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6 January 2012Gareth Thomas joins mixed line-up in Celebrity Big Brother 30 The rugby star joined contestants of varying levels of fame for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother, but was not the only housemate MC Romeo Dunn thought was gay. -
5 January 2012Former tennis star Margaret Court “does not hate homosexual people” 79 One-time world champion tennis star Margaret Court has denied she "hates" gays, saying she has them in her church and works with them, but has added that young people "need to know it's a choice". -
22 December 2011Football stewards “will wear headcams” to prevent homophobic abuse 23 Officials at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium in London have confirmed they will wear head-mounted video cameras to monitor abusive chants at a match tonight. -
20 December 2011Caution follows further homophobic taunts at Brighton football match 10 A London football fan who shouted homophobic abuse at a Brighton football match has been formally cautioned after discussing the incident in an online forum. -
15 December 2011Former tennis star Margaret Court serves up controversy over gay marriage 93 Margaret Court, once the world's number one female tennis player, well-known for her anti-gay views, has sparked a heated row with other former champions after saying gays were "aggressively demanding marriage rights that are not theirs to take."
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12 December 2011Fans say football clubs and agents to blame for lack of gay players 30 A survey of 3,500 football fans says they blame football agents and clubs for the lack of openly gay players.
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1 December 2011Rugby stars don red boxers in order to ‘Stand Up, Stand Out’ 33 Rugby stars and celebrities have lent their support to a campaign which urges the public to help support people living with HIV by wearing red this December. -
30 November 2011Italian Footballers’ Association head “would not recommend coming out” to players 20 The President of the Italian Footballers' Association Damiano Tommasi has suggested gay players keep their sexuality quiet, because the sport is "different to every other profession". -
30 November 2011Rugby star Sacha Harding bares all for Elton John AIDS appeal 10 Sacha Harding has posed nude for the front cover of Gay Times magazine to support Sir Elton John’s AIDS charity campaign. -
29 November 2011Gay softball league settles out of court with bisexual players 5 Three men on a team disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series because it was thought to have too many straight players have been paid an undisclosed sum by the organisers. -
24 November 2011Rourke in training with gay rugby club for Gareth Thomas film 39 The 59-year-old is hard at work producing and starring in a film about the world's first openly gay professional rugby player. -
24 November 2011Bradford Bulls rugby player warned over shirtless photo shoot comment 15 Elliott Whitehead had said Stuart Reardon's shirtless photo shoot in Australian DNA magazine "really let the bradford bus down [sic]". -
23 November 2011Ospreys fine Kristian Phillips for gay slur tweet after “genuine remorse” 17 Welsh rugby team have issued an undisclosed fine to the 21-year-old wing for describing a Big Brother contestant as a "faggot". -
22 November 2011London Wasps sign UK government’s anti-homophobia charter 6 The Equalities Minister Lynn Featherstone has congratulated the club for signing the charter and said: “I applaud them for doing so".
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22 November 2011Two charged in Southampton after homophobic football chants 5 Two people were arrested at the weekend by Hampshire police for chanting homophobic abuse at the Brighton & Hove Albion football team.
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21 November 2011Public competition to design anti-homophobia Charter for Action logo 13 The governmental campaign to tackle homophobia in sport is seeking designs from the public to show "inclusion and respect". -
21 November 2011Southampton FC fans arrested for homophobic chants during match 8 Hampshire Police were praised for taking action against homophobic chants at a Brighton away game yesterday.
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18 November 2011LGBT History month 2012 to focus on homophobia in sport 27 Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone will be answering questions about the government's plans for tackling homophobia at a pre-launch event on Monday.
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17 November 2011Ospreys will investigate Kristian Phillips’ alleged gay slur tweet 21 Ospreys will investigate tweet from player's account which appeared to call a Big Brother contestant a "faggot".
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16 November 2011Footballer fined £1,200 for “fully homophobic” tweet 22 Hope Akpan denies sending the tweet himself, claiming a member of his family was responsible, and said he had "no option but to plead guilty".
