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11 May 2012
University of Wolverhampton students to host equal marriage support day 43 Students at the University of Wolverhampton who launched an 8,500-strong petition in favour of marriage equality for gay and straight couples will be holding an awareness day next week.
25 April 2012
Hillary Clinton: In Asia and Africa gay rights is a ‘totally foreign concept’ 30 Echoing her landmark speech to the United Nations, to an audience at Syracuse University, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said that many foreign leaders in Africa and Asia consider gay rights and indeed womens' rights to be a "totally foreign concept."
13 April 2012
St Andrews students to hold silent protest at Cardinal O’Brien’s visit 39 Students at the University of St Andrews will hold a silent protest this Sunday against comments made by Cardinal Keith O'Brien about marriage equality.
22 March 2012
Muslim preacher who said gays should be ‘treated’ barred from University talk 50 A Muslim preacher who said homosexuality was 'unnatural' and gays needed to be 'treated' has been barred from speaking at an event for the Islamic Society at the University of Hertfordshire today.
1 March 2012
Graduate hands back Oxford degree over Christian Concern conference 102 An Oxford graduate has handed back his degree over a college's arrangement to host conferences in association with a religious group which has regularly opposed advances in gay rights and backed 'gay cure'.
28 February 2012
Harvard asked to overturn gay expulsions of 1920 9 Harvard University is being called on to overturn the findings of a secret investigation which saw nine gay students expelled in 1920.
24 November 2011
Université du Québec at Montréal creates research chair to study homophobia 33 The first research chair of its kind created on the North American continent has been funded by the government to inform public debate on the effects of homophobia.
23 November 2011
Oxford college flies university’s “first-ever rainbow flag” 42 Rainbow flag is raised among the medieval city's spires for college's Queerweek festival, thought to be the first gay symbol to fly above the institution in its 900-year history.
12 September 2011
Harvard University hires ‘gay student life’ director 2 Harvard University has appointed a director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life.
28 July 2011
Texas university gets gender-neutral toilet 22 A university in Texas has installed a gender neutral toilet.
14 January 2011
Gay and straight students marry in the name of art 25 A gay man and a straight woman have married for an art project.
12 November 2010
Illinois university official ‘fired’ for announcing lesbian wedding 6 A lesbian official at a Catholic university in Illinois claims she was fired after announcing her wedding in a local newspaper.
4 November 2010
Trans student first to play NCAA basketball 11 A Washington student has become the first transgender person to play NCAA basketball.
29 October 2010
Universities ‘should employ watchdogs against discriminatory extremism’ 17 Universities should employ watchdogs to guard against religious extremism, a report has said.
22 February 2010
Queer theory professor killed in cycle accident 8 A professor in Spanish and queer theory has been named as the cyclist who was killed in a collision in London earlier this month.

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