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1 May 2013
Sky Sports News host accidentally calls FIFA President Sepp Blatter ‘queer’ 11 A Sky Sports News presenter was left embarrassed when he accidentally referred to FIFA President Sepp Blatter as “queer”.
29 April 2013
UKIP blasted over ‘insulting’ and ‘disturbing’ homophobic, biphobic election leaflet 30 Labour and the Liberal Democrats’ LGBT groups have criticised UKIP over an election leaflet that mocks bisexuals and attacks same-sex marriage.
15 April 2013
Joey Barton to appear before French FA committee following transphobic tweets 8 Joey Barton is set to learn if he faces a ban over a string of comments – including some of a transphobic nature – he made about rival player Thiago Silva.
7 April 2013
UK’s first youth crime commissioner urged to resign and apologises over homophobic tweets 62 The UK's first teenage crime commissioner has apologised in the face of calls to resign, despite not having even started in the role, because she posted a string of homophobic, racist and violent tweets.
24 December 2012
UK: PM attempts to appease anti-gay Christians by quoting Bible in Christmas message 42 Commentators believe this year’s Christmas message by the prime minister is being seen as a way of trying to appease socially conservative Christians.
10 December 2012
Boris Johnson: ‘Whack through marriage equality now’ 29 Boris Johnson has again affirmed his support for marriage equality, as the debate over legalising equal marriage in the UK heats up, saying that the government should "whack through" the legislation.
28 November 2012
Sun pays Louis Walsh £403,500 after wrongly accusing him of male sexual assault 10 X Factor judge Louis Walsh has reached an out of court settlement with the Sun newspaper after it falsely accused him of carrying out a nightclub sexual assault on another man.
23 November 2012
Source: 118 Tory MPs may vote against same-sex marriage 87 The Daily Mail has reported that 118 Conservative MPs could potentially vote against government plans to legalise marriage rights for gay couples.
22 November 2012
Uganda postpones court hearing of British gay play producer 1 A Ugandan court has postponed legal proceedings for British theatre producer David Cecil until next year, his lawyer has said.
16 November 2012
Peter Tatchell: Facebook ruling is a ‘victory’ for free speech 48 Peter Tatchell has welcomed a High Court ruling in favour of a Christian worker who was demoted for a comment he wrote on Facebook about equal marriage.
16 November 2012
UK: Christian worker wins same-sex marriage Facebook case 47 A Christian housing worker, who was demoted for posting remarks about equal marriage on Facebook, has won a legal case against his employers.
15 November 2012
ITV disciplines This Morning after paedophile incident 9 ITV has taken action against This Morning following last week’s controversial interview with David Cameron – the PM’s on-the-spot response initially sparked a divided reaction within parts of the gay community.
9 November 2012
MP blasts Phillip Schofield over TV ‘stunt’ 107 Conservative MP and LGBTory patron Stuart Andrew has criticised television presenter Phillip Schofield for handing David Cameron a list of alleged paedophiles during a live interview.
19 October 2012
BNP leader Nick Griffin defends gay couple protest remarks 80 The leader of the British National Party is refusing to apologise for putting the address of a gay couple who won a court case on the internet and has said people have the “right to discriminate”.
17 October 2012
UK ambassador apologises for calling Argentinians ‘gay’ 25 Britain's ambassador to Chile has apologised for making a homophobic comment on Twitter.
8 October 2012
UK: Anti-equal marriage rally takes place at Tory conference 111 A rally by the Coalition for Marriage, the campaign group leading the opposition to equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in the UK, has taken place against the backdrop of the Conservative Party Conference.
12 September 2012
Joe McElderry speaks of relief at conviction of Twitter troll 5 A man who abused and harassed X Factor winner Joe McElderry has been fined and given a restraining order.
25 November 2011
“6 deaths” linked to UK churches HIV advice 106 A Sky News investigation shows several evangelical churches across the UK are giving out dangerously false advice about HIV/AIDS.
16 October 2011
Andrew Mitchell: UK will withhold aid from African countries with poor gay rights 48 Andrew Mitchell, the International development secretary has confirmed that the British government will withhold aid from countries with homophobic countries but denied that it will harm the most poor in those countries.
12 July 2011
Video: Chris Bryant tries to get Kay Burley to apologise to him live on Sky News 165 Chris Bryant, the openly gay former Labour foreign office minister and victim of phone hacking, attempted to elicit an apology live on air for an interview conducted by Sky News presenter Kay Burley last year.

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