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9 May 2013
Lancashire: Lesbians sprayed with lemonade and attacked by gang of men on board train 7 Three women were subjected to homophobic abuse and attacked by a gang of men on a train in Lancashire.
8 May 2013
Duncan James: I’ve had Twitter trolls say ‘I hope you get AIDS and die, you f*ggot’ 17 Blue’s Duncan James says he experienced a flurry of vile abuse on Twitter shortly after ITV aired The Big Reunion.
8 May 2013
UK: Woman fined after hurling homophobic abuse at paramedic 3 South Central Ambulance Service says it will not tolerate abuse against its staff after a paramedic was subjected to anti-gay language by a drunk woman.
18 April 2013
Gloucestershire: British Transport Police seek to identify youth over homophobic incident 7 Police are appealing for help in identifying a youth after a train manager was the victim of homophobic abuse in Gloucestershire.
5 April 2013
Texas: Gay HIV positive student subjected to poster smear campaign 19 Police in Texas have launched an investigation after flyers surfaced on a university campus detailing the HIV status of a gay student.
4 April 2013
Busta Rhymes launches anti-gay tirade in Miami burger restaurant 21 Rapper Busta Rhymes has been accused of shouting anti-gay slurs at an employee at a Miami restaurant and calling the lesbian owner a "bitch".
4 April 2013
US: Basketball coach sacked for abusive video to receive $100,000 bonus 5 Former Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice, who was sacked this week for subjecting students to physical and homophobic abuse, is set to receive a $100,000 (£66,000) bonus.
4 April 2013
US: Alumni call for university president to quit for failing to sack abusive coach + Members of the alumni at Rutgers University in New Jersey have called for the resignation of university President Robert Barchi, who presided during the scandal around abusive basketball coach Mike Rice who subjected students to physical and homophobic abuse.
4 April 2013
Fired US basketball coach: There was ‘no excuse’ for my physical violence and anti-gay abuse 20 A New Jersey basketball coach has delivered a highly emotional apology after he was sacked for subjecting his players to physical and homophobic abuse.
3 April 2013
US: University basketball coach fired for physical and homophobic abuse recorded on video 4 The basketball coach at a New Jersey University has now been dismissed, despite an earlier decision that he would not be, following the release of a video which showed him subjecting players to physical and homophobic abuse.
3 April 2013
Brighton and Hove Albion fans report homophobic abuse to the FA 8 Two Brighton and Hove Albion fan clubs have reported cases of homophobic abuse to the Football Association, and have said that fans were subjected to homophobic abuse at more than half of the team's games.
2 April 2013
Video: Young boy shouts anti-gay abuse at worshippers from pro-LGBT North Carolina church 21 Footage has emerged of a child shouting that gay people are going to “hell” outside a church in North Carolina.
19 March 2013
Florida: State appeals court makes key ruling in Facebook gay hate case + In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court has ruled that posting threats on one's personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.
25 February 2013
Comment: The loss of Robbie Rogers should shame football into action 6 Fears for the wellbeing of an out gay footballer may be overrated, but Robbie Rogers' retirement shows we've been spectators to bigotry and stupidity for too long, writes Adrian Tippetts for PinkNews.co.uk
20 February 2013
Hollyoaks actor PJ Brennan reveals he gets taunts from gay people as well as straight 19 Soap star PJ Brennan claims he has been called homophobic names in real life - but the abuse also extends to name-calling from some gay men on Twitter.
18 February 2013
US: Black Keys drummer receives homophobic abuse from Justin Bieber fans over feud 9 The drummer of US band the Black Keys, has faced a tirade of homophobic abuse over Twitter from Justin Bieber fans, after he changed his picture and username, and pretended to be him.
14 February 2013
UK: Blackburn Rovers footballer accused of making anti-gay insults during Brighton game 16 Police have launched an investigation after complaints that Blackburn Rovers’ Colin Kazim-Richards was involved in a homophobic incident during an away match against Brighton and Hove Albion.
11 February 2013
Ohio: Mayor resigns after calling police officer ‘queer’ 9 The mayor of a small southeastern Ohio community has resigned over accusations that she repeatedly called a gay police officer "queer" in front of his colleagues.
11 February 2013
Kent: Bisexual councillor receives death threat letter 6 A bisexual Kent councillor has received yet more homophobic abuse; this time a hand-written death threat letter.
1 February 2013
London: Sixth arrest in anti-gay ‘Muslim Patrol’ investigation + A sixth man has been arrested over a video posted online showing a man being subjected to homophobic abuse by self-styled "Muslim vigilantes".

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