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30 April 2013Peter Tatchell: ‘Pride ban on Bradley Manning is anti-democratic’ 9 Peter Tatchell has criticised the organisers of San Francisco Pride for allegedly revoking the nomination of Private Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal for this year’s event. -
30 April 2013Comment: Remembering the Admiral Duncan nail bomb attack 16 Tuesday 30 April is the fourteenth anniversary of the nail bomb attack on the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho, central London. -
29 April 2013South Africa: Dead teen was beaten, starved and forced to eat faeces at camp linked to ‘gay conversion’ 67 A court has heard how a teenage boy in South Afica died from severe and substantial injuries sustained while attending a camp which has been linked to "gay conversion", after allegedly being beaten, starved, and forced to eat his own faeces. -
29 April 2013Admiral Duncan pub nail bomb memorial ‘missing’ 8 The memorial plaque installed to commemorate the victims of a nail bomb at central London pub the Admiral Duncan, has disappeared. -
26 April 2013Belize: Supreme Court set to debate anti-gay sex law next month 9 The Supreme Court in Belize will debate the country’s criminal code which outlaws same-sex sexual activity, next month. -
26 April 2013MEPs welcome European Court of Justice ruling on anti-gay Romanian football owner George Becali 7 A European Court of Justice preliminary ruling on the homophobic conduct of a football club owner in Romania has been welcomed by MEPs. -
25 April 2013US: Attacker used dating apps to rob and rape gay men 4 Police in the US state of Washington say a man used gay dating phone apps to set up encounters with gay men at remote locations and then robbed them at gunpoint. -
25 April 2013Romanian football club asked to prove it’s not homophobic with patron saying gays ‘must be kept in enclosures’ 14 The European Court of Justice has criticised Romanian football club, Steaua Bucarest, over years of homophobic comments from its patron and former MEP George Becali.
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25 April 2013Two years on and still no justice for South African lesbian murder victim Noxolo Nogwaza 4 Family, friends and campaigners are remembering Noxolo Nogwaza, a young lesbian in South Africa, who was raped and murdered two years ago this week after a night out with friends. -
24 April 2013US: Sheriff warns anti-gay church to stay away from Texas fertiliser blast funerals 27 The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has been told to stay away from the funerals of those killed in last week’s fertiliser plant explosion in Texas. -
24 April 2013Anti-gay Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa tweets PinkNews to warn of ‘sodomy’ 63 A notorious homophobic Ugandan pastor responded to news of a new HIV prevention campaign in England by tweeting “stop sodomy” at PinkNews’ Twitter account. -
24 April 2013Metropolitan Police: Homophobic crime down across London 26 Homophobic crime across London has fallen by 12.7%, latest statistics from the Metropolitan Police Service show. -
23 April 2013Oklahoma: Gay politician attacked by three men outside bar 5 Police in Oklahoma are investigating an attack on one of the state’s first openly gay politicians. -
23 April 2013US: Government says Family Research Council shooter should get 45 years 9 Prosecutors say Floyd Corkins who planned a mass killing at the headquarters of an anti-gay Christian lobbying group should spend 45 years in prison. -
23 April 2013France: Water cannons deployed in Paris ahead of same-sex marriage vote 35 Security is being stepped up around France’s National Assembly building in Paris ahead of today's landmark equal marriage vote. -
23 April 2013Singapore: Couple take country’s gay sex ban to Court of Appeal 17 A same-sex couple in Singapore have launched a legal appeal to overturn an archaic law criminalising sex between men. -
22 April 2013France: National Assembly speaker urged to delay equal marriage vote in ammunition powder letter 37 National Assembly Speaker Claude Bartolone has received an envelope containing ammunition powder and a threatening letter calling on him to delay France's equal marriage vote. -
22 April 2013France: Gay cabaret dancer beaten unconscious by gang in Nice 38 A 24-year-old gay man was beaten unconscious at the weekend in the latest apparent homophobic attack in France. -
22 April 2013Kent: No further action to be taken over former youth crime commissioner’s anti-gay tweets 6 Former youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown will not face prosecution over homophobic and racist comments she made on Twitter. -
20 April 2013US: Second lawsuit filed against florist which refused to serve same-sex wedding couple 34 A second lawsuit has been filed against a florist in the US state of Washington which refused to provide its services to a same-sex wedding, citing religious objections.
