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16 July 2012
Australian Olympic athlete in anti-straight room discrimination claim 38 An Australian gunman competing at the London Olympics has said it is 'stupid' he and his wife are not allowed to share a room while 'tons of gay couples' representing Australia can.
13 July 2012
New Pride House launched for London Olympics 55 A new Pride House festival has been launched for the London Olympics at the last minute after a lack of sponsorship meant the original event was cancelled.
12 July 2012
Call to ban anti-gay countries from London Olympics 134 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is calling on the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to ban anti-gay countries from the events this summer.
10 July 2012
Liverpool FC to march in city Pride parade 18 Liverpool Football Club has announced it will be the first Premier League club in the country to be officially represented at a Pride event, although no footballers have been announced as taking part.
10 July 2012
Clare Balding: Being a lesbian may have helped sports presenting career 21 BBC TV presenter Clare Balding said she believes being a lesbian can give her an advantage as a female sports commentator when she is not considered to be distracted by physically attractive male athletes.
5 July 2012
Wimbledon: Fans hear ‘game points’ as gay slur in BBC coverage of Murray match 128 A comment in last night's Wimbledon quarter-final between Andy Murray and David Ferrer has prompted complaints to the BBC from fans who believed it was anti-gay.
2 July 2012
Amateur footballer banned from matches after threatening gay referee 11 An amateur footballer has been banned from watching or playing in regulated games for the next three years after verbally abusing a gay referee.
29 June 2012
Budapest: MEPs open gay EuroGames 2012 3 Members of the European Parliament have taken part in the official opening of theEuroGames 2012 in Budapest, the Hungarian capital.
28 June 2012
Scotland: Six in ten LGBT people have seen homophobia in sport, report says 3 A report into levels of homophobia and transphobia in Scottish sport and recommendations to tackle the problems have been formally unveiled today.
19 June 2012
Gay former footballer to tweet on Ukraine’s anti-gay bill during England game + Gay former professional footballer Marcus Urban will be tweeting with AllOut.org at this evening's Ukraine-England match to highlight the draft anti-gay law currently being considered by the former country's legislature.
18 June 2012
Italian footballer Claudio Marchisio backs equal marriage 13 Claudio Marchisio, a midfielder on Italy's national squad has spoken out in favour of equal marriage rights for gay couples, a week after a team-mate said he hoped there were no gays on their team.
13 June 2012
Italian footballer ‘regrets’ hoping there were no gays in Euro 2012 team 40 An Italian striker has apologised after telling a press conference he hoped there were no gay men in his team at the Euro 2012 football championships.
8 June 2012
Sydney team wins gay rugby world cup at Manchester final 8 Gay Australian rugby team the Sydney Convicts have taken home the 2012 Bingham Cup, becoming gay rugby champions of the world.
3 June 2012
Video: Jason Alexander apologises for ‘gay cricket’ comment 38 Jason Alexander, former star of Seinfeld, has apologised after he made comments on Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show which were deemed homophobic by gay rights activists and LGBT blogs.
31 May 2012
Manchester to host gay rugby world cup this weekend 6 Manchester will play host to the Bingham Cup this weekend, where gay and inclusive rugby teams from around the world will compete for the 2012 title.
30 May 2012
Gay Sports Day to return this year following London Olympics 6 The Gay Sports Day will return for 2012, slipping in to the capital's summer's calendar between the London Olympic and Paralympic games on the August Bank Holiday.
18 May 2012
Rugby Super League champions devote game to gay equality 12 World Club champions Leeds Rhinos are dedicating their Stobart Super League Round 24 fixture against Widnes Vikings on Friday August 10 to celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
9 May 2012
Man who received anti-gay Twitter abuse from footballer puts on charity match 3 A man who received homophobic abuse on Twitter from a footballer at his club has organised a charity match to draw attention to homophobia in the game.
8 May 2012
US gymnastics hopeful comes out as gay ahead of Olympics 23 US gymnast Josh Dixon has come out during his bid to represent the US at the London Olympics this year in a move which would make him the country's first openly gay gymnast at the competition.
8 May 2012
Wrestler apologises for telling man ‘sickened’ by gays to kill himself 75 US wrestling champion CM Punk has apologised after telling a Twitter user who was 'sickened' by the idea of homosexuality to kill himself.

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