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25 September 2009
Police appeal after men suffer homophobic abuse 24 Police are appealing for witnesses after two men received homophobic abuse in Yately, in Hampshire. The incident happened on Wednesday (September 23rd) on Reading Road between 1.30pm and 1.55pm.
10 September 2009
Academic warns schools are not doing enough to tackle homophobic bullying 7 A leading academic has said that schools are not doing enough to tackle issues such as homophobic and cyber bullying. Professor Peter Smith, of Goldsmiths College, said the situation is still not good enough.
2 September 2009
Skins actresses: ‘We’ve helped lesbians come out’ 4 Two young stars from teen drama Skins have said their on-screen lesbian relationship has helped gay girls find the courage to come out.
2 September 2009
Gloucester council rejects LGBT sex club 14 Plans to create a private sex club aimed at LGBT people would have turned Gloucester city into "Sodom and Gomorrah", opponents have said. Despite the vocal opposition of some, the plans were rejected by a slim 6-5 majority.
2 September 2009
Gay hand-holding campaign goes monthly 7 A Day in Hand, the campaign to encourage LGBT people to hold hands in public, is asking them to show their affection publicly on the last Saturday of each month.
1 September 2009
Comment: HIV charity answers back 168 In the last month, PinkNews.co.uk has published a number of articles on HIV awareness. One of these, by Gary Leigh, attacked HIV charities, claiming they have not done enough to prevent a rise in infection rates.
19 May 2009
Jonathan Ross tweets support for gay protest in Moscow 23 After his latest spot of bother, Jonathan Ross has been showing his support for gay rights via Twitter.
23 April 2009
Claims of anal torture of gay Iraqis “consistent” with human rights violations 20 A leading LGBT human rights organisation has said that reports of horrific torture of gay Iraqis by militias "are consistent with patterns of human rights violations being reported from within the country."
23 April 2009
Police investigation into website that targets Portsmouth councillors 1 Hampshire police are to investigate a website that contains "scurrilous and intrusive postings" about the private lives of seven elected councillors in Portsmouth.
22 April 2009
Football Association begins research on homophobia in sport 2 The FA has started to conduct research in an attempt to crack down on gender discrimination and homophobia. To do this, they have recruited two researchers to find out more about the football experience of people from gay, lesbian and bi-sexual communities.
17 April 2009
US schools mark National Day of Silence + Schools in the US marked the National Day of Silence today to bring attention to LGBT bullying. This year's date is considered especially significant as Carl Walker-Hoover, of Massachusetts, would have been 12 today. Carl killed himself last week after suffering months of homophobic bullying at school.
17 April 2009
BBC cookery programme seeks gay families 3 The producers of a new BBC programme, Economy Gastronomy, are seeking a family headed by a gay or lesbian couple to appear on the show. The peak-time show will teach families how to stop wasting, learn to shop economically and eat better for less.
17 April 2009
Olympics winner: ‘Being gay cost me sponsorships’ 18 Matthew Mitcham, the Australian diver who won the ten-metre platform gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, has said he believes he lost sponsorship deals due to being openly gay.
16 April 2009
New York governor confirms introduction of gay marriage bill 1 David Paterson, the governor of New York, has confirmed he will introduce legislation to make gay marriage legal in the state. If passed, the bill will make it the fifth state to legalise gay marriage, after Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Iowa.
16 April 2009
Xbox Live manager meets gay charity to tackle homophobia issues 1 Xbox Live policy manager Stephen Toulouse has met with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to discuss the issue of homophobia in the game.
15 April 2009
Man found guilty of murdering his ex-boyfriend by setting him alight 1 A Hounslow man has been found guilty of murdering his ex-boyfriend by setting him alight. Nadim Kurrimbukus, 25, poured petrol over the head of Charlie Davies and set him alight outside his home in Templedene Avenue, Staines two months after their relationship ended.
15 April 2009
Alberta agrees to fund final 50 genital reassignment surgeries 2 The Canadian province of Alberta has said it will pay for almost 50 final genital reassignment surgeries before ceasing funding for the operations.
15 April 2009
California allows trans people living in other states to amend birth certificates + Trans people with California birth certificates who live in other states can now change their birth certificates to reflect their real gender, a Court of Appeal ruling has decided.
14 April 2009
Suspended Tory councillor defends views on gays 23 A Tory councillor who called gays "sexual deviants" has defended his views and denied being homophobic. Patrick Clark, the former deputy Conservative group leader for Derbyshire County Council, was suspended from his post as a county councillor for Duffield and Belper South last week at a group meeting.
14 April 2009
Man arrested over ‘homophobic’ petrol bomb attempt 4 A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Reading after a petrol bomb was thrown through a pub window. The Molotov cocktail smashed through glass at the Lord Campbell pub in Alexander Road, Aldershot, at around 4:30am on April 1st.

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