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15 April 2013
US: University sets up scholarship to support gay students and straight allies 4 A US university has set up a fund to help out gay students who struggle financially after rejection from their families after coming out, as well as straight students who lose funding after supporting gay classmates.
4 April 2013
Texas A&M University lets students opt out of funding LGBT centre 14 The Texas A&M University Student Senate has approved a proposal that would allow students to opt out of funding its LGBT centre.
3 April 2013
US: Video shows homophobic and physical abuse by basketball coach who will remain in post 10 The basketball coach at a New Jersey University has been disciplined, has remained in his job, and is unlikely to face further action, despite the surfacing of video footage in which he subjects players to homophobic and physical abuse.
29 March 2013
Spain: University professor says women should stay with violent husbands and that gay people can be ‘cured’ 20 A Spanish academic has come under fire for allegedly saying homosexuality is “curable” and that pregnancy through rape was effectively God's way of compensating the victim.
4 March 2013
Peter Tatchell claims Reading University colludes with far-right extremist Muslim Society 24 Peter Tatchell writes about last week’s decision of Reading University's Student Union to cancel an event where the anti-gay Islamic preacher Abu Usamah at-Thahabi was due to attend.
15 February 2013
US: Sex education bill to recognise LGBT students and reject ‘gender stereotypes’ 1 A new sex eduction bill introduced in the US on Thursday would provide five year grants to programs rejecting gender stereotypes and embracing LGBT students.
8 February 2013
Trans woman student abused and shoved out of toilets at Leeds University 267 A trans woman student at Leeds University was verbally abused and pushed out of the Student Union's female toilets by two girls.
23 January 2013
Canada: Students’ ‘Free Speech Wall’ torn down by self-titled gay rights activist 27 A student claiming to be an LGBT activist tore down a "Free Speech Wall" created by his fellow students at Carleton University in Canada, stating that not all opinions deserved to be expressed.
17 January 2013
University of Tennessee considers offering gender neutral housing 9 The University of Tennessee is considering offering gender neutral dorms to students.
25 December 2012
Student leaders warn naked university Christmas calendars challenge ‘dignity at university’ 48 Many will be opening up stocking fillers of naked charity calendars this morning but the National Union of Students has warned that they challenge the notion of equality and dignity at university.
13 December 2012
US: First public university allows LGBT students to self-identify 2 The University of Iowa has announced that it is adding an optional question on sexuality, and a trans option under gender, to its undergraduate application forms.
11 October 2012
US: University diversity officer placed on leave for signing anti-equal marriage petition 51 A university in Washington DC, has placed its Chief Diversity Officer on leave, after she reportedly signed a petition opposing equal marriage law in the state of Maryland.
29 August 2012
Study: Hearing the phrase “That’s so gay” can cause lasting harm 45 The University of Michigan has released the results of a study which revealed that gay, lesbian or bisexual students who hear phrases such as "that's so gay" more often are more likely to suffer health problems.
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.
4 July 2012
Connecticut student ‘faked anti-gay harassment’ 5 A lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University is facing police charges of faking claims of anti-gay harassment.
22 June 2012
Stonewall updates gay-friendly university guide 20 Gay rights charity Stonewall has updated its guide to the gay-friendly credentials of the UK's 150 universities.
11 May 2012
University of Wolverhampton students to host equal marriage support day 44 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.

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