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3 May 2012Tennis stars Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong sign anti-homophobia Sports Charter 3 British tennis champions have signed up to the government's Sports Charter on tackling homophobia and transphobia in sport. -
28 April 2012Ray-Ban campaign features gay couple 18 The eyewear designer, Ray-Ban, has introduced an advertisement that features a gay couple holding hands as part of their 75th anniversary campaign. -
25 April 2012Germany: Gay golfers to return for eighth annual tournament later this year + Europe’s largest gay and lesbian golf tournament, the German-Rainbow-Open, will return for an eighth year this September. -
19 April 2012‘Out’ magazine lays off its entire editorial team 8 The US-based gay lifestyle 'Out,' will lay off its entire editorial staff with one month's severance as of tomorrow, Capital New York reports. -
18 April 2012Matthew Mitcham happy to be seen as an LGBT icon 12 The Australian Olympic champion, Matthew Mitcham, has said that he's happy to be seen as an icon for the LGBT community, and did not mind the attention that would be drawn to his personal life as a result. -
13 April 2012Analysis: The multi-million pound ‘gay divorce’ 6 Brenda Long writes that though civil partners can be assured the principles of dissolution are the same as divorce, this brings its own set of issues. -
10 April 2012Video: New York University Athletics department makes It Gets Better film 8 New York University Athletics Department has released a poignant It Gets Better video to support the work of the Trevor Project. -
4 April 2012Welsh council hopeful apologises after comparing rugby with gay porn 45 A Labour council candidate in Wales has apologised for a series of tweets that left him accused of sexism and one which jokingly compared rugby with gay porn. -
3 April 2012German football club bans fans for anti-gay sign 7 A German football club has banned fans who displayed a homophobic banner from the stands during a league match. -
2 April 2012Comment: What is ‘gay’? 89 As we abandon terms like 'gay marriage,' and seek greater equality and assimilation in society, Edmund Broch asks a question that is all the more fundamental. -
1 April 2012Schwarzenegger to replace Mickey Rourke as gay rugby player Gareth Thomas in film 40 Following Mickey Rourke's decision to pull out of his role as gay Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas in a new biopic, Arnold Schwarzenegger has emerged as his replacement to star in the film. -
30 March 2012Connecticut man alleges past gay relationship with American baseball star 21 A man in Hartford, Connecticut is being investigated by the police after allegedly threatening Carl Pavano, an American baseball star who plays for Minnesota Twins, with the revelation that the pair had an gay relationship in high school. -
30 March 2012Nepal to host national LGBT games 10 This September, Nepal is set to host the country's first - and indeed Asia's first - national games for LGBT persons. -
28 March 2012US footballer suspended and fined for homophobic tweet 11 Colin Clark, the Houston Dynamo midfielder who was heard using an offensive homophobic slur against a ball boy, has been suspended for three games and given an undisclosed fine by Major League Soccer. -
27 March 2012New play about gay boxer to open at Albany Theatre 3 A new high-impact, one-man show about a boxer facing his toughest opponent yet - his sexuality - is set to open at the Albany Theatre in Deptford, south-east London, having won five 5-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe. -
26 March 2012Mickey Rourke pulls out of Gareth Thomas biopic 30 Mickey Rourke has pulled out of his role as gay Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas in a new biopic after suffering problems during his stunt training for the film. -
26 March 2012Video: French footballers’ ‘kiss’ goes viral and sparks new discussion about homophobia on the pitch 29 A video clip of two French international footballers apparently kissing in front of a packed stadium has gone viral and entranced the French media. -
24 March 2012American footballer apologises for gay slur 14 Colin Clark, the midfielder for Houston Dynamo, has apologised for using a homophobic slur against a ball boy, who refused to throw the ball back to him during Friday’s game with the Seattle Sounders. -
22 March 2012New anti-homophobia Sports Charter logo unveiled 5 The logo for the government's pro-LGBT sports initiative was unveiled today, coinciding with the anniversary of the Sports Charter's launch. -
22 March 2012Council to consider official gay quarter for Leeds 29 Leeds City Council will address a motion to formally recognise its gay quarter next week.
