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2 July 2012Amateur footballer banned from matches after threatening gay referee 11 An amateur footballer has been banned from watching or playing in regulated games for the next three years after verbally abusing a gay referee. -
29 June 2012Worcester: Police appeal after anti-gay takeaway assault 15 Police in Worcester investigating a homophobic assault have released CCTV images of three men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. -
28 June 2012IDAHO founder begins hunger strike for UN resolution on decriminalising homosexuality 13 The founder of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia has launched a hunger strike this week calling on the new French president to honour a promise to introduce a UN resolution on the decriminalisation of homosexuality. -
26 June 2012Man charged with murder of South African trans gay activist as anti-gay violence continues 6 A suspect in brutal murder of South African gay man Thapelo Makuthle has been charged. -
26 June 2012Texas: Teenage lesbian couple shot in possible hate crime 10 Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been shot in a possible hate crime, with one being fatally wounded. -
21 June 2012Brazil: Bar warned for discriminating against lesbian couple 1 A bar in the city of Teresina, Brazil was issued with an administrative warning for having discriminated against a lesbian couple. -
21 June 2012Malta: Gender identity and sexual orientation included in hate crime laws 10 The Maltese parliament has extended its hate crime laws for the first time to protect citizens on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. -
19 June 2012Home Office will be asked to heed warning on ‘outdated’ police resources on HIV 5 The Home Office is to be asked to ensure police resources on HIV accurately reflect current knowledge of the virus and its routes of transmission. -
18 June 2012Northern Ireland: Police officers disciplined over inadequate response to homophobic crimes 22 Eight police officers at a station in County Down, Northern Ireland, have been disciplined after a gay couple complained about inadequate response to reports of homophobic crimes. -
18 June 2012Report: Police training on HIV ‘outdated and stigmatising’ 18 A National AIDS Trust review of how police approach HIV suggests many constabularies in the UK have procedures based on unfounded concerns regarding transmission, which can fuel 'scaremongering' and 'mistreatment' for people living with the virus, the charity said. -
15 June 2012Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex to be released 23 A Scottish man jailed for having gay sex in a public place in Dubai is to be released after his sentence was heavily reduced on appeal. -
14 June 2012Kenya: Lesbian ‘held hostage by family’ commits suicide, reports say 6 According to unconfirmed reports a lesbian who was being held hostage by her parents committed suicide in desperation last night in Kenya. -
13 June 2012Trans gay activist believed to have been brutally murdered in South Africa 14 Several reports have been circulating about a transgender and gay man brutally murdered after a homophobic and transphobic attack in South Africa.
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12 June 2012Kuwait: Trans man arrested for ‘imitating opposite sex’ 8 A transgender man has been arrested as Kuwait continues a campaign against ‘immorality’ which includes LGBT people among its targets. -
11 June 2012European Commission publishes new report on trans and intersex discrimination 13 The European Commission has published a new report into discrimination against transgender and intersex people around the EU. -
11 June 2012Derbyshire Pride anti-gay protester guilty of distress charge 35 A court in Derbyshire has convicted a Muslim man, already jailed for inciting hatred against gays, of using threatening or abusive language at Derbyshire Pride. -
11 June 2012Manchester: Police appeal after body found in gay village canal 10 Police in Manchester are appealing for information after a man's body was found this weekend in a canal in the city's gay centre. -
8 June 2012Gay couple tell court of ‘sickening anti-gay comments’ at Derby pride parade + A gay couple has told a court in Derby of being 'sickened' by anti-gay protesters at a pride march in the city who claimed there was a genetic link between homosexuality and paedophilia.
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8 June 2012Portsmouth police appeal after gay man robbed at knifepoint in car 10 Police in Portsmouth have issued an e-fit of a man wanted for questioning after a gay man was robbed at knifepoint having entered a car expecting sex. -
6 June 2012Tunisia rejects UNHRC recommendation to decriminalise gay sex 98 Tunisian minister of human rights, transitional justice and spokesman of the Tunisian government, Samir Dilou has rejected a recommendation by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to decriminalize same-sex acts, stating that sexual orientation was a western concept which is incompatible with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.
