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18 May 2012
Chris Bryant: Tory MP’s response to equal marriage enquiry ‘as cruel as it was offensive’ 129 A Conservative MP's response to an enquiry about equal marriage has been called 'cruel and offensive' in its treatment of couples who are unable to have children by gay Labour MP Chris Bryant and 'truly shocking' by a constituent.
18 May 2012
Woman jailed for train attack on 16-year-old lesbian 72 A 20-year-old woman has been jailed after she launched a physical attack on a young lesbian who had kissed her partner on a train.
17 May 2012
Comment: David Cameron has to press ahead on marriage equality, and so do we 22 The consequences of abandoning marriage equality plans in the face of opposition by would-be theocrats would be disastrous for the Tories, for LGBT people and for democracy, Adrian Tippetts argues.
16 May 2012
Denmark: Ex-minister equates gays with ‘killer snails’ to oppose equal marriage rights 64 A former Danish government minister as equated gays with the hermaphrodite 'killer snails' plaguing the country in an argument against gay marriage rights.
16 May 2012
UAE: Two men jailed for alleged public gay ‘fondling’ highlight privacy issues 28 Two men were sentence for jail terms and deportation from the UAE following a complaint from a member of the public.
15 May 2012
Video: UN high commissioner speaks out on human rights for LGBT people ahead of IDAHO 10 The UN's human rights office has released a video of High Commissioner Navi Pillay speaking on the human rights of LGBT people around the world ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on Thursday 17 May.
15 May 2012
Portsmouth police crack down on homophobic abuse from passing cars 40 Police in Portsmouth have launched a new operation to target homophobic abuse following reports of anti-gay message directed at people outside gay and gay-friendly venues in the city centre.
14 May 2012
LGBT Iranians to speak in London as four men sentenced to death 3 An event launching a report on the way the internet affects LGBT life in Iran will be hosted in London this week, days after it was announced that the country was to execute four men on sodomy charges.
11 May 2012
Man who put up ‘gay free zone’ posters in London sentenced over al-Qaida material 65 Mohammed Hasnath, the man fined for putting up stickers in east London declaring it a 'gay free zone' has been jailed for possessing material from terrorist group al-Qaida.
10 May 2012
Argentina approves gender identity law 34 Having become the first country in South America to allow gay couples to marry, Argentina has passed a bill giving transgender citizens the right to have their gender recognised in law.
9 May 2012
Video: Half a million watch bereaved gay man’s tribute to partner and plea for equality 61 A film by a gay man whose partner died before they could legally marry and his plea for marriage equality on the anniversary of the accident which took his life has been viewed half a million times in three days.
8 May 2012
François Hollande’s presidential win brings French marriage equality closer 50 The new President-elect of France, François Hollande, the country's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, is expected to push equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples in the European country.
3 May 2012
Ireland ‘missed opportunity to protect LGBT employees’ in Seanad vote 17 The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network in Ireland has expressed disappointment at the defeat of the Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2012 in the Seanad yesterday.
1 May 2012
Law to wipe gay sex convictions given royal assent 60 The Protection of Freedoms Act, which will enable men to wipe the records of thousands of convictions for consensual gay sex under now-repealed laws, has received Royal Assent today.
1 May 2012
Convicted murderer ‘killed neighbour after second gay advance’ + A convicted murderer has told a court he killed his neighbour, claiming he became 'very, very angry' after the man made a sexual advance.

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