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13 May 2013Ohio: Police charge man over murder of trans woman 2 Police in the US state of Ohio have charged a man in connection with the murder of a trans woman. -
13 May 2013Georgia: Government minister arrested for secretly filming male journalists having a threesome 3 Georgia's deputy interior minister Gela Khvedelidze has admitted posting a video online of three journalists engaging in a threesome. -
13 May 2013Northern Ireland: 80% of homophobic crime is not reported 3 Eight out of 10 people who experienced homophobic discrimination in Northern Ireland do not report the crime, a report by the Northern Ireland Equality Commision revealed. -
12 May 2013Police release image of man in connection with homophobic train abuse case 18 Lancashire Police have released the image of a man linked to the case of three women who were subjected to homophobic abuse and attacked by a gang of men on a train in Lancashire. -
12 May 2013Russia: Tortured and killed gay man was ‘raped with beer bottles’ 55 A gay man from the southern Russian city of Volgograd who was tortured to death in an apparent hate crime, was sexually assaulted with beer bottles, and had his skull "smashed with a stone", authorities said on Sunday. -
11 May 2013Russia: Possible homophobic killing spikes concerns of gay community 11 The death of a man in a possible homophobic attack in Russia has concerned activists, who say prejudice is becoming more concentrated due to anti-gay laws.
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11 May 2013New York: Two arrests follow homophobic attack + A brutal attack on two gay men in New York City has led to two arrests, but police say they are still searching for three more suspects. -
9 May 2013Mississippi: Family of gay murdered mayoral candidate Marco McMillian to hold press conference 1 The family of a murdered gay politician in Mississippi are renewing their push for a federal investigation and will hold a news conference on Thursday -
9 May 2013Lancashire: Lesbians sprayed with lemonade and attacked by gang of men on board train 7 Three women were subjected to homophobic abuse and attacked by a gang of men on a train in Lancashire. -
8 May 2013Police arrest suspect in connection with Brighton gay man’s death + Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of Michael Polding, a gay man who was found murdered in his Brighton flat in July 2012. -
8 May 2013Indonesia: Proposed bylaw would make homosexuality punishable by flogging 16 Gay and lesbian citizens of a conservative province of Indonesia could be subject to public lashings, under a new bylaw being pushed by the provincial capital's deputy governor. -
8 May 2013UK: Woman fined after hurling homophobic abuse at paramedic 3 South Central Ambulance Service says it will not tolerate abuse against its staff after a paramedic was subjected to anti-gay language by a drunk woman. -
7 May 2013New York: Police seek to trace 4 men in connection with assault on gay couple + The NYPD is looking for four men who yelled anti-gay remarks at a gay couple walking in midtown Manhattan. -
7 May 2013Belize: Supreme Court set to debate around decriminalisation of gay sex 2 The Supreme Court in Belize will today begin to debate the country's criminal code which outlaws same-sex sexual activity. -
7 May 2013Nigel Evans: ‘I’m overwhelmed’ by the support from my colleagues + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans says he is "overwhelmed" by the support he has received since being arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. -
7 May 2013US: Authorities urged to solve murder of black trans women in three states 5 Two organisations in the US are calling for action by authorities, following the murder of several black, transgender women across three states. -
7 May 2013Zambia: Police arrest gay couple on sodomy allegations 5 Zambian police have arrested and charged a gay couple after the family of one of the men reported the relationship to authorities. -
7 May 2013UK: Report shows male prisoners are frequently being denied access to condoms 22 Staff at a UK prison claimed none of their inmates were gay and therefore argued that they didn't need to provide them with condoms, a report has revealed. -
7 May 2013Nigel Evans: I am ‘determined to not let these allegations destroy’ me + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, who was arrested on Saturday amidst claims of rape and sexual assault, has said he is "determined not to let these allegations destroy" his career, or him. -
5 May 2013Nigel Evans: I’ve had the worst 24 hours of my life but Facebook support has bolstered me + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, has said his arrest over claims of rape and sexual assault have been the "worst 24 hours of my life".
