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17 May 2013
US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’ 3 A Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fighter has been suspended after he tweeted defending a fellow fighter who lost his bonus as a fine for smoking marijuana, in which he included the word "fag".
14 May 2013
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a ‘baby panda’ 65 Gay author Bret Easton Ellis has denounced the recent media coverage given to gay basketball player Jason Collins, and slammed LGBT advocacy group GLAAD.
13 May 2013
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: ‘The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage’ 89 Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says the government’s same-sex marriage bill will take the “sex out of marriage” and wonders whether a sister could marry a sister in order to avoid inheritance tax as part of the reform.
8 May 2013
Duncan James: I’ve had Twitter trolls say ‘I hope you get AIDS and die, you f*ggot’ 17 Blue’s Duncan James says he experienced a flurry of vile abuse on Twitter shortly after ITV aired The Big Reunion.
6 May 2013
US: Chris Kluwe announces that he has been dropped by his team the Minnesota Vikings 6 NFL player and human rights campaigner Chris Kluwe, has announced that he has been dropped by the Minnesota Vikings, saying that "making people aware of an issue that is causing children to commit suicide is more important than kicking a leather ball."
5 May 2013
Justin Bieber: ‘I’m gay’ claims hacked E! Online Twitter account 21 The Syrian Electronic Army, the group responsible for hacking both the BBC and the Associated Press, has used a compromised Twitter account to claim that pop star Justin Bieber is gay.
4 May 2013
Harvard professor apologises for suggesting that bi economist Keynes was selfish for not having children 28 A Harvard professor, broadcaster and Financial Times columnist has apologised for comments he made earlier this week, when he suggested that an economist's theories were wrong, because the economist was bi, and therefore too selfish to care for future generations.
4 May 2013
US: Gay rights protestors including a shirtless man photo-bomb ‘God Hates Fags’ demo 31 A picket organised by the Westboro Baptist Church's 'God Hates Fags' campaign saw a counter demonstration by gay rights supporters including a shirtless musician named Chris.
2 May 2013
Gay NBA player Jason Collins received Twitter death threats after coming out 9 The first openly gay player in a major US team sport, Jason Collins, who came out on Monday, has been subject to a tirade of abuse on the social networking site Twitter, including a number of death threats.
1 May 2013
US: Church cancels former NFL player’s speech over congratulatory tweet to Jason Collins 13 A former NFL player and Super Bowl Champion, has had a speaking appearance cancelled by a church over a congratulatory tweet he sent to recently out NBA star, Jason Collins.
29 April 2013
Bill Clinton congratulates NBA star Jason Collins for coming out and says ‘it’s an important moment for sport’ 1 Bill Clinton has praised Jason Collins for going public about his sexuality, becoming the first NBA player to come out as gay and continue their career.
25 April 2013
France: Anti-gay MP accidentally votes in favour of equal marriage 31 An anti-gay French MP, who strongly opposes equal marriage, accidentally voted in favour of it during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday.
24 April 2013
US: Sheriff warns anti-gay church to stay away from Texas fertiliser blast funerals 27 The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has been told to stay away from the funerals of those killed in last week’s fertiliser plant explosion in Texas.
24 April 2013
Anti-gay Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa tweets PinkNews to warn of ‘sodomy’ 63 A notorious homophobic Ugandan pastor responded to news of a new HIV prevention campaign in England by tweeting “stop sodomy” at PinkNews’ Twitter account.
24 April 2013
JLS still to appear at Birmingham Pride despite split 2 Birmingham Pride say JLS will still perform their DJ set at the event, despite today's announcement that they are to split-up.
22 April 2013
Kent: No further action to be taken over former youth crime commissioner’s anti-gay tweets 6 Former youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown will not face prosecution over homophobic and racist comments she made on Twitter.
19 April 2013
T-Pain slams ‘homophobic idiots’ on Twitter 8 Rapper and music producer T-Pain slammed "homophobic idiots" on his Twitter account earlier this week, condemning people for misjudging his gay assistant.
19 April 2013
Duncan James: ‘People were shocked when they heard I was gay on The Big Reunion’ 23 Even though Duncan James came out three years ago, some of his fans only learnt about the singer's sexuality from watching The Big Reunion last month.
15 April 2013
Joey Barton to appear before French FA committee following transphobic tweets 8 Joey Barton is set to learn if he faces a ban over a string of comments – including some of a transphobic nature – he made about rival player Thiago Silva.
13 April 2013
Rapper Azealia Banks says A$AP Rocky should ‘come out of the closet’ for commenting on lipstick 12 Rapper Azealia Banks, who has been involved in controversy in the past for using homophobic slurs, has again taken to Twitter during a feud with fellow rapper A$AP Rocky, and said the straight artist should "come out of the closet" because he insulted her lipstick.

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