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13 June 2013Dale Cregan sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering gay police officer and her colleague 2 Dale Cregan has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of two police officers – one of whom was planning to enter into a civil partnership. -
13 June 2013Russia: Fans warn anti-gay law poses 2018 World Cup violence risk 6 Football fans have expressed fears over the recent anti-gay bill in Russia which follows numerous homophobic beatings and murders in the country. -
13 June 2013US: Gay Jewish activist wins $3.5M lawsuit against cousin for ‘brutal’ childhood abuse 2 The Brooklyn Supreme Court has awarded $3.5 million (£2.2 million) to a gay activist who accused his cousin of carrying out "brutal" sexual abuse against him as a child - but he says it was "never about the money". -
13 June 2013US: California city officials sued for sting operation targeting gay men for cruising 5 The Californian city of San Leandro and its police department are being sued in federal court, and are accused of violating the civil rights of gay men, by conducting undercover sting operations, hoping to stop cruising in a public restroom. -
13 June 2013UK: Jailed women in sexual ‘fraud’ case freed by Court of Appeal 15 An 18-year-old woman jailed for three years on the grounds of obtaining the sexual consent of another woman “by fraud” has been freed by the Court of Appeal after serving 82 days in prison. -
12 June 2013Belfast: Man jailed over homophobic attack in gay bar toilet 4 A 27-year-old man who attacked a gay man in the toilets of a gay bar in Belfast, calling him a "gay bastard", has been sent to prison. -
11 June 2013Tel Aviv: Prime suspect of 2009 LGBT youth centre shooting named 5 A court has lifted an order allowing for the name of the prime suspect charged in relation to the fatal 2009 shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth centre to be published. -
11 June 2013Mother of murdered gay teen Michael Causer hopes to raise £1 million in order to open LGBT hostel 7 The mother of gay teenager Michael Causer who was killed in 2008 says she hopes to raise £1 million in order to open a hostel for vulnerable LGBT young people aged between 16-25. -
11 June 2013Zambia: Gay couple facing sodomy allegations go on trial 4 A gay couple “charged with the offence of sodomy or having sex against the order of nature contrary to the laws of Zambia” have gone on trial. -
10 June 2013France: Man faces preliminary manslaughter charge over death of Clement Meric 14 A man is facing preliminary charges of manslaughter over the death of anti-fascist protester Clement Meric last week. -
10 June 2013UK: Man accused of raping trans charity worker to face new trial after jury fail to reach verdict + A man accused of raping a trans woman more than 10 years ago in north London will face a second trial after the jury in his first trial were unable to reach a verdict. -
10 June 2013Police investigate explosion at gay MP’s constituency office 3 Lincolnshire Police has launched an investigation following a minor explosion at the constituency office of gay Conservative MP Nick Boles. -
8 June 2013France: Five held over death of Clement Meric 12 Five suspects are being held in connection with the death of a teenage left-wing protester and gay rights activist in Paris.
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7 June 2013Israel: Police no longer treating LGBT centre shooting as hate crime 7 Israeli police say the killing of two people at an LGBT youth centre in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime.
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7 June 2013US: Radio DJs advocate transphobic murder 6 Two radio presenters in the US have been criticised for advocating the murder of transgender women. -
7 June 2013Oxford: Man left shaken after homophobic assault 6 A man has been abused and assaulted in a suspected homophobic attack in Oxford. -
6 June 2013France: President Hollande condemns fatal attack on teenage gay rights activist 26 President Francois Hollande has condemned the fatal attack on a French teenage gay rights activist "in the strongest terms". -
6 June 2013France: Gay rights campaigner, 18, left brain dead after far-right attack 67 An 18-year-old gay rights campaigner has been left brain dead after an attack by far-right skinheads in Paris. -
5 June 2013Israel: Police make arrests in connection with 2009 LGBT teen centre shooting 9 Israeli media are reporting that police have arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting at a gay community centre in 2009. -
5 June 2013Tory MP cleared by tribunal over lesbian housekeeper threesome allegations + A Conservative MP has been cleared of allegations that he invited his former housekeeper to join a threesome after an employment tribunal rejected the case.
