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12 April 2012Teenager’s sentence altered after anti-gay stabbing 60 A London teenager who stabbed a gay man in the chest and leg has had his sentence changed from an indefinite period to a nine-year term due to his age. -
11 April 2012Gloucester police appeal after man bitten in anti-gay attack 9 Gloucester police have released an image of a bite injury sustained by a man who was subjected to homophobic abuse in an early-morning assault. -
10 April 2012Devon police appeal for witnesses to driver’s homophobic comments 7 Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Gold Street in the Devon town of Tiverton. -
10 April 2012European court rules homophobic cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited to US 66 The European Court of Human Rights has said the anti-gay Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri may be extradited to the US on terrorism charges. -
10 April 2012Three admit drunken assault after anti-gay taunts 29 Two women and a man have admitted drunkenly assaulting a man outside a gay pub saying they were provoked by his gestures through the window and homophobic taunts. -
6 April 2012Possible gay link to death of French academic in New York 15 A married Parisian academic who was found dead in his Manhattan hotel room on Tuesday this week is said to have been using gay hook-up websites on his laptop prior to his death. -
5 April 2012Chile: Discrimination law moves closer after gay man’s death 19 A week after the death of Daniel Zamudio, a Chilean gay man who had been the victim of a brutal and sustained attack, the country's Congress has narrowly approved most of the provisions of a bill which would protect citizens against discrimination. -
5 April 2012Victim denies homophobia prompted pizza restaurant attack 8 The victim of an assault denied a lawyer's suggestion she inflamed the incident by making homophobic comments to her attacker, as her assailant was jailed yesterday. -
4 April 2012Man arrested after stabbing at Jessie J party 12 A man has been arrested following the stabbing of a party-goer last night at an event hosted by bisexual singer Jessie J. -
1 April 2012Alleged male sexual assault at Prince Harry’s airbase 55 Military police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a soldier at the Wattisham air station near Stowmarket, Suffolk. -
30 March 2012Chile ponders hate crime legislation as thousands attend gay man’s funeral 14 In the wake of a gay man’s torture and death at the hands of four neo-Nazis, Chile is under pressure to pass a hate crime legislation, as thousands attend his funeral in Santiago.
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30 March 2012Edinburgh: Two men jailed for killing gay man 35 Two men have each been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for killing a 44-year-old gay man, and then dumping his semi-naked body in a lift at a block of flats in Edinburgh. -
30 March 201271-year-old Texan woman charged with gay hate crime 77 A 71-year-old Texan woman was yesterday charged with committing a hate crime after being accused of beating and choking a 25-year-old man with a wooden cane because she believed he was gay and had AIDS. -
28 March 2012Man jailed for nine years after homophobic attack in Liverpool 15 A chef has been jailed for nine years this week for an attack on a young man in Liverpool's gay quarter last autumn. -
28 March 2012Gay Chilean man dies in hospital after neo-Nazi attack 26 Daniel Zamudio, a gay 24-year-old Chilean man who was left brain-dead following an attack in Santiago by four alleged members of a neo-Nazi gang, died yesterday in hospital after three weeks in a medically-induced coma. -
25 March 2012Gay man arrested for having gay sex on gay cruise speaks of his ordeal 45 A man from southern California, who was arrested with his partner in the Caribbean island of Dominica for allegedly having sex in public, has said that the couple were subject to taunts, humiliation and inhumane treatment at the hands of their captors. -
23 March 2012Dharun Ravi denies responsibility for suicide of gay room-mate Tyler Clementi 23 In his first interview since being convicted on fifteen charges last week, Dharun Ravi has denied acting out of homophobic hatred, and has said that he never felt uncomfortable with Tyler Clementi’s sexuality. -
22 March 2012US men plead guilty to gay sex charges on Caribbean cruise 29 Two men from California have pleaded guilty to charges of breaking Dominica's anti-gay laws after being spotted having sex on a gay cruise ship.
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22 March 2012Man denies stirring up anti-gay hate with Christian Voice leaflets + A man has denied stirring up hatred against gays by disseminating leaflets for the group Christian Voice. -
22 March 2012Video: Film urges reporting of anti-gay crimes in Hampshire 5 Police in Hampshire have released a new film demonstrating the work of their liaison officers with the gay, bi and trans community and encouraging victims and witnesses of hate crimes to report them.
