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6 December 2012
Belgium’s gay Prime Minister: My country has become less not more tolerant 15 The Belgium prime minister Elio Di Rupo, who is openly gay, has said that he feels that his country has become a less tolerant place over recent years.
16 January 2012
Germany captain: Society cannot accept gay footballers 61 Bayern Munich and German football captain Philipp Lahm does not believe society is ready to accept gay professional footballers, saying: “The football stadium is rarely politically correct.
16 January 2012
Christopher Plummer wins Golden Globe for gay dad role 6 Christopher Plummer's performance as a gay father in the film Beginners has won him a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a motion picture.
13 January 2012
Leaflet defendant had to ‘stop gays or risk tsunami’ + A man accused of stirring up hatred with anti-gay leaflets said homosexuality needs to be stopped or society risks a natural disaster, a court has heard.
15 December 2011
Former tennis star Margaret Court serves up controversy over gay marriage 93 Margaret Court, once the world's number one female tennis player, well-known for her anti-gay views, has sparked a heated row with other former champions after saying gays were "aggressively demanding marriage rights that are not theirs to take."
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.
9 December 2011
50,000 respond to Scotland’s gay marriage consultation 85 More than 50,000 responses have been submitted to the Scottish government’s consultation on the introduction of gay marriage.
7 December 2011
New “rainbow coalition” to back marriage equality in Scotland 23 Amnesty International, the Scottish NUS and the Equality Network are among groups forming a coalition this morning to back the proposal for same-sex marriage.
1 December 2011
Comment: The inequality we aren’t so keen to talk about 123 On World AIDS Day, Will Harris of the Terrence Higgins Trust writes that the HIV epidemic has been set against a moral backdrop like no other medical condition, "a victim of its own capitals".
30 November 2011
Nigerian Senate votes to punish gay marriage with 14 years in prison 150 The Nigerian Senate has voted through a bill criminalising gay marriage, with prison sentences of up to 14 years for those couples who try to enter into an unofficial union and ten years for witnesses.
3 November 2011
Over a third of Ireland’s older LGBT people fear rejection in society 6 Study commissioners say report highlights progress of last 20 years, but also problems facing today's older population.
3 November 2011
Ghana’s president will “never support” legalising homosexuality 208 Government official says gay rights will destroy the "moral fibre of society" as human rights representatives urge UK leaders to ensure support is given to most vulnerable.
31 October 2011
Glasgow council adds support to gay marriage consultation 20 While religious leaders are divided on their views, Scotland's largest city council votes in favour of gay marriage proposals.
26 October 2011
Catholic leader tells Scottish health minister that gay marriage will be ‘harmful’ 162 Catholic leaders have claimed that gay marriage will be "harmful" to society in talks with Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
21 October 2011
Black children perform poorly at school because ‘academic success is seen as gay’ 166 African-Caribbean children perform poorly at school because doing well is perceived as 'gay' or 'feminine', the head of the Jamaican Teachers Association has said.
18 October 2011
Zachary Quinto thanks fans for support 10 Zachary Quinto has thanked fans for their "outpouring of support" after he came out.
10 October 2011
Catholic archbishop urges Scottish parishes to oppose gay marriage 72 The Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti, has written to all Scottish parishes to urge them to oppose plans to give gay couples the right to marry.
4 October 2011
US study says gay men are less likely to be offered job interviews 34 An American study says that openly gay men are less likely to be called back for job interviews - particularly in the South and Midwest.
19 September 2011
Brian Souter says society may ‘implode’ if ‘traditional marriage’ falls 99 Scottish entrepreneur and SNP donor Brian Souter says society is in danger of "imploding" if "traditional marriage" declines.
10 September 2011
US politician Sally Kern: Gays are more dangerous than terrorists 186 Ahead of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Sally Kern has renewed her claim that homosexuality has killed more people in the United States than terrorism.

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