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27 May 2012
Moscow: Police detain gay rights activists over demonstrations 6 A total of 40 people, most of whom are gay rights activists, have been detained in Moscow, after they attempted to hold two demonstrations in Moscow today, demanding the right to hold a gay pride parade in the capital.
25 May 2012
President Mugabe: homosexuality will ‘lead to extinction’ 78 President Robert Mugabe has spoken out once more against homosexuality, saying it will kill off the human race, and does not belong in Zimbabwe.
21 May 2012
Zimbabwe rejects gay rights, says gay people will be imprisoned 61 After meeting with the UN human rights chief, the justice minister of Zimbabwe vowed not to recognise any gay rights, and also rejected allegations that the country has state-sponsored violence.
18 May 2012
New York mural compares gay rights in Israel to its neighbours 76 A mural in New York's West Village has provoked controversy by depicting gay rights in Israel and comparing it to the status of LGBT people in the countries that neighbour and surround it.
18 May 2012
Hillary Clinton to officially accept WorldPride award 9 US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton has formally agreed to accept WorldPride’s “World LGBT Award” as the event comes to London this summer.
9 May 2012
Speaker of the House of Commons to push for gay rights in the Commonwealth 15 John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is expected to champion the rights of LGBT people in the Commonwealth in a speech next week, the Independent reports.
3 May 2012
Goldman Sachs lost clients due to pro-gay campaign, says CEO 54 Taking a stance in favour of equal marriage cost Goldman Sachs at least one client, the chief executive Lloyd Blankfein has said.
1 May 2012
Russia: Police arrest gay rights activists in St Petersburg 35 Russian police force have arrested seventeen gay rights activists during a May Day rally in St Petersburg, which recently passed a law that banned what it called 'homosexual propaganda.'
30 April 2012
UK issues global LGBT rights report, where US lags behind 28 The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued its annual Human Rights and Democracy report today, where a separate section outlines the state of LGBT rights around the world, and the government's own commitment to it.
25 April 2012
Hillary Clinton: In Asia and Africa gay rights is a ‘totally foreign concept’ 30 Echoing her landmark speech to the United Nations, to an audience at Syracuse University, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said that many foreign leaders in Africa and Asia consider gay rights and indeed womens' rights to be a "totally foreign concept."
23 April 2012
Sheffield: Call for public art tribute to early gay activist Edward Carpenter 12 A new community group has been set up in Sheffield to campaign for a permanent public tribute to Edward Carpenter.
12 April 2012
Obama refuses to sign an anti-discrimination bill for LGBT employees 30 In a move that is likely to disappoint gay rights activists and liberal supporters alike, President Obama has decided not to sign an executive order that would ban discrimination by employers with federal contracts against LGBT employees.
11 April 2012
Leader of Wildrose Party in Canada says she is pro-gay, pro-choice 16 Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose Party in Canada, has moved to quash rumours surrounding her social beliefs by confirming that she is in favour of marriage equality, and is pro-choice on abortion rights.
7 April 2012
Video: Mormon students make “It Gets Better” video 29 Twenty-two students at the Brigham Young University in US, owned and run by the Mormon church, have made a video for the It Gets Better project, where they talk about reconciling faith and sexuality.
6 April 2012
Study: Majority of US Latinos accepting of gay people 24 A study released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center has found that 59 per cent of US Latinos think that society should be accepting of homosexuality, while this figure climbs nine per cent higher with second generation Hispanics.

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