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14 May 2013
Ukraine: Parliament drops gay anti-discrimination bill as hundreds protest against it 6 A bill to protect gay Ukrainian workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation has been dropped by the country's parliament, as hundreds of anti-gay protesters gathered to demonstrate against it.
14 May 2013
Isle of Man: Methodist minister defends discriminating against lesbian couple who wanted to rent his property 24 A Methodist minister on the Isle of Man has defended refusing to rent out his house to a lesbian couple.
13 May 2013
Isle of Man Chief Minister: Homophobic landlord who banned lesbian couple shows the law needs to change 15 The Chief Minister of the Isle of Man has criticised a landlord for preventing a lesbian couple from renting a flat due to their sexuality.
13 May 2013
Isle of Man: Lesbian couple prevented from renting flat due to homophobic landlord 36 A lesbian couple on the Isle of Man claim they were refused a flat due to their sexuality.
9 May 2013
Poll: Most Americans support lifting ban on gay scouts and on gay adult leaders 1 63% of Americans support allowing gay scouts to join the Boy Scouts of America, according to a new poll.
2 May 2013
New Zealand: McDonald’s worker told ‘If you turn anyone else in the store gay, I will punish you’ 18 It emerged during a New Zealand protest against conditions for workers of fast food chain McDonald's that gay staff members faced discrimination and harassment, with one man claiming several coworkers had left their jobs over the problem.
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.
1 May 2013
Ohio: Catholic bishop defends sacking of lesbian teacher 22 Bishop Frederick Campbell said that maintaining the Catholic values of the institutions under his guidance explained why Carla Hale had to go.
26 April 2013
MEPs welcome European Court of Justice ruling on anti-gay Romanian football owner George Becali 7 A European Court of Justice preliminary ruling on the homophobic conduct of a football club owner in Romania has been welcomed by MEPs.
25 April 2013
Romanian football club asked to prove it’s not homophobic with patron saying gays ‘must be kept in enclosures’ 14 The European Court of Justice has criticised Romanian football club, Steaua Bucarest, over years of homophobic comments from its patron and former MEP George Becali.
25 April 2013
US radio host: It was right for school to discriminate against gay teacher, like they would against a shoplifter 16 Bryan Fischer a US radio host, and spokesman for the American Family Association, has weighed in on the debate around a gay teacher who was fired by a Catholic school for naming her same-sex partner in her mother's obituary.
25 April 2013
Oregon: Gay former principal close to resolving legal dispute with school district 2 A gay principal in Oregon who says he has been forced to quit his job because of homophobic discrimination is said to be close to resolving a legal dispute.
17 April 2013
Texas: El Paso Senator Jose Rodriguez urges repeal of sodomy law 2 A Democratic lawmaker is proposing that Texas repeals an anti-gay law overturned by the US Supreme Court a decade ago.
16 April 2013
US: Texas bill introduced to tackle anti-LGBT workplace discrimination 2 A bill to combat discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation, has been introduced in the US State of Texas, and despite knowing it is unlikely to pass, the bill's proponents hope it will spark a discussion on the issue.
5 April 2013
Texas: Gay HIV positive student subjected to poster smear campaign 19 Police in Texas have launched an investigation after flyers surfaced on a university campus detailing the HIV status of a gay student.
21 March 2013
Cornwall: Anti-gay Christian B&B couple claim they can legally turn away gay couples 112 Two Christian guesthouse say they can now legally turn away unmarried straight and gay couples.
10 March 2013
Peter Tatchell: The Queen’s silence on gay rights excludes and disrespects gay people 82 Peter Tatchell writes that, although the Commonwealth Charter implicitly condemns homophobic discrimination, the Queen's lack of specific recognition of the LGBT community is a signal of exclusion and disrespect.
8 March 2013
Oregon: Principal claims he’s losing his job for being gay 5 A gay principal in the US state of Oregon says he’s losing his job at a school due to his sexuality.
25 February 2013
Thistle apologise to gay couple forced to take twin room at London hotel 39 A gay couple claim that a receptionist at a Thistle hotel refused to let them stay in a double room.
14 February 2013
37 US Senators urge President Obama to outlaw homophobic discrimination by federal contractors + President Obama is under pressure to issue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.

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