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15 May 2013
London: Catholic head teacher denies asking Stonewall to visit school over claims student called shoes ‘gay’ 11 A head teacher has denied reports that gay rights charity Stonewall were called in to her school because of claims a child called a fellow pupil’s shoes "gay" in a playground.
15 May 2013
Labour MP Diane Abbott: ‘Crisis of masculinity is leading to the normalisation of homophobia’ 21 Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott believes British men are facing a “crisis of masculinity” brought on by economic anxiety, which is contributing to the “normalisation of homophobia”.
2 May 2013
New Jersey: Lesbian detective seeks $2.5 million in damages in homophobic discrimination claim 4 A New Jersey lesbian detective claims a supervisor sexually harassed her by making homophobic comments and is seeking $2.5 million in damages.
25 April 2013
UK: Stonewall anti-gay bullying posters translated into Hebrew for use in Jewish faith schools 4 Stonewall’s anti-gay bullying posters have been translated into Hebrew for use as a modern language resource in Jewish faith schools.
12 April 2013
London: Stonewall celebrity dinner raises £394,000 9 Over 500 guests, including celebrities and politicians, attended Stonewall’s annual Equality Dinner at London’s Dorchester Hotel last night.
2 April 2013
Texas: Parents of gay teenage suicide victim drop school district lawsuit 8 The parents of gay teenage suicide victim Asher Brown have decided to drop their lawsuit against their son's former school district.
2 April 2013
NUT urges for sex education to be made statutory in order to tackle homophobic bullying 8 The government’s decision to maintain sex education as a non-statutory subject has been criticised by the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers.
21 March 2013
UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report 4 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.”
19 March 2013
Study: Gay US student athletes twice as likely to get bullied compared to heterosexuals 2 Gay student athletes are twice as likely to get bullied compared to their straight teammates, and one in four said they felt pressured to remain silent about their sexual identity, according to a new survey in the US.
26 February 2013
Rugby star Ben Cohen tells MPs that more needs to be done to combat homophobia in sport 9 Rugby star Ben Cohen has told MPs at a parliamentary event that sport has a huge role to play in reducing anti-gay bullying.
21 February 2013
Study: 75% of US bullied LGBT gym class students feel unable to tell a teacher 3 Research by a gay support group in the US has found more than a quarter of LGBT student athletes report being harassed or assaulted while playing on a school sports team.
14 February 2013
London LGBT charity PACE launches new online mental health service 2 PACE, London’s leading charity promoting the mental health and wellbeing of the LGBT community, is launching an additional online service.
14 February 2013
Homophobic bullying study results suggest: ‘It does get better — but not by enough’ 4 A new study suggests many gay and bisexual teenagers who are bullied at a younger age – are picked on less by the time they reach 19 – but they still remain disproportionately affected by the problem.
7 February 2013
Comment: I’m 16, bisexual, and none of my family knows 20 A bisexual student shares his experiences of living in the South West of England and attending an all boy’s school – where it can be very hard to be open about your sexuality.
4 February 2013
US: University unveils memorial centre plan for gay student suicide victim Tyler Clementi 1 A university in New Jersey plans to create a centre named after Tyler Clementi, the gay student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him kissing another man.
30 January 2013
US: Gay teen taken off life support after hanging himself because of homophobic bullying 52 A 15-year-old gay teenager has been taken off life support, after hanging himself in a local school playground after being bullied because he was gay.
25 January 2013
Comment: The same-sex marriage bill isn’t the end of the journey towards gay rights 53 Chris Ashford, Reader in Law and Society at the University of Sunderland analyses the Marriage (Same sex Couples) Bill for PinkNews and argues that despite first appearances, it isn't the final piece of the jigsaw to achieving gay equality.
12 January 2013
Britain’s Got Talent choir star opens up about homophobic cyber-bullying 4 A star member of an all boys' choir has spoken out for the first time about the homophobic cyber bullying he was subjected to for years.
31 December 2012
Welsh local authorities criticised for failing to record anti-gay school bullying 2 The leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood says there needs to be greater consistency in the way homophobic school bullying is recorded by local authorities in Wales.
14 December 2012
Barnardo’s: Changing the law on marriage will benefit children and gay parents 7 The Chief Executive of Barnardo’s, Anne Marie Carrie, has welcomed the government’s decision to allow gay couples to marry from 2013.

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