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22 March 2013UK: Woman jailed for obtaining sexual consent of another woman ‘by fraud’ 34 An 18-year-old woman has been jailed for three years on the grounds of obtaining the sexual consent of another woman “by fraud” because the victim thought she was male. -
21 March 2013Kent: LGBT campaigners take part in Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement protest 6 Several LGBT campaigners have taken part in a demonstration outside Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, amid the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury. -
21 March 2013US: University pulls state funding from sex education week following Fox News ‘lesbian bondage’ complaint 14 The University of Tennessee (UT) has made the decision to pull state funding from a week-long sex education event, following a complaint by a Fox News radio host who claimed that it was giving the money to a "lesbian bondage" expert. -
21 March 2013UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report 4 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.” -
21 March 2013Study: 93% of football fans rate professional players by performance before sexuality 5 A lecturer at Loughborough University has released results of a study into homophobia in football, which he says shows the majority of fans are tolerant of gay people and will even criticise anti-gay language. -
21 March 2013US Paediatricians: Equal marriage for same-sex parents is the most beneficial option 5 A group of top US paediatricians on Thursday announced its endorsement of equal marriage, as a way of ensuring that children receive security and benefits in their upbringing. -
21 March 2013Canada: Bill criminalising anti-transgender discrimination passes in House of Commons 3 A bill protecting transgender people from discrimination narrowly passed in Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday. -
21 March 2013US: Mexican food chain cancels sponsorship of key Boy Scouts fundraising event 4 Mexican food chain Chipotle, has pulled its funding of a Boy Scouts of America event in Utah, after admitting that, due to the organisation's anti-gay policy, Chipotle was in breach of its corporate non-discrimination policy. -
21 March 2013Observer transphobic Julie Burchill article did not breach Editors’ Code of Practice says PCC 45 A highly offensive article about the trans community which was written by Julie Burchill and published in the Observer did not breach the Editors’ Code of Practice, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled. -
20 March 2013US: Gay rights activists paint house opposite Westboro compound rainbow colours 12 Gay rights activists have painted a small house opposite the compound owned by the adamantly homophobic Westboro Baptist Church in rainbow colours, in a political statement against the controversial church. -
20 March 2013UK: Mother of murdered gay teen Michael Causer speaks to Stephen Fry for LGBT documentary 10 Marie Causer, mother of gay teenager Michael Causer who was killed in 2008, has spoken to Stephen Fry for a documentary. -
20 March 2013Final push for Scotland’s equal marriage consultation ahead of 5pm deadline 8 The public consultation on equal marriage in Scotland closes today at 5pm, and the Equality Network are reminding people to fill in the document online. -
19 March 2013London: Trans woman told to use New Look changing facilities ‘out of hours’ 23 New Look has responded to claims that a trans woman was prevented from using the changing rooms at one of their London stores, then advised she should arrange to shop at the store "out of hours" in future. -
19 March 2013Study: Gay US student athletes twice as likely to get bullied compared to heterosexuals 2 Gay student athletes are twice as likely to get bullied compared to their straight teammates, and one in four said they felt pressured to remain silent about their sexual identity, according to a new survey in the US. -
19 March 2013US: The L Word director to make new LGBT documentary 1 Writer-Director of The L Word and The Real L Word, Ilene Chaiken, is to create a new documentary on LGBT individuals in Middle America. -
19 March 2013London: LGBT mental health service Outcome faces uncertain future 4 A charitable service in north London which supports LGBT people with mental health issues could be forced to close. -
19 March 2013Manchester: Man robbed and raped in city centre + A 21-year-old man has been raped and robbed in Manchester's city centre, police have said. -
18 March 2013US: Human rights group alleges Californian school district harbours anti-gay discrimination 1 The American Clivil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California wrote to a school district demanding that it end discrimination against gay students by administrators and teachers in its high schools. -
18 March 2013Rocky Horrow Show writer Richard O’Brien: ‘I’m 70% male, 30% female’ 20 Writer of the Rocky Horror Show, Richard O’Brien, has said: “I believe myself probably to be about 70% male, 30% female,” calling himself the "third sex." -
18 March 2013Video: 12-year-old writes to US Supreme Court justice urging strike-down of Proposition 8 7 A 12-year-old in California has written a letter to a Supreme Court justice, urging him to strike down Proposition 8, the state-wide ban on equal marriage.
