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13 May 2013
Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Clare Balding in Bafta wins 2 Gay TV presenters Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Clare Balding all won awards at last night’s Baftas.
3 March 2013
Student Pride debate featuring Ben Cohen and John Amaechi speaks out against homophobia in sport 5 The panel on a debate at National Student Pride yesterday emphasised the importance of tackling homophobia and transphobia in sport, said they had seen some change, but that much more action needed to be taken.
19 February 2013
Oscar Pistorius dropped from ‘It Gets Better’ South Africa campaign against anti-gay bullying 9 The South African branch of the 'It Gets Better' campaign, which tackles anti-LGBT bullying, has severed its ties with Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius following his arrest over the shooting of his girlfriend.
13 February 2013
Russia: Coach blames demise of Olympic wrestling on gay conspiracy 68 The coach of Olympic Russian wrestlers has claimed that the International Olympic Committee's decision to demote wrestling is because its leader has links to "sexual minorities".
29 January 2013
London: Gay Games 2018 bid kicks off 2 The bid to host the 2018 Gay Games in London, which is being supported by lesbian paralympian Claire Harvey, began with a reception in Westminster last night.
13 January 2013
Boris Johnson offers Olympic venues to organisers of the 2018 Gay Games 18 Boris Johnson is set to offer the Olympic stadium, and other of London's high-profile sporting venues to organisers of the 2018 Gay Games.
11 January 2013
David Cameron supports bid for London to host 2018 Gay Games 21 David Cameron has voiced his support for a bid aiming to have the Gay Games brought to London in 2018.
21 November 2012
Interview: Matthew Mitcham on addiction, depression and ‘openly gay’ Olympic Gold. 12 Laurence Watts talks to Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, one of the world’s most high-profile gay sports stars, in an interview for PinkNews.co.uk
1 November 2012
Ian Thorpe: I can do nothing more about the gay rumours 36 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has claimed that people are "obsessed" with his sexuality, despite once again stating that he is not gay.
15 September 2012
Clare Balding talks of the ‘terror’ of coming out and about not fitting in 11 In an interview with The Times, Clare Balding bares all about coming out in her twenties, not fitting in at school, and becoming a national treasure.
11 September 2012
Australian PM supports bid to host 2014 gay rugby world cup 13 Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has officially given her backing to a bid for the country to host the next Bingham Cup.
10 September 2012
London: Gays urged to ‘come’ Out to Swim 25 After a summer of Olympic sporting fever, the capital’s LGBT community is being urged to hit the pool.
16 August 2012
Opinion: What impact will extra compulsory school sport have on LGBT pupils? 91 Writing for Pinknews.co.uk, former school governor and Surrey councillor Chris Ward ponders on what the government's new drive for competitive sport in the classroom means for LGBT students currently suffering from homophobic bullying.
13 August 2012
Ten out gay Olympians win gold at London 2012 Games 14 Ten openly LGBT Olympians have taken home gold from the London 2012 Games.
12 August 2012
Gay Olympic hero Matthew Mitcham decides not to retire from diving 12 Despite a shock exit from the 10m platform semi-final yesterday, Matthew Mitcham, one of the very few openly gay Olympians says that he has decided not to retire from sport after the London 2012 Olympics.
11 August 2012
Gay Olympic hero Matthew Mitcham fails to join Tom Daley in diving final 24 Australian reigning Olympic 10m platform diving champion Matthew Mitcham has narrowly missed out on a place in tonight's Olympic final.
10 August 2012
Gay diver Matthew Mitcham joins Tom Daley in Olympic semi-final 10 Australian reigning Olympic 10m platform diving champion Matthew Mitcham has secured a place in the tomorrow's semi-final.
9 August 2012
London: Olympians and Paralympians offered free entry to 2014 Gay Games 5 Olympians and Paralympians are being offered free entry to the ninth quadrennial Gay Games, due to take place in the US in 2014.
8 August 2012
London: Protest against Russian Winter Olympics’ ban on Pride House tomorrow 21 A protest is to be held tomorrow at an exhibition in London promoting Russia's Winter Olympics at Sochi after Pride House events celebrating gay inclusion in sport were banned.
8 August 2012
Australia: Former Olympic trampolinist reveals he is HIV positive 5 A gay former Olympic athlete from Australia has come out as HIV positive after seeing an interview with the diver Greg Louganis.

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