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23 October 2012Wales: Judge’s anger at light sentence for anti-gay neighbour 13 A judge has spoken of his frustration after he was forced to allow a woman who has caused years of homophobic torment for her neighbours, to be given a suspended sentence. -
23 October 2012MEPs report Nick Griffin to European Parliament for tweeting gay couple’s address 10 Just under a week since Nick Griffin caused controversy by tweeting the private address of a gay couple who won a legal battle against the owner of a bed and breakfast for refusing to allow them to stay, he has been formally reported to the European Parliament by Labour MEPs. -
23 October 2012Home address of Nick Griffin shared on Facebook 18 Six days after he caused a media storm by tweeting the address of a Cambridgeshire gay couple and calling for a protest outside their house, the address of Nick Griffin has reportedly been posted on Facebook. -
23 October 2012Macedonia: Anti-gay attacks on the rise 14 MEPs have expressed concern over an increase in homophobic incidents in Macedonia. -
22 October 2012US: Trans prisoner requests that court assigns surgeon for her operation + A trans woman incarcerated in an all-male prison in Massachusetts who was granted gender-reassignment surgery by a court has asked the state to find a surgeon, despite the need for her court victory to be upheld on appeal. -
22 October 2012Canada: Man waits 42 years to get apology over anti-gay yearbook photo 22 A man in British Columbia who had a homophobic remark written next to his photo in his high school yearbook has finally received a formal apology from the North Vancouver school board – more than 40 years after the incident took place. -
22 October 2012US: Bullied trans student gets suspended 18 A transgender student in Maryland was suspended last week from school for getting into a fight after a fellow student allegedly assaulted her. -
22 October 2012New York: Lesbian couple banned from wedding venue 20 A lesbian couple in New York have filed a discrimination complaint after they were turned away from a wedding venue. -
22 October 2012US: Gay man falsely imprisoned by extremist church 25 Four members of a church in North Carolina have been charged with false imprisonment over allegations that they held a young gay man against his will. -
22 October 2012London: Gay councillor charged with assault + Brian Coleman, the gay former Conservative London Assembly Member and ex-mayor of Barnet, has been charged with assaulting a woman in north London. -
22 October 2012David Cameron: Hate crime levels are ‘appalling’ 53 David Cameron has reaffirmed the government’s commitment in tackling homophobic crime and has described the current hate crime statistics for England and Wales as “appalling”. -
22 October 2012London: Low turnout for hate crime vigil 38 Organisers of Saturday’s London Vigil against Hate Crime say they were left disappointed at the low turnout but believe it was still a success. -
21 October 2012UK: Gay couple refuse to seek prosecution of Nick Griffin 65 Michael Black and John Morgan, the gay couple on the receiving end of abuse from Nick Griffin, say they will not press for charges against the BNP leader. -
20 October 2012US: Same-sex marriage scam angers former couple who thought they were married 8 A Florida man has spoken out about his anger at being issued an invalid marriage license by an Iowa courthouse, and says his case represents wider problems faced by gay couples who cannot marry in their home states. -
19 October 2012Peter Tatchell blasts BNP leader Nick Griffin over ‘smears’ 42 Peter Tatchell has accused Nick Griffin of launching a “smear” campaign against him and the human rights organisation Liberty after he called on the British National Party leader to be prosecuted for remarks made on Twitter. -
19 October 2012Kentucky: Bisexual wife of gay attacker testifies against husband + The wife of Anthony Ray Jenkins has given evidence against her husband who stands accused of attacking a gay man in the US state of Kentucky. -
19 October 2012BNP leader Nick Griffin defends gay couple protest remarks 80 The leader of the British National Party is refusing to apologise for putting the address of a gay couple who won a court case on the internet and has said people have the “right to discriminate”.
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19 October 2012US: Court official faces same-sex marriage fraud charges 1 An investigation has been launched into the case of a court official from Iowa, who allegedly filed false documents saying she had married a same-sex couple from Florida, despite never having met the men, who had never travelled to Iowa for a ceremony. -
18 October 2012Manchester: Christian equal marriage Facebook case begins 37 A Christian man in Manchester who was demoted after questioning the merits of religious same-sex marriages on his private Facebook page has taken his employer to court. -
18 October 2012Far-right Greek MP filmed shouting homophobic abuse over ‘gay’ play 28 An extremist Greek MP, who last week was captured shouting homophobic and racist insults at a theatre director in a YouTube video, has spoken of his pride at his violent behaviour.
