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11 June 2013US: Gay 11-year-old succeeds with petition to have award rescinded from ‘Don’t Say Gay’ politician 3 A petition started by an openly gay 11-year-old boy from Tennessee, to revoke an award given to a state Representative who sponsored the state's controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill, has succeeded. -
11 June 2013Russian State Duma gives final approval to law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ 29 Lawmakers in the Russian State Duma have given final approval to a bill to ban "homosexual propaganda" to minors, and the media. -
11 June 2013MPs await Commons debate on sex education amendment 6 MPs in support of a Labour amendment for more comprehensive sex and relationship education in schools hope they’ll be enough parliamentary time to allow for a debate and vote. -
11 June 2013US: Gay couple to receive $147,000 in damages for harassment by apartment maintenance staff 3 The management company of an apartment complex in the US state of Iowa has been ordered to pay a substantial amount in damages to a gay couple who were discriminated against by an on-site maintenance man, and others who refused to stop the harassment. -
11 June 2013Russia: Protesters detained as lawmakers look set to pass law banning ‘gay propaganda’ 2 The State Duma in Russia looks set to give final approval to a law which would ban "homosexual propaganda" to minors, and includes harsh punishments including jail time and fines. -
11 June 2013Pope Francis: There is a ‘gay lobby’ at the heart of the Vatican ‘it exists’ 48 Pope Francis has admitted to the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Curia, according to AFP. -
11 June 2013Mother of murdered gay teen Michael Causer hopes to raise £1 million in order to open LGBT hostel 7 The mother of gay teenager Michael Causer who was killed in 2008 says she hopes to raise £1 million in order to open a hostel for vulnerable LGBT young people aged between 16-25. -
11 June 2013Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce: I’m called a ‘homophobe’ and ‘Uncle Tom’ for opposing equal marriage 102 As part of a feature for the BBC News website entitled “The gay people against gay marriage” Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce says his opposition to equal marriage means he’s denounced by his critics as a “homophobe and Uncle Tom”. -
11 June 2013Zambia: Gay couple facing sodomy allegations go on trial 4 A gay couple “charged with the offence of sodomy or having sex against the order of nature contrary to the laws of Zambia” have gone on trial. -
10 June 2013France: Man faces preliminary manslaughter charge over death of Clement Meric 14 A man is facing preliminary charges of manslaughter over the death of anti-fascist protester Clement Meric last week. -
10 June 2013Russia: LGBT film festival fined under ‘foreign agent’ laws 7 A Russian LGBT film festival has been targeted under "foreign agent" laws, and fined a substantial amount for allegedly failing to declare foreign funding, which organisers deny having received. -
10 June 2013Russia: State Duma could ban foreign same-sex adoption ‘as early as next week’ 5 The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, could move to approve an amendment which would ban the adoption of Russian children by foreign same-sex couples, "as early as next week."
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10 June 2013National AIDS Trust welcomes Labour’s call for LGBT inclusive sex education 5 The chief executive of the National AIDS Trust has welcomed calls by the Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education in schools and says it could help in the fight against ever rising HIV infections. -
10 June 2013Buckingham Palace consulted in debate over same-sex marriages in Westminster chapel 11 Buckingham Palace has been drawn into the debate around whether or not equal marriage ceremonies should take place at a chapel within the Palace of Westminster. -
10 June 2013US: Conservative group praises Nigeria for ‘fighting back’ with anti-gay laws 20 A conservative group in the US has praised Nigeria for “taking bold steps to fight back” against measures “to subvert public morality," though introducing new, harsher, anti-gay laws. -
10 June 2013Tory MP Andrew Bridgen: Equal marriage is the last straw, Cameron has to go 35 Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen says Prime Minister David Cameron’s championing of equal marriage "has fuelled the rise of UKIP" and he has asked for a no confidence vote. -
10 June 2013UK: Man accused of raping trans charity worker to face new trial after jury fail to reach verdict + A man accused of raping a trans woman more than 10 years ago in north London will face a second trial after the jury in his first trial were unable to reach a verdict. -
10 June 2013Scotland: Catholic adoption charity to start legal challenge against same-sex adoption ruling 38 The chairman of a Scottish Catholic adoption charity which was recently told it must accept applications from same-sex couples, or risk losing its charity status, has called the raising of children by gay couples "a terrible social experiment". -
10 June 2013Yvette Cooper: Young gay men face ‘huge mental health problems’ and we need stronger LGBT inclusive sex education 22 Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that the government needs to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education a statutory requirement in order to address the health challenges faced by LGBT students. -
10 June 2013Police investigate explosion at gay MP’s constituency office 3 Lincolnshire Police has launched an investigation following a minor explosion at the constituency office of gay Conservative MP Nick Boles.
