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8 January 2013
Facebook apologises for deleting PinkNews content over use of the word ‘faggot’ 8 Facebook have apologised after deleting content posted to the PinkNews page, because it contained the word "faggot" in the headline.
8 January 2013
Facebook removes page designed to out gay Ugandans 4 A homophobic Facebook page aimed at outing gay Ugandans has been removed.
18 December 2012
Colombia: Christmas gay nativity Facebook photo sparks Catholic anger 36 A Colombian couple has been condemned by the Catholic Church for posting a photo on Facebook that depicts the nativity scene with two father Josephs and baby Jesus, but no Virgin Mary.
5 December 2012
Same-sex marriage opponent Donald Trump admits to attending a ‘beautiful’ gay wedding 12 George Takei says he hopes his lunch date with Donald Trump can help end the billionaire’s opposition to equal marriage, and has revealed that the social conservative recently attended a “beautiful” gay wedding.
29 November 2012
Comment: The dangers of social media 7 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, employment lawyer Anna Furness says the recent high profile legal case of Christian housing worker Adrian Smith, who was demoted by his employer for posting anti-equality remarks on Facebook, illustrates the potential dangers of social media for employees.
22 November 2012
Italy: 15-year-old believed to have killed himself after homophobic bullying 7 A 15-year-old boy in Rome is believed to have committed suicide after suffering anti-gay bullying in Italy.
16 November 2012
Peter Tatchell: Facebook ruling is a ‘victory’ for free speech 48 Peter Tatchell has welcomed a High Court ruling in favour of a Christian worker who was demoted for a comment he wrote on Facebook about equal marriage.
12 November 2012
Bath: Bouncer accused of making homophobic slur 11 A bar in the south west city of Bath is investigating claims that a doorman made anti-gay remarks to customers.
23 October 2012
Home address of Nick Griffin shared on Facebook 18 Six days after he caused a media storm by tweeting the address of a Cambridgeshire gay couple and calling for a protest outside their house, the address of Nick Griffin has reportedly been posted on Facebook.
16 October 2012
Facebook accidentally outed users to their parents through group permissions loophole 21 Facebook users have been inadvertently outed by a loophole in the system which overrode their privacy settings and shared information about them.
15 October 2012
UK: Gay asylum seeker loses deportation fight 54 A gay Nigerian asylum seeker who was living in Bradford has been deported from the UK.
27 September 2012
Lesbian daughter of Hong Kong billionaire still ‘close’ with father 16 Gigi Chao, the lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire who’s been on the receiving end of global media attention, has given an interview to the BBC.
20 September 2012
Manchester: Murdered police officer had been planning civil partnership ceremony + It’s been revealed that one of the two female Police officers murdered in Greater Manchester earlier this week had been planning a future with the woman she loved and the child she was helping to bring up as her own.
16 August 2012
Library of Congress auditor sacked after ‘liking’ gay adoption Facebook page files federal lawsuit 20 An auditor who says he was fired by the US Library of Congress after his boss discovered he was gay via Facebook has filed a federal lawsuit this month in a US District Court for the District of Columbia.
2 August 2012
Russian social network only allows users to post straight relationships 10 Russia’s leading social networking site has come under fire from gay rights activists for the lack of a same-sex relationship status option.
11 July 2012
Russia: Group calls for Facebook ban over gay marriage icon 53 Religious activists in Russia are calling for a nationwide ban on Facebook now the social network allows gay couples to use an icon to represent their marriage.
2 July 2012
Facebook updates marriage icons for gay couples 8 Facebook has updated the icons used to signify key events on the profile timelines of users to include gay couples' weddings.
3 June 2012
Facebook, Grey’s Anatomy honoured at the final leg of GLAAD media awards 1 The social networking website Facebook, the TV series Grey's Anatomy, and the website Huffington Post were among those honoured at the final leg of the 23rd annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards.
9 May 2012
Facebook administrators ‘reject lesbian t-shirt ad’ 13 An advert for a t-shirt bearing the slogan 'Lesbian wanted' has been rejected by Facebook advert regulators, the Danish producers said today.
24 April 2012
Online sexual health game reminds men of STI screening advice 25 HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a free game on Facebook to remind men of the link between bed-hopping and sexual health.

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