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10 August 2012Journalism student uncovers ‘transphobic and homophobic culture’ at major Australian newspaper 8 A journailsm student at the University of Melboune has exposed what she described as a "sexist, transphobic and homophobic culture" at the Herald Sun, one of the country's biggest newspapers. -
10 August 2012Gay Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham declares he’ll dive naked if he wins Gold 47 Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham has decalred that he'll dive naked if he wins another Gold medal. -
10 August 2012Anti-homophobia march takes place at University of Alberta in support of assaulted student 3 A fortnight after an apparent homophobic attack on a student from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, hundreds of locals showed their support for the victim in a march against homophobia. -
8 August 2012Lesbian sends dinner request to Chick-fil-A chief 16 A lesbian business owner in Atlanta, Georgia, has invited Chick-fil-A chief Dan Cathy to have dinner with her family. Marci Alt, who is a married mother of two, wants the firm's leader to "share a meal with an LGBT family". -
8 August 2012US: Trans man’s doctor ‘failed to tell him he had cancer’ 13 A New York transgender man has revealed that his doctor didn't tell him he had breast cancer because he was confused by his patient's transgender status. -
8 August 2012Obama opposes Scouts anti-gay discrimination 8 President Obama is opposed to the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay members, volunteers and staff, his spokesman said today. He is the honorary president of the Scouts group. -
8 August 2012US: Montana man falsely claimed he was beaten in anti-gay attack 13 A Montana man has admitted falsely reporting that he was injured in an anti-gay attack. According to police, Joseph Baken claimed that he was beaten early on Sunday morning by three men after entering a Missoula bar and asking where he could find a gay bar. -
8 August 2012Liverpool: 52,000 attend city’s third annual Pride celebrations 4 Over 52,000 people are believed to have attended a rainy Liverpool Pride 2012, organisers have said. -
7 August 2012Argentina: Gay couple legally recognised as fathers 15 A gay couple in Argentina have been legally recognised as the fathers of their baby boy born by surrogate. Alejandro Grinblat and Carlos Gustavo Dermgerd had a son named Tobias on June 29th in New Delhi. He was carried by a Canadian surrogate mother. -
7 August 2012US: Delaware governor says state could legalise marriage equality in 2013 3 The governor of Delaware is confident that his state will legalise marriage equality in 2013. Jack Markell, a Democrat, told the Huffington Post that work on legislation "probably will" start as soon as the next session. -
7 August 2012Malaysian gay couple hold wedding celebration 3 A gay couple in Malaysia have held what is considered to be the country's first gay wedding celebration. Ngeo Boon Lin, a Malaysian-born pastor and his new husband, African-American music producer Phineas Newborn III, celebrated with a front of a crowd of family members, friends and journalists. -
7 August 2012Mitt Romney ‘supports rights of gay Scout members’ 17 US presidential candidate Mitt Romney is against many gay rights measures, but he does back the right of gay people to join the Scouts. In 1994, he said that while the Boy Scouts of American should be free to set its own policies, he agreed that it should allow gay people to be members, staff and volunteers. -
7 August 2012Gay man publishes father’s letter disowning him 187 A gay man has published a letter sent to him by his father to disown him after he came out. -
7 August 2012Manchester: Nurse convicted of homophobic verbal abuse against policeman 22 A nurse in Manchester has been convicted of homophobic abusing a policeman as he tried to break up a racially aggravated argument. -
6 August 2012ObamaCare ‘will ban discrimination against transgender people’ 6 A senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services has told transgender rights groups that federal health programmes and companies receiving federal dollars are barred from discriminating against trans people.
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6 August 2012US: Gay rights group donates $1m to marriage equality efforts + US gay rights group Human Rights Campaign has donated $1m to marriage equality efforts in four states. Campaign groups in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington will each receive $250,000. -
6 August 2012Poll: Gay men take twice as many holidays 37 A new poll suggested gay men take double the national average number of holidays each year. -
2 August 2012London: Record attendance at gay professionals network 10 Village Drinks, the social event for gay professionals, is celebrating its highest attendance for an event, with a record 600 members attending the group’s summer party in London tonight. -
1 August 2012Bid to decriminalise gay acts in Northern Cyprus at European court 11 The European Court of Human Rights has registered a case to decriminalise homosexuality in Northern Cyprus, the last place in the Council of Europe where being gay is a criminal offence. -
31 July 2012Buckinghamshire: Police appeal over potentially homophobic attack 10 Thames Valley Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses in High Wycombe after a man was physically assaulted and was thought to be subjected to verbal homophobic abuse in the early hours of Sunday morning.
