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23 May 2013
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship 20 Campaigners have condemned the arrest and expulsion of a lesbian high school pupil for having a same-sex relationship with a younger student.
20 May 2013
Czech President Milos Zeman criticised for homophobic snub of gay academic 8 The president of the Czech Republic has been criticised over claims he refused to honour an academic with a title because the man in question is also a gay rights activist.
2 May 2013
US: Anti-gay pastor Greg Laurie to lead National Day of Prayer events at the Pentagon 5 LGBT campaigners say a pastor who has preached against equal marriage shouldn't be allowed to lead today’s National Day of Prayer events at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill.
30 April 2013
John Amaechi: The NBA is light years ahead of British football when it comes to dealing with gay players 8 British football still has a long way to go in accepting gay players, retired basketball star John Amaechi has said.
23 April 2013
US: Government says Family Research Council shooter should get 45 years 9 Prosecutors say Floyd Corkins who planned a mass killing at the headquarters of an anti-gay Christian lobbying group should spend 45 years in prison.
23 April 2013
France: Water cannons deployed in Paris ahead of same-sex marriage vote 35 Security is being stepped up around France’s National Assembly building in Paris ahead of today's landmark equal marriage vote.
19 April 2013
Boy Scouts of America proposes dropping gay ban for youth members but retaining it for gay adult leaders 21 The Boy Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban on gay youth members but continue to exclude gay adults as leaders.
15 April 2013
Anti-gay marriage protest takes place in Puerto Rico 5 Hundreds of people have marched in Puerto Rico to demand that the governor approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
12 April 2013
French Senate backs same-sex marriage bill 22 French lawmakers have approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
3 April 2013
US: Transgender father Thomas Beatie to challenge divorce ruling 6 A transgender man whose divorce request was rejected by an Arizona judge says he will continue with his legal fight.
21 March 2013
Somalia: Man stoned to death for alleged sexual act with teenage boy 20 Reports out of Somalia say a man has been stoned to death for carrying out an alleged sexual act with a 13-year-old boy.
20 March 2013
Puerto Rico Government signals support for gay adoption 1 Puerto Rico's government is supporting an effort to overturn a ban on gay couples adopting children.
20 March 2013
Canadian gay porn actor accused of murdering Chinese lover collapses in court 4 A Canadian gay porn actor accused of killing and dismembering his Chinese lover collapsed in court yesterday.
19 March 2013
Florida: State appeals court makes key ruling in Facebook gay hate case + In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court has ruled that posting threats on one's personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.
15 March 2013
Dutch lesbian foster couple go into hiding with son after Turkish protests 11 A Dutch lesbian couple has gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents went on television in Turkey and said that they consider the pair morally unfit to take care of their child.
7 March 2013
Massachusetts: School faces backlash and accusations of ‘blasphemy’ for staging gay biblical play 16 The head of a school in the US state of Massachusetts says a student production of a play that retells the biblical story of Genesis with gay characters will go on as planned despite objections.
22 February 2013
Associated Press style guide allows ‘husband’ or ‘wife’ to be used for gay married couples 4 The Associated Press has updated its guidelines on reporting on same-sex married couples, saying that the words "husband" or "wife" were acceptable, despite sending a memo earlier in February saying "generally" those terms should not be used.
21 February 2013
GLAAD: ‘What the hell is going on with the Associated Press guidance on gay couples?’ 14 The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has struck out at the Associated Press over a recent announcement that it would uphold guidelines published on 11 February that stated that reporters should “generally” not refer to same-sex married couples as “husbands” or “wives”.
15 February 2013
Ohio: Killer who met victim in gay bar to be executed in 2015 25 The Ohio Supreme Court has set a 2015 execution date for a condemned inmate who killed a man in Cincinnati whom he met in a gay bar 27 years ago.
15 February 2013
Associated Press reaffirms that gay married couples are ‘partners’ rather than ‘husbands’ and ‘wives’ in face of criticism 11 The Associated Press say that telling their reporters to call same-sex married couples "partners" instead of "husbands" or "wives" reflects existing practice, attracting criticism from LGBT groups.

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