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10 May 2013
Gay rights groups criticise National Lottery funding given to religious groups linked to online homophobia 9 Gay rights organisations have called for National Lottery grants to be reviewed, after reports found that faith groups linked to online anti-gay literature had received the funding.
28 March 2013
US: Tennessee’s reintroduced ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill dies 12 Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' bill, which would have required teachers to tell parents if their child confided in them about their sexuality, has died before a House Subcommittee.
14 March 2013
US: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would force teachers to send gay students to psychiatrists 11 The newly revised 'Don't Say Gay' bill, which has been proposed for the US state of Tennessee, includes a clause which would mean teachers would be made to send gay students to a psychiatrist.
6 February 2013
US: Author of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill compares homosexuality to ‘shooting heroin’ 28 The author of a newly revived bill proposing to outlaw any teaching about homosexuality in schools, has now compared being gay to "shooting heroin".
31 January 2013
US: ‘Gay’ dog saved after being condemned to being put down 27 A dog in Tennessee was reportedly rescued, after being left at a kennel by his owner who thought he was gay.
31 January 2013
US: Dog condemned to death row because his owner thought he was gay 32 A dog in Tennessee will be put down today at an overcrowded kennel.
31 January 2013
Tennessee: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill revived, now requires students to be outed to parents 21 The "Don't Say Gay" bill has been revived, and now says that teachers in Tennessee should have to inform parents if a child confides in them about being gay.
17 January 2013
University of Tennessee considers offering gender neutral housing 9 The University of Tennessee is considering offering gender neutral dorms to students.
15 January 2013
Anti-gay Christian group: It is ‘dangerous’ to say the bible is inclusive of gay people 31 The leader of the Evangelical Alliance has responded to an article which claimed the bible could be inclusive of gay people, to say that suggestions of a new biblical interpretation are "dangerous".
11 January 2013
Comment: I wish the Guardian’s Suzanne Moore would stop digging 18 In a comment piece for PinkNews, Zoe Stavri argues that Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore should apologise for her recent transphobic outburst.
4 December 2012
US: Evangelical Christian man fakes being gay for a year as research for a new book 58 An evangelical Christian man from Tennessee has cause controversy by pretending to be gay for a year, as research for a new book, and has received criticism from the LGBT community.
3 October 2012
US: Christian student hospitalised with ‘alcohol enema’ hits out at media coverage 60 A University of Tennessee (UT) student who found fame after 'butt-chugging' enough wine to put him in hospital has now denied using an alcohol enema because of his Christian faith.
9 August 2012
Tennessee: University employee threw away gay newspapers 26 An employee at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee is being investigated after she was seen throwing away dozens of copies of a local gay newspaper from a communal area.
5 May 2012
Tennessee: Yearbook profile of a gay student provokes controversy 92 The publication of an article about a gay student in the yearbook of Lenoir City High School has provoked outrage, after one of the board members of the school wrote a blog-post asking for the journalism teacher to be sacked, and for a police investigation into the matter.
1 May 2012
Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to be dropped 11 The so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill, which would have interdicted elementary and middle school teachers from discussion of homosexuality and gender identity, looks set to be dropped without a vote, after a key Republican sponsor announced that he simply would not bring it up, local media organisations report.
18 April 2012
Tennessee: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances through the House 43 Republicans who dominate the Tennessee Legislature have moved one step closer towards passing a bill that would interdict elementary and middle school teachers from discussing homosexuality and gender identity.
2 March 2012
US principal resigns after ‘telling gays they were going to hell’ 78 A high school principal in the US state of Tennessee has stood down following allegations she told gays students they were 'going to hell'.
26 May 2011
Lawsuit to be filed over Tennessee’s anti-gay law 14 A lawsuit will be filed against a new Tennessee law which bans employment protections for LGBT employees.
24 May 2011
Tennessee governor signs bill to wipe out gay legal protection 70 The governor of Tennessee has signed a bill which gay rights campaigners say will wipe out all any laws which protect LGBT people from discrimination.
21 May 2011
Tennessee Senate approves ‘don’t say gay’ bill 629 Tennessee’s Senate has passed a bill that proposes to introduce a ban of discussing homosexuality within schools.

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