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16 May 2013
Stonewall Housing marks 30 years of supporting LGBT people at risk of homelessness 6 UK organisation Stonewall Housing mark their 30th year of operation from this month, but their leaders say there is too much work still to do to celebrate.
26 April 2013
National AIDS Trust: Tweet us your ‘birds and bees’ cupcakes 47 National AIDS Trust (NAT) is holding a 'birds and bees'-themed competition to get people talking about safer sex and HIV, as part of the Bake Aware campaign.
20 April 2013
Lord Browne: I am still surprised at how cautious businesses are in accepting diversity 15 Lord Browne, the former Chief Executive of BP, has spoken out about a current lack of acceptance of diversity in the world of business, and said that for years he was scared to come out as gay.
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.
10 April 2013
Video: Israeli gay couple in YouTube plea for help to start a family 4 A gay couple in Israel have started a campaign, asking for help to start a family after spending their entire savings on several failed surrogacy and adoption attempts, as Israel forbids surrogacy for gay couples.
14 March 2013
US: Chick-fil-A foundation’s tax filings show anti-LGBT donations almost doubled in 2011 5 Despite reports that chicken restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, had ceased giving money to organisations opposed to equal marriage and LGBT rights, the company's most recent tax filings suggest it has actually increased the amount it gives.
6 March 2013
Ruling upheld that Scottish Catholic charity must accept adoption applications from gay couples 20 A ruling by the Scottish Charity Regulator that a Catholic adoption charity was unlawfully discriminating against gay people by refusing to accept applications from unmarried couples, has been upheld.
12 February 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust launches extensive online trans health service + UK HIV and sexual health charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), announces its launch of a new health and wellbeing advice service for transgender people.
23 January 2013
Scottish Catholic charity must accept adoption applications from gay couples – says regulator 25 A ruling by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has said that a Catholic adoption agency must accept applications from gay couples, or risk losing its charity status.
21 January 2013
Australia: City council faces backlash for telling LGBT charity not to display ‘offensive’ banner 27 A city council in Australia is facing criticism after asking an LGBT support charity to take down signage displayed at a family festival, as it was deemed "offensive".
12 December 2012
Scotland: Charity regulator called in to settle gay clergy row 6 The charity regulator has been called in to settle a divide between a Kirk, and the Church of Scotland, arising from the issue of allowing gay clergy to serve.
10 December 2012
US: Merck Foundation ceases funding for Boy Scouts of America 14 The charitable arm of a pharmaceutical and health company has ceased donations to the Boy Scouts of America due to its anti-gay policy for volunteers, members, and staff.
18 October 2012
Anne Hathaway to donate wedding picture profits to equal marriage charities 15 Anne Hathaway has pledged a portion of the money made from the sale of her wedding pictures towards supporting equal marriage.
20 June 2012
Uganda to dissolve 38 NGOs which ‘promote homosexuality’ 49 Uganda is reportedly set to dissolve 38 non-governmental organisations in the African state who it believes are promoting homosexuality and 'recruiting' people into a gay lifestyle.
30 May 2012
Gay Sports Day to return this year following London Olympics 6 The Gay Sports Day will return for 2012, slipping in to the capital's summer's calendar between the London Olympic and Paralympic games on the August Bank Holiday.
25 May 2012
HIV charity closure hits North West’s LGBT community 149 Hundreds of people in Greater Manchester and beyond are now in need of support after a major HIV charity lost more than £1.5million over five years.
27 April 2012
Speaker John Bercow to join Brighton Equality Walk 7 Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow will be joining hundreds of Stonewall supporters on the ninth annual Brighton Equality Walk on Bank Holiday Sunday 6 May.
24 April 2012
Comment: Acting on homophobia with Pink Triangle Theatre 2 Paul Burgess, founder of Pink Triangle Theatre, writes about the group's work tackling homophobia in schools, colleges, universities, libraries, theatres and prisons.
23 March 2012
Peter Tatchell and Sun’s Dear Deidre columnist new FFLAG patrons 5 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Deidre Sanders of The Sun's agony aunt column Dear Deidre and psychologist Professor Ian Rivers have become patrons of FFLAG.
23 March 2012
Stonewall unveils Facebook Timeline of key gay events since 1989 4 Stonewall had relaunched its Facebook page utilising the new timeline facility to record key moments for the gay community's struggle for equality since its foundation in 1989.

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