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14 February 2012
Hate crime conviction rate rises in England and Wales + The Crown Prosecution Service's latest report on hate crime figures shows that the rate of successful prosecutions for hate crimes in England and Wales rose in 2011 along with the total number of incidents referred to it.
10 January 2012
8,500 sign Catholic priest’s petition to end “gay panic” defence 28 A Catholic priest in Queensland, Australia has seen huge support for his petition to have the “gay panic" defence struck out.
9 January 2012
Five men on trial today for “gay death penalty” leaflets + The trial of five men accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation begins today.
6 January 2012
Not guilty verdict in gay escort’s obscenity trial 53 A jury in London has returned a unanimous not guilty verdict for a man charged under the Obscene Publications Act for distributing DVDs containing scenes of extreme gay sex acts.
30 December 2011
Catholic priest petitions to remove Australian “gay panic defence” 53 A Catholic priest in Queensland, Australia has started an online petition to ensure the complete removal of the "homosexual advance defence", which has been used to attempt to have murder charges lessened to manslaughter if the victim had propositioned the killer.
29 December 2011
Former Mr Gay UK returns to police duties after being cleared of rape charges 46 PC Mark Carter, the winner of the 2006 Mr Gay UK title has returned to police work this week after being cleared of charges that he raped a man and sexually assaulted two others in 2009.
20 September 2011
Gay policeman and former Mr Gay UK cleared of all charges 49 A gay policeman who won Mr Gay UK has had the last of a series of charges against him dropped.
28 January 2011
Three appear in court over anti-gay leaflets + Three men appeared in court today on charges of distributing threatening written material to stir up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
28 January 2011
Men charged with anti-gay hatred over execution leaflets + Two men in Derby are the first to be charged under new laws against stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
2 November 2010
Men accuse TfL of ‘failing to investigate anti-gay tube abuse’ 18 Three gay friends are considering legal action against Transport for London (TfL) after they say the company failed to properly investigate an incident in which they claim they were subjected to homophobic abuse by a member of tube staff
18 December 2009
Convictions for homophobic hate crime increase 5 Figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have shown a ten per cent rise in four years in the numbers of people being convicted for homophobic and transphobic hate crimes.

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