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13 June 2013
Anti-equal marriage activist names Tour de France as target for protest 8 Opposition to France's equal marriage law have said they will use the "extraordinary international visibility" of the Tour de France to protest in an attempt to get the recently established law repealed.
13 June 2013
UK: Jailed women in sexual ‘fraud’ case freed by Court of Appeal 20 An 18-year-old woman jailed for three years on the grounds of obtaining the sexual consent of another woman “by fraud” has been freed by the Court of Appeal after serving 82 days in prison.
6 June 2013
Priest causes row by calling Justin Welby a ‘wanker’ on Facebook for equal marriage opposition 55 An argument has erupted among clergy members in the Church of England, after a priest wrote on Facebook that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, was a "wanker" for continually opposing the Government's attempts to legalise equal marriage.
24 May 2013
Australia: Man who stalked footballer and talked of ‘gay orgy’ jailed 2 A fake doctor who claimed he organised a "gay orgy" at the family home of an Australian rules football player has been jailed after pleading guilty to stalking.
23 May 2013
UK: Ugandan rapist who claimed he was at risk of homophobic persecution deported 13 A Ugandan rapist, who was jailed after admitting on Facebook that he attacked a woman, has been deported after immigration officials dismissed claims he would face persecution because he stated he was gay.
23 May 2013
Florida: Lesbian teen expelled from school and charged over same-sex relationship 25 Campaigners have condemned the arrest and expulsion of a lesbian high school pupil for having a same-sex relationship with a younger student.
21 May 2013
UKIP Councillor: ‘Most gays are heterophobic’, and ‘have no rights to marry in church’ 30 A newly elected UK Independence Party Councillor has been discovered to have posted homophobic and xenophobic comments on Facebook prior to being elected, including claims that "most gays are heterophobic", and that gay people have "no rights to marry in church".
10 May 2013
Online campaign targets homophobia in Arab world 2 An online magazine has launched a campaign asking readers in Arab countries to photograph themselves with messages speaking out against homophobia.
9 May 2013
Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist announces marriage equality support + Charlie Crist, the former Governor of Florida, declared his support for marriage equality in what appears to be the latest stage of his evolution from Republican to Democrat politics.
9 May 2013
Video: When did you choose to be straight? 13 A four and a half year old YouTube video has gone viral after it was shared by the Facebook page Wipe Out Homophobia.
7 May 2013
Comment: No, I will not stop using the term ‘gay marriage’ 134 Writing for PinkNews Murray Lipp, administrator of the Facebook page “Gay Marriage USA”, shares his views about the differences between the terms “gay marriage” and “marriage equality”.
5 May 2013
Nigel Evans: I’ve had the worst 24 hours of my life but Facebook support has bolstered me + The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the openly gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans, has said his arrest over claims of rape and sexual assault have been the "worst 24 hours of my life".
3 May 2013
UKIP candidate who said ‘exercise’ in schools can prevent homosexuality fails to win seat in election 75 UKIP candidate John Sullivan who claimed regular physical exercise in schools can “prevent homosexuality” has failed to be elected as a councillor for Newent in Gloucestershire.
29 April 2013
UKIP LGBT group: ‘Extremely angry and disappointed’ by the ‘obnoxious beliefs’ of David Nixon and John Sullivan 86 UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group has condemned two of the party’s local election candidates for their alleged public displays of homophobia and biphobia.
29 April 2013
UKIP blasted over ‘insulting’ and ‘disturbing’ homophobic, biphobic election leaflet 30 Labour and the Liberal Democrats’ LGBT groups have criticised UKIP over an election leaflet that mocks bisexuals and attacks same-sex marriage.
22 April 2013
France: Gay cabaret dancer beaten unconscious by gang in Nice 38 A 24-year-old gay man was beaten unconscious at the weekend in the latest apparent homophobic attack in France.
12 April 2013
Comment: The real face of Manif pour Tous 25 Journalist Patrick Cash writes about last weekend’s violent homophobic attack against Wilfred de Brujin in Paris and profile’s the anti-gay French group Manif pour Tous.
11 April 2013
US: Washington state sues florist for refusing to provide service for same-sex wedding 14 The US state of Washington’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a florist which refused to provide flowers to a same-sex wedding.
9 April 2013
Judy Garland song likely to be in UK Top 40 in response to Margaret Thatcher’s death 17 A Facebook campaign to get a song by gay icon Judy Garland into the Official UK Top 40 Chart this week, as a response to Margaret Thatcher's death, looks as though it could be successful in placing the song in the charts.
8 April 2013
France: Gay couple beaten in Paris for walking arm in arm 28 A gay couple were beaten badly in Paris on Saturday, which campaigners say is symptomatic of a 30% rise in homophobic attacks in France since debates on same-sex marriage began.

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