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12 September 2012Joe McElderry speaks of relief at conviction of Twitter troll 5 A man who abused and harassed X Factor winner Joe McElderry has been fined and given a restraining order. -
11 September 2012Comment: Homophobia is still a blight on our society 6 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk Gary Spedding says the number of anti-gay incidents in Northern Ireland shows more needs to be done to tackle homophobia in society. -
11 September 2012Warwickshire: Man accused of killing civil partner after a row about their pet dog + A court has heard that a man was murdered by his civil partner when he was pushed into the path of a bus after an argument outside an Indian restaurant in Leamington Spa. -
11 September 2012Gloucester: Teenager sentenced over anti-gay park attack 22 A teenager who screamed homophobic insults at a college student has been sentenced to 12 months' detention in a young offenders' institution. -
10 September 2012UK: Would-be juror with ‘extreme’ homophobic and racist views faces prosecution 32 A man has told a judge that he could not undertake jury service because of his “extreme” prejudices. -
10 September 2012Man pleads guilty to Leicester gay pub fire attack 23 A man has pleaded guilty to an attack at a Leicester gay pub which left two men with serious burns. -
7 September 2012Connecticut: Man pleads guilty to killing woman he thought was having an affair with daughter 4 A man in the US state of Connecticut has pleaded no contest in relation to charges he killed a woman he thought was having an affair with his daughter, and then put her body in a freezer. -
7 September 2012Massachusetts: State lawmakers call for appeal on surgery for trans prisoner 15 State lawmakers in Massachusetts have begun the process of attempting to have a decision made by a judge to give a trans woman prisoner gender reassignment surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria. -
6 September 2012Brighton: Mum’s pride at son who stood up to anti-gay ‘bigots’ 53 A mother in Brighton has spoken of her admiration for her son after he was beaten up for fending off homophobic thugs. -
6 September 2012Turkey: Gay teenager allegedly murdered by father and uncle 33 According to Hurriyet Daily News, the killing took place in the south eastern province of Diyarbakir last month. -
5 September 2012Judge orders that trans convict be given gender reassignment surgery in prison 11 A Judge in Boston, Massachusetts has ruled that a trans woman must be given gender reassignment surgery in prison, in order to treat her gender dysphoria. -
5 September 2012Four US Marines arrested for possible homophobic assault outside California gay bar 11 Police in Long Beach, California, have arrested four members of the US Marine Corps for assaulting men outside a popular gay bar in the area. -
4 September 2012US: Suspected murderer of transgendered woman gains new lawyer 1 In Washington DC, a 55-year-old man accused of stabbing a transgender woman in the face back in February has been assigned a new defence lawyer. -
2 September 2012Historic gay sex convictions will be able to be deleted from October 14 From October, men with historic convictions for having consensual gay sex will be able to apply to have the convictions removed from official databases. -
2 September 2012In a legal first, a trans woman who was convicted of public indecency has her sentence altered 4 In a legal first, a trans woman has had her sentence altered due to the now unsuitable nature of a community order she was issued before gender reassignment. -
31 August 2012Malaysia: Court case challenges trans “discrimination” law 2 Four trans women in Malaysia have begun action to challenge the Islamic law which forbids them from behaving and dressing like women. -
31 August 2012Los Angeles artist not to be charged for Chick-fil-A graffiti 12 A Los Angeles artists who allegedly painted the words 'Tastes Like Hate' on a Chick-fil-A restaurant following the announcement that their president was against marriage equality, is not going to be criminally charged. -
31 August 2012Gwent police to offer extra help for LGBT victims of domestic violence 6 Victims of same-sex domestic abuse are to be offered extra support by police in Wales. -
30 August 2012Egypt: Leader of “gay sex network” arrested by police 3 Egyptian police have arrested a man from Cairo based on the accusation that he was the head of a "gay sex network". -
30 August 2012Arizona lesbian couple found dead in likely murder-suicide 6 A lesbian couple from Arizona have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
