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6 August 2012London: Police urge ‘extreme care’ to gay club drug users after death in Vauxhall 59 Police have urged recreational drug users in the capital to be 'extremely careful' after a man died and two others were hospitalised this weekend after nights out at Vauxhall's gay clubs. -
6 August 2012Annual Men’s Health survey ‘assumes readers are straight’ 46 A fitness magazine for men has been accused of ignoring its gay and bisexual readers after its annual reader survey assumed all respondents were straight. -
3 August 2012Tom Daley gay hate tweet footballer arrested 296 A footballer in South Wales has been arrested following an anti-gay tweet about Olympic divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield. -
2 August 2012Video: Diver Greg Louganis ‘did not think he would see 30′ after HIV diagnosis 2 Olympic diver Greg Louganis has said at the time of his diagnoses with HIV in 1988 he believed he would not live to the age of 30. -
1 August 2012Olympics accused of lack of action against discrimination ahead of LGBT sports event 21 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has once again called on the International Olympic Committee to take decisive action against homophobic and transphobic discrimination, ahead of an LGBT sports event planned for this Saturday. -
1 August 2012Call for policing guidance after Tom Daley gay hate and death threat tweets 51 Following threatening and anti-gay tweets sent to young British diver Tom Daley, police have said they are currently forced to 'make it up as they go along' in Twitter abuse cases, as the 17-year-old behind the original message received anti-gay abuse from the public. -
31 July 2012South African archer comes out at Olympics 10 South African archer Karen Hultzer has confirmed for the first time she is a lesbian at the London Olympics. -
31 July 2012Comment: Why are there so few openly gay athletes at London 2012? 80 If there were truly enough gay athletes arriving at the capital to crash Grindr, Professor Gregory Woods asks why only twenty or so are open about their sexual orientation at this year's Olympics. -
31 July 2012Welsh footballer’s account sends Tom Daley ‘prank’ anti-gay tweet 64 A Welsh footballer's Twitter stream featured an anti-gay comment about British divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield after they narrowly missed out on a medal at the Olympics yesterday. -
27 July 2012Gay football network chair among final Olympic torchbearers 5 The chair of the Gay Football Supporters' Network was among the final Olympic torch bearers yesterday as the flame made its way to the capital. -
26 July 2012Comment: Sport and spectacle – the queer side of the Olympics 9 Gregory Woods examines some notable opening and closing ceremonies from Olympics past and reasons that there is 'something distinctly queer' about the Games. -
24 July 2012Hate crime vigils organiser brings Olympic torch to Soho 6 The organiser of the 17-24-30 hate crime vigils paused with his Olympic torch in Soho yesterday to remember victims of anti-gay crimes after running in the official relay in south London. -
22 July 2012Tabloid claims global Grindr outage caused by overactive Olympic athletes 29 The arrival of thousands of athletes and their national support staff caused the gay networking app Grindr to crash a British tabloid newspaper claims. -
20 July 2012Protest planned over anti-gay Olympic states 19 A protest is being planned outside an International Olympic Committee meeting this weekend to petition it to disqualify states which discriminate against citizens on the grounds of sexual orientation in sport. -
20 July 2012Footballer Antonio Cassano fined €15,000 after hoping for ‘no gays on Italy squad’ 25 Italian striker Antonio Cassano has been fined €15,000 for anti-gay comments he made in the run-up to the Euro 2012 championships. -
20 July 2012Gay rugby club chair joins Olympic torch relay in London this weekend + The chairman of the London inclusive gay rugby club the King's Cross Steelers will carry the Olympic torch this weekend. -
19 July 201214 openly gay and lesbian athletes to compete in London Olympics 47 At least 14 out gay and lesbian athletes will be competing in London's Olympic Games. -
19 July 2012EU backs exhibition at new Pride House for London Olympics 1 The European Union has pledged financial support for an exhibition on pioneering gay sport figures at the newly-resurrected Pride House 2012. -
19 July 2012Man donates Olympic torch for anti-homophobia theatre workshops 2 An Olympic torch-bearer from Oldham has donated his torch to the gay Pink Triangle Theatre he co-founded for use in its workshops tackling homophobia in schools. -
18 July 2012Letter demands anti-gay state ultimatum before Olympics 30 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has renewed calls for Olympic chiefs to ban anti-gay nations from the London Games and enforce the Olympic Charter by offering visiting nations the chance to renounce discrimination.
