rejoice” over equal marriage 182 A group of leading clergymen of the Anglican Church have, in a letter to the Times, said that equal marriage is a cause to celebrate, and that the Church of England has "nothing to fear" on account of extending marriage to same-sex couples.
20 April 2012
Walt Disney Studios’ gay chief steps down 3 The head of Walt Disney Studio, Rich Ross, has resigned as chairman of the film-making company, just a month after the film John Carter became one of the company's biggest flops.
20 April 2012
Video: Parents and friends of gay Mormons release ‘It gets better’ video 35 Following the popularity and widespread reporting of the 'It Gets Better' video made by Mormon students at Brigham Young University, several parents and friends of gay mormons have joined forces to add another video to the project.
20 April 2012
Northern Ireland: Homophobic killer’s appeal refused 11 A man who was jailed for the homophobic murder of a gay man in Northern Ireland has been denied the chance to appeal the judgment.
19 April 2012
Israel’s Masorti Movement will ordain gay men and lesbians as rabbis 15 The Masorti Movement of Judaism in Israel will ordain gay and lesbian students as Conservative rabbis in Israel from the next academic year, it has been confirmed.
19 April 2012
Marriage equality ‘not a priority’ for US voters 74 Equal marriage is not top among the concerns of voters for the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, a new survey has found.
19 April 2012
Jessie J denies biographer’s claim that she is a lesbian 34 The pop singer Jessie J has denied the claims of an unofficial biography that she is a lesbian, and that bisexuality was simply a more appealing public identity to assume, saying it's all 'untrue'.
19 April 2012
‘Out’ magazine lays off its entire editorial team 8 The US-based gay lifestyle 'Out,' will lay off its entire editorial staff with one month's severance as of tomorrow, Capital New York reports.
19 April 2012
Catholic priests applauded by parishes for not backing anti-equality referendum 49 At least six Catholic parishes in Washington have opted out of the petition drive for Referendum 74, which calls for a public vote with the intention to ban equal marriage.
18 April 2012
Matthew Mitcham happy to be seen as an LGBT icon 12 The Australian Olympic champion, Matthew Mitcham, has said that he's happy to be seen as an icon for the LGBT community, and did not mind the attention that would be drawn to his personal life as a result.
18 April 2012
Video: Tony Abbott’s dinner interrupted by equal marriage activists 16 The Australian opposition leader, Tony Abbott, who is against equal marriage in the country, has been the target of a small group of equal marriage activists during dinner with a journalist at a restaurant.
18 April 2012
Tennessee: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances through the House 43 Republicans who dominate the Tennessee Legislature have moved one step closer towards passing a bill that would interdict elementary and middle school teachers from discussing homosexuality and gender identity.
17 April 2012
Gay teen from Iowa commits suicide 94 A gay teenager from Iowa has taken his own life after his family and friends say that he received death threats on his mobile phone from his classmates, who also made him the subject of a hate group on Facebook.
17 April 2012
Taiwan: Almost one in five gay people have attempted suicide 12 A large-scale survey of gay men and lesbians in Taiwan has suggested that almost one in five have attempted to take their own lives, leading to calls from advocacy groups for the government to educate students about homosexuality and introduce laws to protect the rights of LGBT students.
17 April 2012
Air Force Sergeant, discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, reinstated 4 In a case that is likely to have repercussions for gay veterans discharged under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, an Air Force Staff Sergeant, dismissed under the policy, will be reinstated to active duty at his former rank next month.
17 April 2012
Canada: Prominent gay activist killed in apparent hate crime 60 A prominent gay rights activist and journalist in Halifax was beaten to death outside a popular gay bar, Canadian media organisations report, in what seems to be a homophobic hate crime.
16 April 2012
‘Startlingly homophobic’ Daily Mail column removed 78 An article on Mail Online by Alexander Boot, described as being 'startlingly homophobic,' has been removed from the website without any explanation following a Facebook campaign.

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