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13 February 2013India: Police raid gay party and arrest 22 men 6 Police in Mumbai have raided a bungalow where a gay party was being held and booked 22 men for indecent behaviour and lacking permissions to hold a party. -
12 February 2013Manchester: Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murdering Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes + Dale Cregan has now pleaded guilty to murdering two police officers - one of whom was planning to enter into a civil partnership. -
12 February 2013London: Serial thief who targeted gay men banned from every Soho public toilet 23 A thief who preyed on gay men in London for more than a decade has been banned from every public toilet in Soho. -
12 February 2013Uganda: British producer of gay play deported from country 3 UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged with breaking Uganda’s laws in relation to his play featuring a gay storyline has been deported from the country. -
11 February 2013UK: Muslim TV stations criticised by Ofcom for airing hate speech 39 Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, has criticised several Muslim community stations after they allowed Islamic extremists to issue hate speech – in one case – calling for the murder and torture of gay people. -
11 February 2013Ohio: Mayor resigns after calling police officer ‘queer’ 9 The mayor of a small southeastern Ohio community has resigned over accusations that she repeatedly called a gay police officer "queer" in front of his colleagues. -
11 February 2013Kent: Bisexual councillor receives death threat letter 6 A bisexual Kent councillor has received yet more homophobic abuse; this time a hand-written death threat letter. -
8 February 2013Gay Cameroon asylum seeker assaulted by private security team at Heathrow Airport 9 An asylum seeker from Cameroon, who has previously been persecuted due to his sexuality in his home country, claims he was assaulted by private security at Heathrow Airport. -
8 February 2013US: Man gets 18 months for homophobic petrol station assault 2 The attacker in a homophobic assault at a petrol station in the US city of Detroit in 2011 has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty. -
8 February 2013Uganda: British producer of gay play faces deportation 5 UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged with breaking Uganda’s laws in relation to his play featuring a gay storyline, faces deportation from the country.
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7 February 2013UK: Bisexual teenage father hangs himself in woods after being bullied 59 The body of a teenager found hanged in woodland in Lancashire has been revealed as 16-year-old Anthony Stubbs, a young father who had reportedly been bullied for being bisexual. -
7 February 2013Russian appeals court supports decision to drop gay ‘propaganda’ case against Madonna 3 Appeals court officials in Russia have upheld a previous ruling rejecting a $10.5 million lawsuit filed against Madonna for allegedly promoting LGBT rights in the country. -
7 February 2013Manchester: Trial of man accused of killing PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes begins + Dale Cregan is due to stand trial today for the murders of four people, including a police officer who had been making plans for a civil partnership with her girlfriend. -
7 February 2013US: Family Research Council shooter pleads guilty to three charges 2 The shooter in an incident at the Family Research Council in August pleaded guilty to three charges, and admitted buying over a dozen Chick-fil-A sandwiches to smear on the faces of his victims. -
6 February 2013US: State finds six surgeons to perform gender reassignment for trans woman prisoner + The US state of Massachusetts has found six surgeons willing to perform gender reassignment on a trans woman prisoner allowed to have the surgery in prison. -
6 February 2013Gay Saudi prince convicted of murder will return home to serve his sentence 13 A gay Saudi Arabian prince who was jailed for life in Britain for murdering his servant is to be sent back to his home country, sources within the British government confirmed on Tuesday. -
6 February 2013Frank Ocean accuses Chris Brown of homophobic slur and for threatening to shoot him 5 Despite saying he would not press charges, Frank Ocean has accused fellow singer Chris Brown of threatening to shoot him, after one of his entourage called him a "faggot". -
4 February 2013US: University unveils memorial centre plan for gay student suicide victim Tyler Clementi 1 A university in New Jersey plans to create a centre named after Tyler Clementi, the gay student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him kissing another man. -
4 February 2013Benedict Cumberbatch in talks to play Alan Turing in biopic 7 Benedict Cumberbatch is reportedly in talks to play Alan Turing, in an upcoming biopic about the gay mathematician and codebreaker. -
1 February 2013London: Sixth arrest in anti-gay ‘Muslim Patrol’ investigation + A sixth man has been arrested over a video posted online showing a man being subjected to homophobic abuse by self-styled "Muslim vigilantes".
