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8 May 2013
Police arrest suspect in connection with Brighton gay man’s death + Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of Michael Polding, a gay man who was found murdered in his Brighton flat in July 2012.
2 May 2013
South Africa: Married lesbian couple told to split up or face their son being expelled from school 16 A married South African lesbian couple have been told they should split up and walk away from their "lifestyle", or remove their son from his Christian school.
29 April 2013
South Africa: Dead teen was beaten, starved and forced to eat faeces at camp linked to ‘gay conversion’ 67 A court has heard how a teenage boy in South Afica died from severe and substantial injuries sustained while attending a camp which has been linked to "gay conversion", after allegedly being beaten, starved, and forced to eat his own faeces.
25 April 2013
Two years on and still no justice for South African lesbian murder victim Noxolo Nogwaza 4 Family, friends and campaigners are remembering Noxolo Nogwaza, a young lesbian in South Africa, who was raped and murdered two years ago this week after a night out with friends.
17 April 2013
New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage 55 New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world to legalise equal marriage.
16 April 2013
New Zealand expected to give final approval to equal marriage bill 23 New Zealand's Parliament is on Wednesday expected to give final approval to a bill which would legalise equal marriage in the country.
14 April 2013
South Africa: Government condemns anti-LGBT violence following attack + The South African Government has stated its opposition to anti-LGBT violence, following an attack on a gay man in Cape Town which left him missing part of one ear.
12 April 2013
South African cardinal: ‘I can’t be accused of homophobia because I don’t know any homosexuals’ 65 A South African cardinal has rejected accusations that he is homophobic, saying it is impossible because he knows no gay people.
11 April 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Thatcher talked freedom but supported tyrants’ 17 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell shares his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher who died earlier this week and writes about her relationships with foreign dictators.
11 April 2013
Uruguay votes to make same-sex marriage legal nationwide 15 Uruguay is to become the 12th country in the world to make it legal for same-sex couples to marry nationwide after Congress ratified a bill passed last week in the Senate.
8 April 2013
South Africa: Gay couple hope their traditional wedding will inspire the black community 13 A gay couple in South Africa have married in a wedding ceremony uniting their Zulu and Tswana traditions, which they say they hope will send a message to others that "Being gay is as African as being black."
28 March 2013
BBC apologises for naming South African official ‘gay marriage’ in TV news caption 3 The BBC has apologised for accidently naming a South African civil servant with the name “gay marriage” in a TV news report about a diplomatic conference.
27 February 2013
South African Pastor: Oscar Pistorius is ‘cursed’ for supporting gay rights 48 A pastor in South Africa, who previously said Archbishop Desmond Tutu should should "burn in hell" for accepting gay people, now believes fallen Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius has been "cursed" for supporting gay rights.
26 February 2013
Leader of South Africa’s Agang Party says being gay is ‘how God created us’ 8 Mamphela Ramphele, the leader of South Africa’s new Agang Party, has made comments in which she supports LGBT rights and opposes homophobia.
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.
18 January 2013
South Africa: Justice ministry requests that ‘gay cure centre’ is investigated 2 The South African justice ministry has requested that the Human Rights Commission investigate a Chrisian arts centre which operates to attempt to "cure" people of their homosexuality.
16 January 2013
Comment: South Africa is not a ‘Rainbow Nation’ if you’re gay 18 Recently, a South African college was exposed for offering therapies to try and turn young gay people straight.
16 January 2013
South African student defends gay ‘cure’ college and says she’s no longer a lesbian 20 A student has defended a South African arts academy and claims that it helped “cure” her of being a lesbian.
14 January 2013
South African arts academy claims it can ‘cure’ students of being gay 15 A Christian arts academy in the South African city of Bloemfontein claims it can “cure” gay students of their sexuality and has likened its approach to a drug rehabilitation programme.
11 January 2013
South Africa: Campaigner links man’s death to homophobic killings 1 A gay rights group believe a gang allegedly targeting gay men in Johannesburg may have started operating in South Africa’s capital, Cape Town.

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