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27 April 2012
Editorial: Catholic schools anti-gay petition scandal shows faith school system must be overhauled 38 Wednesday's revelation by PinkNews.co.uk that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 359 state funded Catholic secondary schools to promote anti-gay petitions to children as young as 11 has clearly demonstrated that there is the need for a root and branch review of the way that state funded schools tackle homosexuality and transgender identities.
26 April 2012
Row over legality of Coalition for Marriage presentations in Catholic state schools 44 A row has erupted over correspondence issued by the Catholic Education Service to nearly 400 Catholic schools in England and Wales which asked them to 'draw the attention' of pupils to the Coalition for Marriage's anti-equality petition, first revealed by PinkNews.co.uk yesterday.
26 April 2012
Shadow foreign minister for human rights speaks out against Ugandan anti-gay bill 14 The Shadow Foreign Minister for Human Rights, Kerry McCarthy MP, has spoken out against the ongoing persecution of gay, bi and transgender people in Uganda.
26 April 2012
Man jailed for assaulting gay man and biting police officer 23 A Nottinghamshire man has been jailed after taking part in a homophobic assault and biting a police officer.
25 April 2012
Exclusive: Catholic school ‘urged pupils as young as 11 to sign anti-gay marriage petition’ 656 Students at a Catholic state school in south London have been shown a presentation on religious opposition to the government's proposal to allow gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies which, it is claimed, encouraged them to sign the Coalition for Marriage's petition against the move.
24 April 2012
Straight Russian man cleared of ‘gay propaganda’ charge in St Petersburg 5 A judge in St Petersburg has cleared the first man to be charged under the newly-created offence of promoting homosexuality around minors but convicted him of disobeying police orders.
18 April 2012
Iranian cleric criticises western laws allowing ‘disgusting’ gay acts 54 An Iranian cleric has described gay men and the politicians who pass laws protecting them as being 'worse than pigs and dogs'.
18 April 2012
Comment: The gay community, the police and the question of trust 73 Stuart Ross writes that police services need to continue rebuilding confidence with the LGBT communities, and communities need to challenge police by reporting hate crime.
18 April 2012
Canada: Man to be charged today over murder of gay rights activist + A man is due to be charged with second-degree murder today following the death of a popular gay rights activist.
17 April 2012
Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’ 55 A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'.
17 April 2012
Gay couples ‘forced to lie’ on US federal tax returns today 26 Demonstrations will take place around the US today to highlight the fact that gay married couples must list themselves as 'single' on federal tax returns.
16 April 2012
St Petersburg: First hearings for men arrested under anti-gay law postponed 5 The trial of two men who are the first to be prosecuted under St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors has reportedly been adjourned due to missing documents.
16 April 2012
Michael Cashman MEP meets Northern Cyprus leaders over anti-gay law 8 Last week, openly gay MEP Michael Cashman met leaders and non-governmental organisations in the northern part of Cyprus, advocating for the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
16 April 2012
Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’ 51 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'.
13 April 2012
Analysis: The multi-million pound ‘gay divorce’ 6 Brenda Long writes that though civil partners can be assured the principles of dissolution are the same as divorce, this brings its own set of issues.
12 April 2012
Dubai: British man jailed for three years for public gay sex 60 Two men have been sentenced for three years in jail for having drunken gay sex in public in Dubai.
12 April 2012
Malta: Court hears details of assault on teenage lesbian couple 2 Further details of an attack against a lesbian couple in the Maltese town of Hamrun emerged at a court hearing yesterday, with a defendant reportedly head-butting one of the girls.
12 April 2012
Teenager’s sentence altered after anti-gay stabbing 60 A London teenager who stabbed a gay man in the chest and leg has had his sentence changed from an indefinite period to a nine-year term due to his age.
11 April 2012
Gloucester police appeal after man bitten in anti-gay attack 9 Gloucester police have released an image of a bite injury sustained by a man who was subjected to homophobic abuse in an early-morning assault.
10 April 2012
Devon police appeal for witnesses to driver’s homophobic comments 7 Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Gold Street in the Devon town of Tiverton.

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