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9 November 2012Malawi commits U-turn over gay rights pledge 13 Malawi has back-tracked on its decision to suspend its anti-gay laws after churches and powerful conservative lobby groups fiercely criticised the move. -
8 November 2012Scotland: Teen pleads guilty to killing gay barman 18 A teenager has admitted to the killing of gay barman Stuart Walker. -
8 November 2012David Cameron criticised over gay ‘witch-hunt’ remarks 151 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has criticised David Cameron for suggesting that speculation over child abuse allegations involving senior Conservative Party figures could lead to a “witch-hunt” against gay people -
8 November 2012David Cameron: Abuse scandal could turn into a gay ‘witch-hunt’ 191 David Cameron has warned that child abuse allegations against senior figures within the Conservative Party risked becoming a “witch-hunt” against people on the basis of their sexuality. -
7 November 2012Video: Train passenger’s anti-gay tirade caught on YouTube 113 A 56-year-old man has been cautioned after shouting homophobic abuse and several expletives at two men on a train. -
7 November 2012Scotland: Court dismisses ‘gay painter’ insult 23 A Scottish painter in Fife has lost a defamation claim against a former friend who called him a "gay painter". -
7 November 2012UK: Abuse allegations continue against gay former Tory MP 8 Further sexual abuse allegations have been made against the late Sir Peter Morrison. -
6 November 2012Egypt: 7 men remain detained over anti-gay charges 11 Seven men in Egypt, who were arrested for breaking the country’s law on sexual conduct, are reportedly still in prison. -
5 November 2012Manchester: Dale Cregan denies murdering Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes + Dale Cregan has pleaded not guilty to murdering 2 police officers – one of which was due to enter into a civil partnership. -
5 November 2012Malawi suspends anti-gay laws 15 Malawi has halted the enforcement of laws that criminalise same-sex relationships after comments made by the country’s Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara.
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2 November 2012Brighton MP talks of crime concerns for city’s gay quarter 6 The Chairman of Brighton and Hove’s LGBT Community Safety Forum has welcomed an MP’s decision to speak out over the increasing number of criminal incidents that have been occurring in the city’s famous LGBT district. -
1 November 2012Peter Tatchell: UK Government broke promise, is still deporting gay asylum seekers 16 Peter Tatchell is calling on the government and the UK Border Agency to stop deporting LGBT asylum seekers, back to homophobic countries. -
1 November 2012Greece: Golden Dawn forces closure of gay play 54 The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have succeeded in forcing a theatre company into closing its production of Corpus Christi, which portrays Jesus Christ as a gay man. -
1 November 2012US: HRC urges investigation into anti-gay texts 3 The Human Rights Campaign is taking action over controversial anti-equal marriage text messages. -
1 November 2012Leicester: Trans woman assaulted in pub 16 A 46-year-old trans woman has been attacked just minutes after entering a pub in Leicester City Centre. -
31 October 2012London: Peter Tatchell arrested after limo protest at Westminster 28 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested for staging a protest in front of the Indonesian president’s limousine.
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31 October 2012Ugandan parliamentary speaker promises to revive anti-gay law 43 The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament has claimed the country’s notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill will soon be passed by lawmakers. -
30 October 2012San Francisco: Gay history museum vandalised following baseball game 6 San Francisco's GLBT History Museum has reopened after it was damaged earlier in the week. -
30 October 2012London: Second man dies following gay sauna incident 32 The Metropolitan Police have launched an appeal for information following the death of two men after they collapsed in a London sauna. -
30 October 2012London: Killer of gay man has sentence reduced 18 A double killer from west London, who murdered a gay pensioner, has had his prison sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal after it was deemed to be excessive.
