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7 November 2012UK: LGF receives safer sex campaign award 9 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF) has won an award for its condom initiative. -
7 November 2012Scotland: Court dismisses ‘gay painter’ insult 23 A Scottish painter in Fife has lost a defamation claim against a former friend who called him a "gay painter". -
5 November 2012London: Gay water polo side beat Manchester rivals 9 LGBT water polo club London Orca clinched gold from their Manchester rivals at the weekend's London Orca European Water Polo Championship tournament. -
2 November 2012HRC releases anti-Romney election video 46 With 3 days to go before the US 2012 Election Day, America’s largest LGBT advocacy group has released an advert that attacks Mitt Romney’s stance on gay rights. -
1 November 2012Peter Tatchell: UK Government broke promise, is still deporting gay asylum seekers 16 Peter Tatchell is calling on the government and the UK Border Agency to stop deporting LGBT asylum seekers, back to homophobic countries. -
1 November 2012Ian Thorpe: I can do nothing more about the gay rumours 36 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has claimed that people are "obsessed" with his sexuality, despite once again stating that he is not gay. -
26 October 2012Human Rights Watch: Cameroon must protect lawyers from anti-gay threats 1 Human Rights Watch has called on the authorities in Cameroon to protect two lawyers who have been on the receiving end of death threats because of their LGBT advocacy work. -
25 October 2012Lady Gaga to face anti-gay Russian legal backlash 10 The media circus of LGBT-supporting stars facing the legal wrath of anti-gay opponents in the Russia’s St Petersburg shows no sign of dying down, with predictions that Lady Gaga will be next. -
24 October 2012Northern Ireland attorney general isolated over gay adoption + The UK Government is seeking to distance itself from Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin’s decision to intervene in a European court case involving gay adoption laws. -
23 October 2012Gay Republican group endorses Mitt Romney 33 With 2 weeks to go before polling day, the Log Cabin Republicans, the conservative LGBT campaign group which supports the party, has officially endorsed Mitt Romney for president.
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12 October 2012Canada: New birth certificate rules for transgender people in Ontario 18 Transgender people in Ontario can now amend their gender on their birth certificates without first having to undergo gender confirmation surgery. -
11 October 2012Sydney to host gay rugby cup in 2014 + Sydney has won its bid to host the 2014 Bingham Cup, the world's top gay rugby tournament. -
10 October 2012Russia: Pussy Riot band member released from jail 4 One member of the Russian LGBT-supporting punk band Pussy Riot has been freed from jail – although the other two women remain behind bars. -
9 October 2012X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan wanted to be a boy called ‘Max’, says mum 4 The mother of Lucy Spraggan, the lesbian X Factor contender, has revealed that the singer wore boxers and asked to be called “Max” when she was at primary school. -
8 October 2012UK: Essex Gay couple in car flood terror 32 A gay couple have said they thought they were going to die after their 4x4 was hit by a "tidal wave" of flood water. -
8 October 2012Italy: Police break trans prostitution ring 10 Italian police say they have broken a prostitution ring which brought transgender people from Latin America into the country. -
27 September 2012New York: HIV positive men at risk over meningitis outbreak 5 A deadly cluster of bacterial meningitis has erupted among HIV positive gay men in New York City. It's left one person dead in the last month and another in a critical condition – according to the Associated Press. -
25 September 2012Minnesota: Court acquits HIV man in transmission case 16 The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of an HIV positive man who was accused of passing the virus to another man through unprotected sex. -
19 September 2012London: Gays urged to get on their bikes 3 After a summer of watching Olympic cycling success for Team GB, what better way to build up those leg muscles than by joining Cycle Out London. Rory Desch profiles one of its members, Iain Clark. -
14 September 2012Malaysian government criticised for hosting seminars to spot ‘gay children’ 9 The Malaysian government has been criticised by Amnesty International for hosting a series of seminars for parents and teachers, claiming how to identify if a child is gay.
