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17 December 2012Russian football fan club: Please, no gay or black players in our team 20 A group representing the supporters of a Russian football team say they don’t want gay or black players in their team – but deny it’s got anything to do with bigotry. -
17 December 2012Video: Peaceful Vatican equal marriage protest stopped by police 20 Gay rights campaigners who held a silent protest near St Peter’s Square on Sunday, during the Pope’s weekly prayers, have said that they had their placards confiscated, and some were detained by police, reports suggest. -
17 December 2012Campaigners protest the Vatican in support of marriage equality 2 Gay rights campaigners held a protest near St Peter's Square on Sunday, during the Pope's weekly prayers, after he said that legalising marriage equality "threatened the institute of marriage".
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17 December 2012France: Thousands take to the streets in support of equal marriage and adoption rights 2 Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday, in support of the government's decision to legalise equal marriage and adoption. -
14 December 2012Pope uses ‘peace’ day message to attack same-sex marriage 103 In a message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI has described same-sex marriage as a threat to justice and peace, adding that it will spark harm for society. -
14 December 2012Polish journalist says he risks being deported from USA for being bisexual and not gay 13 Ivo Widlak, a bisexual Polish investigative journalist has said that he risks being deported from the United States because local immigration officials cannot understand the nature of his marriage to a bisexual woman. -
13 December 2012European Parliament puts pressure on Russia and Ukraine to drop anti-gay laws 2 The European Parliament today adopted two resolutions calling on Russia and Ukraine to abandon their LGBT censorship plans. -
12 December 2012Study: Male gay fish behaviour found to turn on female fish 20 German scientists say they have found a tropical male fish that becomes more attractive to females when it displays same-sex behaviour. -
12 December 2012Lady Gaga defies anti-gay Russian law and speaks up for LGBT rights 5 A political ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking legal action against American pop star Lady Gaga for promoting LGBT rights to minors during a concert. -
9 December 2012Swedish football team sacks its entire first squad for homophobic abuse 15 A Swedish football team has sacked its entire first squad for chanting homophobic slurs at a rival team, made up mainly of LGBT people, and encouraging fans to do the same. -
8 December 2012Lady Gaga thanks Russian Prime Minister for his softer stance on gay people 19 The singer Lady Gaga has posted two messages of support for the anti-homophobia comments made by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. -
7 December 2012Russian Prime Minister says there is no reason to “regulate” homosexuality 13 The Russian Prime Minister has said that he doesn't see any reason why homosexuality should be banned legally in the country, and that it is not an big issue for many Russians. -
6 December 2012Belgium’s gay Prime Minister: My country has become less not more tolerant 15 The Belgium prime minister Elio Di Rupo, who is openly gay, has said that he feels that his country has become a less tolerant place over recent years. -
5 December 2012Ireland: Man accused of raping woman after telling her was gay + The trial of a 46-year-old man accused of raping a woman, having previously told her he was gay, is drawing to a close at the country’s Central Criminal Court. -
5 December 2012Joey Barton threatens to sue Daily Mail over ‘gay hero’ article 61 Footballer Joey Barton says he may sue the Daily Mail newspaper after it published an article that suggested he should become football’s “gay hero”. -
5 December 2012Poland: Gay man wins homophobia case against Danish supermarket Netto 13 A Polish gay man who was branded a ‘faggot’ by his former supermarket manager has won a discrimination case. -
4 December 2012Paris gay-friendly mosque denounced by Islamic leaders 30 Islamic leaders in Paris are condemning the opening of what's been described as Europe's first gay-friendly mosque. -
4 December 2012France: President’s partner to be a witness at one of the first same-sex weddings 2 Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of the French President François Hollande, has shown her support for moves to make marriage equal by announcing that she will be a witness at one of the first same-sex marriages. -
4 December 2012Ireland: Gay man found guilty of attacking taxi driver 20 A gay beauty salon worker who beat a Dublin taxi driver, claiming he had made an offensive remark, has been found guilty of assault.
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4 December 2012Germany: Angela Merkel faces party divide over tax breaks for gay couples 11 Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a divide within her ruling Christian Democratic Union party, over tax reliefs for gay couples, which have so far been reserved for married, straight, couples.
