England
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11 June 2009UKIP candidate compared homosexuality to paedophila 72 The UKIP candiate for next month's by-election in Hove's Goldsmid ward was suspended from his job after comparing gays to paedophiles in 2007. -
5 June 2009Southwark votes in first openly gay mayor 25 The first openly gay mayor of Southwark, south-east London, has been elected. -
27 May 2009Trans group boycotts London Pride march 125 TransLondon, the largest group in the capital for all trans-identified people, has announced it is boycotting London Pride. -
26 May 2009Setback for Liverpool’s gay village 7 The long-awaited arrival of Liverpool's gay village may not take place until as late as August, it has been revealed. -
20 May 2009100 arrested in hate crime raids across London 20 One hundred people were arrested today as part of a police swoop on hate crimes in London. -
20 May 2009Vigilantes ‘patrolling woods with chainsaws’ to discourage cottaging 27 A group of vigilantes apparently armed with chainsaws and shotguns have been patrolling a Derbyshire wood to discourage gay men meeting for sex. -
20 May 2009Police carry out raids across London to tackle homophobic hate crime + The Metropolitan Police Service began a series of raids on addresses across London this morning to crack down on domestic, homophobic, transphobic, race and other forms of hate crime. -
15 May 2009Boy, 14, found guilty of chanting homophobic abuse at footballer Sol Campbell 8 A 14-year-old boy and a 42-year-old man were today found guilty of shouting "disgusting" homophobic abuse at footballer Sol Campbell at a match in September last year. -
12 May 2009Transexual woman calls off week long hunger strike 7 A transsexual woman from Nottingham has ended her week long huger strike after NHS officials agreed to reconsider whether they can fund gender reassignment treatment. -
12 May 2009Trans woman on hunger strike after treatment refused 10 A trans woman from Nottingham has been on hunger strike for a week, saying she will die if the NHS does not fund her gender reassignment treatment.
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12 May 2009Liverpool to fly the rainbow flag for international day against homophobia 7 Liverpool, the city in which gay teenager Michael Causer was beaten to death last year, is to fly the rainbow flag from its town hall on Sunday to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. -
10 May 2009Top gay Tory MP Alan Duncan claimed more than £4,000 for gardening 8 The most senior gay Conservative MP, Alan Duncan has become the lastest politician to have their expenses exposed by the Daily Telegraph. -
9 May 2009Updated: Gay Minister Ben Bradshaw ‘claimed full mortgage interest for home he only half owns’ 21 Openly gay minister Ben Bradshaw is the latest Labour MP to have his expenses exposed in the Daily Telegraph. -
6 May 2009Men convicted of attack on gay squatter 5 A man who attacked his former lover has been convicted of assault, criminal damage and theft. -
5 May 2009Lesbian couple found dead in suspected suicide pact 2 A lesbian couple who were found dead in a north London hotel died in a suicide pact, it has been reported. -
1 May 2009Man charged with murder of shooting of gay couple + A man has been charged with murder after a gay couple were shot in their home in Bradford. -
30 April 2009Remembering the Admiral Duncan bombing 39 Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Admiral Duncan nail bomb attack on April 30th 1999 in Soho. -
30 April 2009Admiral Duncan bombing: The day my life changed forever 11 On the tenth anniversary of the Admiral Duncan bombing, survivor Jonathan Cash remembers the tragedy. -
29 April 2009Norwich gets its own Pride festival + Norwich is set to have its first gay pride festival, which will take place on July 24th and 25th throughout the city. -
29 April 2009David Cameron to appear at London Pride? 30 David Cameron has accepted an invitation to appear at an event during London's Gay Pride week, it has been reported.
