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22 March 2012US men arrested after sex on Caribbean gay cruise ‘seen from dock’ 28 Two American men have been arrested on the Caribbean island of Dominica for violating indecency and gay sex laws. -
21 March 2012Brighton police warn teen over homophobic comment drive-by 35 A teenager who shouted homophobic abuse at a group of people outside a Brighton bar has been reprimanded by police. -
21 March 2012Man jailed after endangering plane with anti-gay air steward abuse 72 A British man has been jailed after shouting homophobic abuse at air stewards and endangering the safety of a flight to Tenerife. -
20 March 2012Tony Blair avoids question on Liberian anti-gay law 38 Former UK prime minister Tony Blair avoided answering a question about his view on Liberia's anti-gay laws during an interview with President Sirleaf. -
20 March 2012Netherlands: Catholic Church ‘castrated boys as gay cures and punishments’ 47 A newspaper in the Netherlands claims to have uncovered cases in which boys in Roman Catholic care over half a century ago were castrated to stop them being gay or to punish them for uncovering abuse. -
20 March 2012Dubai police chief denies gay party arrests 7 The Dubai Chief of Police has denied reports of 30 arrests in the emirate but says homosexuality is illegal and against the local norms. -
16 March 2012Tyler Clementi’s room-mate guilty on hate crime charges 56 A jury has found a New Jersey university student who watched Tyler Clementi kissing another man in their room days before he killed himself guilty of 15 charges. -
15 March 2012Zimbabwe senator asks for ‘sex gadgets’ to stop prisoners turning gay 71 A Zimbabwean senator has suggested giving prisoners sex toys to curb gay impulses while they are behind bars. -
13 March 2012St Petersburg governor signs ‘gay propaganda’ bill into law 46 St Petersburg's governor has signed into law a bill making it an offence to 'promote' gay or transgender personal identities with commentators fearing how badly it will 'encourage hate' towards the city's gay, bi and trans people. -
12 March 2012Ken Livingstone: London ‘not on top’ of gay hate crime 32 Ken Livingstone has accused Mayor Boris Johnston and the Metropolitan Police of complacency when it comes to tackling homophobic crime in the capital. -
12 March 2012US embassy in Baghdad backs emo and LGBT murder vigil 9 The US Embassy in Baghdad has sent a message of support to San Franciscan activists holding a vigil for Iraqi emo, goth and LGBT people who are currently being murdered. -
11 March 2012Source: Iraqi government complicit with alleged emo and LGBT massacres 26 The Iraqi Interior Ministry has backed an alleged massacre of up to 100 Emos and LGBT people last month, a new wave of massacres may start today or Monday, says a Gay Middle East Iraqi source. -
9 March 2012Labour MP Eric Joyce fined £3,000 after attack on gay Tory in Commons bar 37 Eric Joyce, Labour MP for Falkirk in Scotland, has been given a £3,000 fine and banned from pubs for three months after head-butting openly gay MP Stuart Andrew in a House of Commons bar brawl. -
9 March 2012Reports of emo youth and LGBT people ‘being massacred in Iraq’ 31 Since 6 February there have been continuous reports of militia targeting youths which focus on attacks, kidnapping, torture and murder of ‘emo’ youth and individuals perceived as gay, lesbian or trans. -
7 March 2012Chile: Gay man scarred with swastikas after homophobic attack 20 The cause of a young gay man in Chile who was attacked and will be left permanently scarred with swastikas on his chest has prompted an outcry for hate crime laws. -
6 March 2012Manchester to urge anti-gay law veto on St Petersburg trip 10 The deputy council leader said it will exercise its right to point out that Manchester's twin city is "doing something wrong."
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5 March 2012Man denies burn assault at Leicester gay pub + A man has appeared at Basildon Crown Court after being charged for allegedly setting two gay men alight in a pub garden. -
2 March 2012Video: Call to boycott St Petersburg over anti-gay law 17 International protest against St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of "sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism” have continued with a video highlighting the law's effect. -
29 February 2012Exercise yard fall contributed to death of ‘Gay Slayer’, inquest hears 11 An inquest has heard that a fractured hip contributed to the death of a serial killer who preyed on gay men in the early 1990s. -
29 February 2012Police appeal after gay teens abused in Hampshire gadget shop 48 Police are seeking witnesses after a young gay couple were subjected to homophobic verbal abuse in shop in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
