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3 April 2013New York: Former LGBT community leader jailed for stealing more than $300,000 + The former head of an LGBT community centre in New York City has been jailed for embezzling more than $300,000 from the organisation. -
2 April 2013Surrey: Man cleared over bus gas poison plot 13 A man who claimed he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a “homosexual paedophile gang” has been cleared of planning to carry out a poison gas attack. -
2 April 2013US: Appeals court to hear arguments around inmate gender reassignment case 2 The US Circuit Court of Appeals is to hear arguments around the case of a trans woman prisoner who was granted gender reassignment surgery as treatment for her gender dysphoria. -
2 April 2013Texas: Parents of gay teenage suicide victim drop school district lawsuit 8 The parents of gay teenage suicide victim Asher Brown have decided to drop their lawsuit against their son's former school district. -
1 April 2013Arizona: Man jailed for homophobic attack on Phoenix City Council candidate + A man in Arizona has been jailed for two and a half years for attacking a political candidate in a homophobic assault. -
1 April 2013Wife of Uganda’s president denies Anti-Homosexuality Bill is designed for persecuting gays 27 First Lady Janet Museveni reportedly told a delegation last month that the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is not for persecuting gay Ugandans. -
1 April 2013US: Muslim caller tells TV host gay Americans should be beheaded 62 The host of a phone-in programme in New York was left stunned after a caller suggested gay Americans should be beheaded in accordance with Sharia law. -
1 April 2013Scotland: Friends fear Catholic priest who exposed sexual bullying could be sacked 33 The friends of a priest who made explosive claims about sexual bullying in Scotland’s Catholic Church fear he could be sacked. -
29 March 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘Dan Choi’s $100 fine is a victory for him but he’s been left exhausted’ 11 The decision of a judge to fine a gay former solider $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence is a “victory” for the “exhausted” defendant, says Peter Tatchell. -
29 March 2013US: Gay former solider fined $100 for White House protest 10 Former US Army lieutenant Dan Choi, who chained himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law, has avoided a prison sentence. -
28 March 2013UK: Sexual abuse victim claims council would have treated case differently if father had not been gay 10 A man who was sexually abused by his gay father and his partner claims the abuse was swept under the carpet by Wakefield Council. -
28 March 2013UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3 Human rights campaigners have once again accused the UK Border Agency (UKBA) of trying to deport a vulnerable female asylum seeker to Uganda. -
28 March 2013US: Trial of gay former soldier who chained himself to the White House fence resumes 18 The trial of a gay soldier who chained himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law has resumed.
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28 March 2013UK: Alleged bus poison plotter claims he became HIV positive by ‘homosexual paedophile gang’ + A man who claims he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a "homosexual paedophile gang" had "violent fantasies" about causing a deadly poison attack on a bus in Surrey, a court has heard.
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27 March 2013Russia: Gay pride march organiser beaten after city announces ban 10 The capital of the Russian republic of Komi has announced its ban on a planned gay pride parade, due to take place on 31 March. -
27 March 2013Argentina: Gay couple attacked by group in the name of Pope Francis 30 A gay couple was reportedly assaulted by a group of people in the Argentine city of San Isidro last Saturday, with the attackers allegedly defending their actions due to the nationality of the new Pope. -
27 March 2013Comedian Julian Clary: ‘A boy set fire to me on a bus’ 10 Comedian Julian Clary has revealed he was once set on fire for being gay by a school bully. -
26 March 2013UK: Two Hertfordshire teens admit homophobic abuse of man on bus 12 Two teenage boys from Hertfordshire, who assaulted a man on a bus multiple times, have been told they must pay £235 as a punishment. -
26 March 2013Theresa May announces scrapping of ‘defensive’ and ‘secretive’ UK Border Agency 10 A government agency that has repeatedly been accused of deporting LGBT asylum seekers is to be scrapped and split in two, Theresa May has confirmed. -
26 March 2013UK: Male teenage TV actor cleared of sexually assaulting 14-year-old boy + A male teenage TV actor from Surrey has been cleared of sexually assaulting a teenage boy.
