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30 April 2013Brazil: Catholic priest excommunicated after resigning over church opposition to homosexuality 23 A Catholic priest in Brazil has been excommunicated after he publicly resigned in protest against the church's opposition to gay rights. -
19 April 2013Brazil: Court rules that gay couples can marry in Rio de Janeiro state 17 A court in Rio de Janeiro means that the state is the 11th in Brazil to recognise same-sex marriages, although there are conflicting reports about the way that the judgement will be applied. -
11 April 2013Uruguay votes to make same-sex marriage legal nationwide 15 Uruguay is to become the 12th country in the world to make it legal for same-sex couples to marry nationwide after Congress ratified a bill passed last week in the Senate. -
3 April 2013Brazil: 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. -
3 April 2013Joey Barton makes transphobic ‘ladyboy’ Twitter slur at Brazilian footballer 18 English footballer Joey Barton, currently playing for Olympique de Marseilles, lashed out with transphobic comments about Brazilian player Thiago Silva on Twitter today. -
5 March 2013Survey: 338 LGBT Brazilians murdered in 2012 a rise of 26% 8 Latest research out of Brazil shows once again the country continues to have the highest murder rate for LGBT people in the world - and recorded murders in Brazil's trans community are particularly high with more than 125 taking place last year. -
17 January 2013Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore attacks PinkNews 87 Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has launched an outspoken attack on PinkNews after it published a story about the killing of a trans woman in Brazil. -
16 January 2013Reports: Brazilian transwoman shot dead 54 It's being reported that a transwoman has been shot dead in Brazil. -
14 January 2013Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore apologises for ‘Brazilian transsexual’ remark 28 Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has returned to Twitter and apologised for some of her controversial comments about the trans community.
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11 January 2013Comment: I wish the Guardian’s Suzanne Moore would stop digging 18 In a comment piece for PinkNews, Zoe Stavri argues that Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore should apologise for her recent transphobic outburst. -
21 December 2012Brazil: Court ruling means all gay couples can legally marry in the state of São Paulo 9 Earlier this week, a judge in the Brazilian state of São Paulo has ruled that gay couples in civil unions will no longer have to apply to the courts to have their relationships 'upgraded' to marriages.
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14 December 2012Brazilian student strangled to death with seatbelt in homophobic murder 10 Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old student in Brazil, with one of the suspects declaring: “He wanted to kiss me and I wanted to kill him.” -
19 November 2012Over a million party in Rio for gay pride 4 More than a million people took part in Rio’s annual gay pride celebrations over the weekend. -
8 October 2012Italy: Police break trans prostitution ring 10 Italian police say they have broken a prostitution ring which brought transgender people from Latin America into the country. -
30 August 2012Brazil: Gay father granted full “maternity” leave 7 A government agency in Brazil has granted the full allotment of "maternity" leave to a gay man in a civil partnership, who has adopted a child.
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4 July 2012South Africa and Brazil demand UN action on gay rights 17 United Nations ambassadors for South Africa and Brazil have demanded more action and discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity as part as universal human rights standards, and to combat hate crimes. -
21 June 2012Brazil: Bar warned for discriminating against lesbian couple 1 A bar in the city of Teresina, Brazil was issued with an administrative warning for having discriminated against a lesbian couple. -
18 June 2012Rio: Gay and Jewish protesters oppose visit by Iranian president 11 Gay and Jewish protesters joined together to march in Rio de Janeiro this weekend to protest a visit by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. -
11 June 2012Millions attend Sao Paolo’s gay pride parade 19 Organisers estimated more than three million people were to join Sao Paolo's pride parade yesterday in the world’s biggest celebration of gay culture. -
25 January 2012Sao Paulo Metro launches campaign to combat homophobia 4 The Brazilian State of São Paulo in partnership with the São Paulo City Metro (Underground) launched yesterday a campaign to combat homophobia entitled: “See beyond prejudice.
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Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate19
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a ‘s**t’ than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed14
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UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’36
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe12
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Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
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US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins51
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 49
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 88- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row7
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140- Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed14
- UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 36
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault140
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage88
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
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Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
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