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18 May 2012
Woman jailed for train attack on 16-year-old lesbian 70 A 20-year-old woman has been jailed after she launched a physical attack on a young lesbian who had kissed her partner on a train.
16 May 2012
UAE: Two men jailed for alleged public gay ‘fondling’ highlight privacy issues 29 Two men were sentence for jail terms and deportation from the UAE following a complaint from a member of the public.
15 May 2012
Video: UN high commissioner speaks out on human rights for LGBT people ahead of IDAHO 10 The UN's human rights office has released a video of High Commissioner Navi Pillay speaking on the human rights of LGBT people around the world ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Thursday 17 May.
15 May 2012
Portsmouth police crack down on homophobic abuse from passing cars 41 Police in Portsmouth have launched a new operation to target homophobic abuse following reports of anti-gay message directed at people outside gay and gay-friendly venues in the city centre.
14 May 2012
LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death 3 An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
11 May 2012
Man who put up ‘gay free zone’ posters in London sentenced over al-Qaida material 65 Mohammed Hasnath, the man fined for putting up stickers in east London declaring it a 'gay free zone' has been jailed for possessing material from terrorist group al-Qaida.
4 May 2012
UKIP candidate who claimed link between homosexuality and child abuse loses local election bid 151 Dr Julia Gasper, a UKIP Oxford city council candidate who claimed gays account for 3 percent of the population and half of child abuse, has failed in her second bid to win public office.
1 May 2012
Law to wipe gay sex convictions given royal assent 60 The Protection of Freedoms Act, which will enable men to wipe the records of thousands of convictions for consensual gay sex under now-repealed laws, has received Royal Assent today.
1 May 2012
Convicted murderer ‘killed neighbour after second gay advance’ + A convicted murderer has told a court he killed his neighbour, claiming he became 'very, very angry' after the man made a sexual advance.
26 April 2012
Man jailed for assaulting gay man and biting police officer 23 A Nottinghamshire man has been jailed after taking part in a homophobic assault and biting a police officer.
24 April 2012
Straight Russian man cleared of ‘gay propaganda’ charge in St Petersburg 5 A judge in St Petersburg has cleared the first man to be charged under the newly-created offence of promoting homosexuality around minors but convicted him of disobeying police orders.
18 April 2012
Iranian cleric criticises western laws allowing ‘disgusting’ gay acts 54 An Iranian cleric has described gay men and the politicians who pass laws protecting them as being 'worse than pigs and dogs'.
18 April 2012
Comment: The gay community, the police and the question of trust 73 Stuart Ross writes that police services need to continue rebuilding confidence with the LGBT communities, and communities need to challenge police by reporting hate crime.
18 April 2012
Canada: Man to be charged today over murder of gay rights activist + A man is due to be charged with second-degree murder today following the death of a popular gay rights activist.
17 April 2012
Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’ 55 A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'.
16 April 2012
St Petersburg: First hearings for men arrested under anti-gay law postponed 5 The trial of two men who are the first to be prosecuted under St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors has reportedly been adjourned due to missing documents.
16 April 2012
Michael Cashman MEP meets Northern Cyprus leaders over anti-gay law 8 Last week, openly gay MEP Michael Cashman met leaders and non-governmental organisations in the northern part of Cyprus, advocating for the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
16 April 2012
Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’ 51 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'.
12 April 2012
Dubai: British man jailed for three years for public gay sex 60 Two men have been sentenced for three years in jail for having drunken gay sex in public in Dubai.
12 April 2012
Malta: Court hears details of assault on teenage lesbian couple 2 Further details of an attack against a lesbian couple in the Maltese town of Hamrun emerged at a court hearing yesterday, with a defendant reportedly head-butting one of the girls.

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