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24 April 2013
Anti-gay Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa tweets PinkNews to warn of ‘sodomy’ 64 A notorious homophobic Ugandan pastor responded to news of a new HIV prevention campaign in England by tweeting “stop sodomy” at PinkNews’ Twitter account.
22 April 2013
Paraguay: Politician who called gay people ‘monkeys’ elected president 10 Horacio Cartes, who compared gay people to "monkeys" and threatened to remove his private parts if his son married another man, is now Paraguay’s new president.
22 April 2013
Kent: No further action to be taken over former youth crime commissioner’s anti-gay tweets 6 Former youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown will not face prosecution over homophobic and racist comments she made on Twitter.
16 April 2013
Amal Fashanu: ‘I was getting ready to visit Elton John’s studio when I learnt Justin Fashanu had died’ 6 The niece of gay footballer Justin Fashanu has spoken about the moment she was told her uncle had died.
12 April 2013
London: Christian teacher banned after branding gay people ‘disgusting’ in front of class 80 A classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the “homosexual lifestyle” in front of pupils has been upheld by the High Court.
5 April 2013
Jim Davidson banned from performing at Kent theatre over his anti-gay views 15 Jim Davidson has been told he cannot perform at a theatre in Kent because of his homophobic views.
3 April 2013
Brazil: Anti-gay evangelical politician who believes ‘AIDS is a gay cancer’ appointed to run human rights commission 28 A row has erupted in Brazil after the House of Representatives elected an evangelical politician with homophobic views to run the country's Human Rights and Minority Commission.
29 March 2013
Ex-Leeds player Robbie Rogers: There’s no way I could have stayed in football after coming out as gay 23 Robbie Rogers has explained why coming out as gay meant he had to retire immediately as a professional footballer, saying: "I don't think I would have been able to go training the next day".
14 March 2013
US pastor says gay sex is like ‘plugging an electrical cord into the wrong outlet’ 55 Texas megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress has suggested gay sex is like plugging an electrical cord into the wrong outlet.
13 March 2013
New Jersey: 4 police officers investigated over anti-gay violent rap video 13 Four police officers in Irvington, New Jersey, are under investigation for taking part in a homophobic “gangsta rap” video that includes violent imagery.
13 March 2013
San Francisco official urges street named after anti-gay Lech Walesa to be changed 6 A San Francisco supervisor whose district includes Lech Walesa Street is considering introducing legislation to change its name because of the former Polish president’s recent homophobic remarks.
12 March 2013
Ecuador: Former presidential candidate fined for saying ‘gays are immoral’ 5 A former presidential candidate in Ecuador has been fined around £2,014 for making homophobic comments.
20 February 2013
UK: Islam Channel TV presenter said homosexuality was an ‘evil action’ 20 Evidence has emerged of a presenter on the Islam Channel previously describing homosexuality as an "evil action” – with Ofcom subsequently warning the TV station of the need to take “great care” when “discussing sensitive issues such as sexual orientation”.
22 January 2013
Azealia Banks suggests British journalists should kill themselves 40 Amid her recent homophobic tirade at US celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, rapper Azealia Banks also took the trouble to suggest that two British journalists should kill themselves.
15 January 2013
US Radio Host compares homosexuality to Sandy Hook shooting and alcoholism 18 The host of a Christian information radio station, and the president of an anti-gay organisation in the US, likened homosexuality to alcoholism before comparing homosexual "behaviour" to that of the shooter in the Sandy Hook shooting.
11 January 2013
US: Newark Mayor Cory Booker: I once ‘hated gays’ 11 The mayor of the New Jersey city of Newark, Cory Booker, previously “hated gays” as a young man, according to a 1992 opinion piece republished by the Stanford Daily newspaper this week.
10 January 2013
US: Gay former ambassador forgives Chuck Hagel for anti-gay remarks 2 Former US ambassador James Hormel has forgiven Chuck Hagel for previously describing him as “aggressively gay” and is now supporting his defence secretary nomination.
31 December 2012
Silvio Berlusconi: “I have a lot of gay friends, they’re friendly and funny” 26 Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says his opponents have accused him of everything “except being gay and stealing money from Italians.”
31 December 2012
Jim Davidson: I once had sex with a ladyboy — so I’m not homophobic 67 Ahead of his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, Jim Davidson has sought to play down accusations of being a homophobe by stating that he once had oral sex with a Thai “ladyboy”.
20 December 2012
Anti-gay comedian Jim Davidson signed up for Celebrity Big Brother 34 Jim Davidson, who recently suggested gay entertainers are more likely to be sexual abusers, has been signed up for Celebrity Big Brother – despite previously clashing with the show’s gay current host.

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