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24 July 2012Nebraska: Hundreds attend candlelit vigil for lesbian after attack 12 Hundreds of people have attended a vigil for the Nebraskan woman who had gay slurs carved into her skin and her home set on fire while she was bound inside it. -
24 July 2012Sally Ride, first American woman in space, survived by female partner 17 The first female American in space, Sally Ride, has died at age 61, being survived by her lesbian partner. -
23 July 2012Attacked Nebraska woman ‘had anti-gay slurs carved in her skin’ 6 A lesbian in Lincoln, Nebraska, has reportedly told police that three attackers broke into her home, tied her up and carved homophobic slurs into her skin. -
19 July 2012New York: Council speaker criticises carriage driver’s anti-gay and racist comments 13 New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn, an openly gay woman, has condemned an anti-gay, racist series of remarks by a horse-drawn carriage driver but backed the practice of keeping horses on the city streets. -
16 July 2012Florida Lt. governor says ‘black women like her’ don’t have lesbian affairs 9 A Florida lieutenant governor accused of having a lesbian affair with an aide has said that "black women who look like [her]" don't have same-sex relationships. -
16 July 2012US: Lesbian couple hopes engagement will inspire equal marriage activism 3 A couple from Connecticut are sharing the story of their engagement online in the hope it might inspire others and help change civil marriage laws in the US and beyond. -
12 July 2012Black Swan’s gay love scene prompts more complaints than any other film 39 Natalie Portman's Oscar-winning performance as a troubled ballerina in Black Swan may have appealed to critics, but her lesbian love scene earned the film more complaints than any other in the UK last year. -
10 July 2012Clare Balding: Being a lesbian may have helped sports presenting career 21 BBC TV presenter Clare Balding said she believes being a lesbian can give her an advantage as a female sports commentator when she is not considered to be distracted by physically attractive male athletes. -
6 July 2012European Parliament condemns violence against lesbians in Africa 4 The European Parliament yesterday adopted a resolution on violence against lesbian women and gay and transgender rights more generally in Africa. -
28 June 2012German court tells lesbian asylum seeker to hide identity in Iran 23 A German court rejected the asylum application of Samira Ghorbani Danesh, an Iranian lesbian refugee who fled Iran in 2009, with the justification that she can hide her homosexuality in Iran and avoid criminal penalties. -
26 June 2012Texas: Teenage lesbian couple shot in possible hate crime 10 Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been shot in a possible hate crime, with one being fatally wounded. -
22 June 2012Israeli politician criticised over further anti-gay comments 35 Israeli politician Anastasia Michaeli has further attacked Israel's LGBT community amid wide-ranging condemnation and critique. -
21 June 2012Brazil: Bar warned for discriminating against lesbian couple 1 A bar in the city of Teresina, Brazil was issued with an administrative warning for having discriminated against a lesbian couple. -
14 June 2012Kenya: Lesbian ‘held hostage by family’ commits suicide, reports say 6 According to unconfirmed reports a lesbian who was being held hostage by her parents committed suicide in desperation last night in Kenya. -
18 May 2012Woman jailed for train attack on 16-year-old lesbian 70 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 2012Angela Eagle MP: Gay couples will be in limbo until equal marriage laws are announced 30 Angela Eagle, the first female MP to enter a civil partnership, has called on the government to introduce marriage equality legislation and take gay couples out of 'limbo'. -
16 May 2012Danish vicar refused to bury lesbian after opposing marriage for gays 47 A Danish vicar has apologised to the bereaved partner and daughter of a woman he refused to bury because she was a lesbian. -
9 May 2012Facebook administrators ‘reject lesbian t-shirt ad’ 13 An advert for a t-shirt bearing the slogan 'Lesbian wanted' has been rejected by Facebook advert regulators, the Danish producers said today. -
19 April 2012Unofficial biography claims Jessie J ‘told bisexual was more trendy than gay’ 53 An unauthorised biography of singer Jessie J claims she is a lesbian but was told bisexuality would be a more appealing public identity for her to take on. -
12 April 2012Malta: 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.
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