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25 October 2012
Liverpool: LGBT arts festival gets underway 2 Homotopia is now underway in Liverpool and this year's festival has a special focus on the LGBT citizens of Uganda.
17 October 2012
Madonna ordered to appear in Russian court for breaking anti-gay law 43 Madonna has been sent a summons to appear in a Russian court for breaking St Petersburg’s homophobic censorship law, during her concert in the city, earlier this summer.
3 October 2012
Russian court backs St Petersburg’s anti-gay law 15 Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s second largest city of St Petersburg can continue to enforce its homophobic censorship law.
2 October 2012
Ukraine gives initial approval to anti-gay law 11 Human rights campaigners have criticised Ukraine after the country’s parliament passed a draft LGBT censorship law.
25 September 2012
Russian politician says being gay is a ‘bad habit’ that can be treated with prayer 41 Vitaly Milonov, city councillor and author of St Petersburg’s homophobic censorship law, has referred to homosexuality as a “bad habit” that can be treated by fasting and prayer.
25 August 2012
In Photos: Manchester Pride 2012 112 Manchester saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets to take part in the city's LGBT pride parade, part of a long weekend of celebrations in the Northern city.
24 August 2012
Manchester Pride to send message of solidarity to St Petersburg 13 The thousands who attend Manchester Pride this weekend are being urged to use the event to send a message of solidarity to LGBT people in St Petersburg.
17 August 2012
Russian anti-gay group sues Madonna for $10m for ‘causing moral suffering’ 85 A group of homophobic Russian activists have sued Madonna for $10 million after they claimed she insulted their feelings when she spoke out in favour of gay equality during last week's concert in St Petersburg.
17 August 2012
Appeal against century-long ban on gay pride in Moscow is refused 29 Nikolay Alexeyev, founder of Moscow Gay Pride, has had his appeal against the century-long ban on the parade rejected by Moscow City Court.
11 August 2012
St Petersburg: Madonna accused of breaking anti-gay law and branded a whore 39 As expected, this week’s gig by the queen of pop in Russia’s second largest city has not passed off without controversy.
8 August 2012
St Petersburg: Madonna responds to hate with pink wristbands 2 The pop icon’s official Facebook page talks of the fashion accessories forming “part" of her upcoming show in the Russian city.
14 July 2012
Russian gay rights campaigners appeal to European court over Pride bans 10 Gay rights activists in Russia have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights after being banned from holding Pride marches in St Petersburg.
7 July 2012
Russia: Eight gay rights campaigners arrested in St Petersburg 10 Eight gay rights activists were arrested today in St Petersburg, Russia, for handing out "homosexual propaganda".
1 June 2012
St Petersburg judge ‘rules LGBT event bans were unlawful’ 10 A judge in St Petersburg has ruled that bans on gay events put in place by officials under city's 'gay propaganda' legislation were unlawful, it has been reported.
4 May 2012
Nikolai Alekseev first to be convicted of ‘gay propaganda’ in St Petersburg 27 Gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alekseev has become the first man to be convicted under St Petersburg's recent 'gay propaganda' laws.
1 May 2012
Russia: Police arrest gay rights activists in St Petersburg 35 Russian police force have arrested seventeen gay rights activists during a May Day rally in St Petersburg, which recently passed a law that banned what it called 'homosexual propaganda.'
24 April 2012
Straight Russian man cleared of ‘gay propaganda’ charge in St Petersburg 5 A judge in St Petersburg has cleared the first man to be charged under the newly-created offence of promoting homosexuality around minors but convicted him of disobeying police orders.
19 April 2012
Poll: 94 percent of Russians have never seen ‘gay propaganda’, 86 percent support ban 24 While only six percent of Russians say they have seen 'gay propaganda', 86 percent support a ban, the state-owned media agency RIA Novosti reports.
16 April 2012
St Petersburg: First hearings for men arrested under anti-gay law postponed 5 The trial of two men who are the first to be prosecuted under St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors has reportedly been adjourned due to missing documents.
13 April 2012
Hungary: Fears over new ‘gay disorder’ bills 10 Following similar developments in Russia, extreme-right parliamentarians in Hungary have tabled proposals to outlaw public discussions of homosexuality.

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