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8 January 2013
Horse McDonald: I came home to get married, even though I was bullied for being gay 14 Singer Horse McDonald returned to her hometown she left because of homophobia, in order to wed her fiance in a civil partnership.
3 January 2013
Singer Ke$ha comes out as bisexual and stands up against homophobic bullying 1 US singer/songwriter Ke$ha has spoken out about bullying and being attracted to both men and women in Seventeen magazine’s February issue.
31 December 2012
Welsh local authorities criticised for failing to record anti-gay school bullying 2 The leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood says there needs to be greater consistency in the way homophobic school bullying is recorded by local authorities in Wales.
14 December 2012
Barnardo’s: Changing the law on marriage will benefit children and gay parents 7 The Chief Executive of Barnardo’s, Anne Marie Carrie, has welcomed the government’s decision to allow gay couples to marry from 2013.
6 December 2012
Scotland: Low school bullying figures give misleading impression say LGBT campaigners 6 An LGBT organisation and a gay councillor have dismissed bullying statistics that show just one homophobic incident was recorded in schools throughout the Scottish Highlands last year, and they warn the true figure is likely to be much higher.
5 December 2012
US: Gay teenager committed suicide because of bullying, parents say 7 The parents of a gay teenager from Michigan, who committed suicide in late November, have said that intense bullying was to blame for their son's death.
19 November 2012
Comment: The challenges and merits of being young & Gay 28 With Anti-Bullying Week taking place until Friday 23 November, 17-year-old Greg Cox writes about what it’s like to be a gay teenager for PinkNews.co.uk
16 November 2012
Video: Ian McKellen shows support for new anti-bullying film 1 Actor Sir Ian McKellen has lent his voice to Stonewall’s new anti-gay bullying campaign video.
6 November 2012
Video: Canadian Mounted Police campaign against anti-gay bullying 4 LGBT members of the Canadian Mounted Police have recorded a video against homophobic bullying.
23 October 2012
US: Research shows rise in teenage suicides from bullying 13 The number of teenagers taking their own lives due to bullying and homophobic bullying has increased dramatically over the past seven years, according to research.
22 October 2012
Canada: Man waits 42 years to get apology over anti-gay yearbook photo 22 A man in British Columbia who had a homophobic remark written next to his photo in his high school yearbook has finally received a formal apology from the North Vancouver school board – more than 40 years after the incident took place.
10 October 2012
US teen commits suicide following bullying claims 20 A school in East Hampton, the eastern tip of Long Island, is in the spotlight following the death of a teenager who it’s feared could have been the victim of anti-gay bullying.
3 October 2012
US: Gay rights group releases huge study of LGBT youth 6 The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has surveyed over 10,000 LGBT youth aged between 10 and 13 in the largest known sample of its kind in the US.
25 September 2012
US: High School student starts gay-straight alliance 2 A 15-year-old from Columbus, Indiana, has started her high school's first gay-straight alliance, after seeing her gay friends being bullied for years.
14 September 2012
Church Group: Telling bullied kids ‘gay is okay’ is the same as saying ‘overeating is okay’ 54 A new pamphlet published by a church group in Ohio gives "guidelines" on how to deal with questions relating to sexuality and homophobic bullying in schools, including comparing homosexuality to overeating.
14 September 2012
Video: Rugby star Ben Cohen strips off for charity calendar 24 Former England rugby player Ben Cohen has stripped off for his bullying charity, the Stand Up Foundation, which aims to combat homophobia.
2 September 2012
Gay teen to sue school for failing to protect him from homophobic bully 11 A gay teenager in Indianapolis who was expelled for bringing a stun-gun to school to scare off bullies, is suing the public school system for failing to protect him from bullying.
21 August 2012
Elton John fears ‘very difficult’ childhood for his son growing up ‘without a mummy’ 27 Sir Elton John has spoken out about his 20-month old son's future, and the challenges he may face as the son of a gay couple.
9 July 2012
Scotland: Schools research shows gay students facing homophobia 5 Pioneering research into Scottish schools reveals homophobic bullying is ‘a daily nightmare’ for over half of Scotland’s school pupils, while a quarter of young gay Scots attempt suicide.
5 July 2012
Report: 99 percent of gay pupils hear homophobic language in school 31 A report launched today has found that 55 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in Britain’s secondary schools experience homophobic bullying, while 99 percent hear the word 'gay' being used disparagingly at their schools.

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