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14 May 2013Isle of Man: Methodist minister defends discriminating against lesbian couple who wanted to rent his property 24 A Methodist minister on the Isle of Man has defended refusing to rent out his house to a lesbian couple. -
14 May 2013Russia: Family and friends of male rape beer bottle murder victim say he wasn’t gay 23 The parents of a man who was killed and raped with beer bottles in Russia say the victim was not gay. -
14 May 2013Cyprus: Gay couple dragged from car and beaten by gang of eight 30 A gay couple have been brutally attacked by a group of eight people in Cyprus. -
14 May 2013Scotland: Teacher tells student ‘it’s ok to be gay’ and drunkenly climbs into bed with pupil 35 A male teacher who admitted asking a pupil if he was "camp" and then advising him that it was "ok to be gay these days" has been struck off for indecent conduct. -
13 May 2013US: State of Minnesota legalises equal marriage as bill passes in Senate 25 Minnesota is to become the twelfth US state to legalise equal marriage, as its Senate today voted in favour of a measure to make same-sex marriage legal. -
13 May 2013Russia: Identity of man killed and raped with beer bottles revealed 10 A photograph has emerged which is believed to show the 23-year-old gay man tortured and killed in a brutal attack in Russia on Friday.
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13 May 2013Isle of Man Chief Minister: Homophobic landlord who banned lesbian couple shows the law needs to change 15 The Chief Minister of the Isle of Man has criticised a landlord for preventing a lesbian couple from renting a flat due to their sexuality. -
13 May 2013Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans’ House of Commons duties put on hold + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, will not resume his duties in the chamber while police continue to investigate allegations against him. -
13 May 2013Poll: Two thirds of Americans wrongly think a majority in the US oppose equal marriage 9 A new poll has found that despite there being 53% of Americans who support legal recognition of equal marriage, two thirds of US citizens hold the perception that overall the US public is opposed to same-sex marriage. -
13 May 2013Lithuanian Bishops: European convention on domestic violence will promote homosexuality and ‘transsexualism’ 15 Bishops in Lithuania have urged their government not to sign a Council of Europe (COE) convention tackling domestic violence, as they claim it will lead to homosexuality and "transsexualism" being promoted in schools. -
13 May 2013Ohio: Police charge man over murder of trans woman 2 Police in the US state of Ohio have charged a man in connection with the murder of a trans woman. -
13 May 2013US: Rainbow flags flown on Minnesota ‘Freedom to Marry Bridge’ ahead of Senate vote on equal marriage 4 Rainbow flags are being flown in St Paul, Minnesota ahead of today's Senate vote on equal marriage, and the city's mayor has renamed a bridge Freedom to Marry Bridge, in support of the measure. -
13 May 2013Russia: Activists claim St Petersburg officials have sanctioned IDAHO rally 2 LGBT activists in Russia have announced that St Petersburg will take part in the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), despite a law banning "homosexual propaganda" in the city. -
13 May 2013Tory MP Nadine Dorries: ‘The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage’ 90 Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says the government’s same-sex marriage bill will take the “sex out of marriage” and wonders whether a sister could marry a sister in order to avoid inheritance tax as part of the reform. -
13 May 2013Georgia: Government minister arrested for secretly filming male journalists having a threesome 3 Georgia's deputy interior minister Gela Khvedelidze has admitted posting a video online of three journalists engaging in a threesome. -
13 May 2013Isle of Man: Lesbian couple prevented from renting flat due to homophobic landlord 36 A lesbian couple on the Isle of Man claim they were refused a flat due to their sexuality.
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13 May 2013Northern Ireland: 80% of homophobic crime is not reported 3 Eight out of 10 people who experienced homophobic discrimination in Northern Ireland do not report the crime, a report by the Northern Ireland Equality Commision revealed. -
13 May 2013Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Clare Balding in Bafta wins 2 Gay TV presenters Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Clare Balding all won awards at last night’s Baftas. -
13 May 2013Tory MP David Burrowes: ‘The same-sex marriage bill resembles the shark in Jaws’ 50 Conservative MP David Burrowes has reiterated calls for a referendum on same-sex marriage and warns the bill resembles the shark in the 1970s thriller movie, Jaws. -
13 May 2013Hong Kong: Transgender woman wins right to marry boyfriend in landmark case 4 Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal has ruled in favour of a trans woman seeking the right to marry her boyfriend, ending her three year legal battle.
