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4 May 2012
UKIP candidate who claimed link between homosexuality and child abuse loses local election bid 151 Dr Julia Gasper, a UKIP Oxford city council candidate who claimed gays account for 3 percent of the population and half of child abuse, has failed in her second bid to win public office.
4 April 2012
Voters appear to reject gay and trans protections in Anchorage 8 Proposition 5, which would expand the anti-discrimination laws in Anchorage, Alaska, to include sexual orientation and gender identity appears to have failed to gather enough votes to pass.
3 April 2012
New Senegalese president called on to protect gay rights 31 Macky Sall, the new president of Senegal who takes office this week, has been called on to improve the legal protection for gay and lesbian people in his country.
14 December 2011
Study finds 50 per cent of gay people in Malta overestimate discrimination laws 10 A study in Malta has shown that while 60 per cent of respondents experience discrimination in the workplace, half are unaware this is the only area where they are protected.
13 December 2011
100 take part in first gay pride march in Pune, India 6 Around 100 people participated in the first gay pride march to be held in Pune, India's eighth largest city.
2 December 2011
European Parliament urges Croatia to protect gay citizens before joining EU 28 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which reminds Croatia of its obligation to protect gay citizens from homophobia and homophobic violence before it joins the EU in 2013.
28 November 2011
India celebrates second annual Pride events since decriminalisation 3 Two of India's largest cities held Pride events this weekend, with organisers saying it was a chance to "rejoice that we are here and will always be here".
25 November 2011
New Delhi prepares for fourth annual Pride event 15 Indian capital city prepares for the third parade since homosexuality was decriminalised in 2009.
17 October 2011
US Republican lawsuit: ‘Gays don’t need heightened legal protections’ 22 A lawsuit filed by US Republicans says that gay people do not need the same level of legal protection accorded to other minorities because they are "not politically powerless".
19 January 2011
Report finds huge levels of discrimination against gay and trans people in Utah 19 A report by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) has found significant homophobia and discrimination in the state of Utah, home to the Mormon Church. The study of 939 LGBT Utahans found that sixty seven per cent of transgendered and forty four percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual Utahans say they have either been sacked or have been denied a job or promotion as a result of their LGBT status.
19 January 2011
US Gay teen Lance Lundsten’s death was not suicide says his father 11 The death of a gay teenager in Minnesota at the weekend was not caused by suicide, the boy's father has told a local TV station after the media reported that his son took his own life as a result of homophobic bullying.
17 January 2011
Chicago ministers say Martin Luther King would not have supported gay rights 33 A group of Chicago ministers are holding a press conference today to claim that civil rights leader Martin Luther King would not have supported gay rights.
8 December 2010
Speech: Jesse Jackson says gays are ‘America’s newest second-class citizens’ 8 The Rev Jesse Jackson's speech to gay rights supporters outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in San Francisco.
11 November 2010
Irish civil partners to be included in immigration laws 17 The Irish justice minister Dermot Ahern has tabled amendments to give civil partners equal treatment in Ireland's immigration laws.
15 December 2009
Elton John: ‘Gordon Brown doesn’t understand AIDS problem’ 16 Gay singer Elton John has said he cannot guarantee the Labour Party his vote.

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