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3 February 2012Gay verger ‘shocked’ by woman’s sexual assault claim + A gay verger told a court today he had "no wish" to touch the breasts of a woman he stands accused of sexually assaulting at Wakefield Cathedral. -
3 February 2012Firm discriminated against gay lawyer with ‘batty boy’ friend 21 A London law firm has lost an appeal of a ruling that it discriminated against a gay barrister. -
2 February 2012Comment: No more stalling, gay and straight couples deserve equality now 64 On the first anniversary of the Equal Love campaign's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, Peter Tatchell examines the inequalities of straight marriage and gay civil partnerships. -
2 February 2012Guilty verdict for killer of gay teen Jack Frew 18 A jury in Scotland has found gay teenager Craig Roy guilty of the murder of Jack Frew in 2010. -
2 February 2012Maryland girl: For my birthday, ban gay marriage 196 A committee at the Maryland state senate, where equal marriage legislation is being considered, has heard the birthday wish of a 14-year-old girl: to keep the ban on gay marriage. -
2 February 2012US police ‘told gay couple faggots don’t deserve to wear pants in jail’ 46 A US gay couple arrested on assault charges say they were denied trousers for a day after being told "faggots don't deserve to wear pants in jail". -
2 February 2012London protest follows Sweden’s trans sterilisation rule 22 Worldwide protest at continuing insistence by the Swedish government on what has been described as a policy of eugenics in respect of trans men and women led on Monday to the unusual sight of a demo outside that country's London embassy. -
2 February 2012South African lesbian killers sentenced to 18 years in prison 8 Four men convicted of murdering a lesbian near Cape Town have received 18-year prison sentences, days before the sixth anniversary of her death. -
2 February 2012Washington state senate approves equal marriage 12 Washington's state senate approved a bill last night to give equal marriage rights to gay citizens. -
1 February 2012Protest at York Minster over Sentamu gay marriage views 77 Around a hundred protesters gathered outside York Minster today to protest against anti-marriage equality comments made by the city's Archbishop. -
1 February 2012Lithuanian who called for ‘another Hitler’ to tackle gays fined 38 A furniture-maker in Lithuania has been ordered to pay a fine of £375 after calling on Facebook for "another Hitler" to kill gays. -
1 February 2012MEPs condemn gay arrests in Northern Cyprus 43 A number of MEPs have called today for the immediate release of two men arrested for "unnatural acts" in the self-declared state and for a moratorium on any future arrests under the laws criminalising homosexuality. -
30 January 2012Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury backs ‘gay cure’ therapist 187 Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has joined other clerics to back a therapist who was found guilty of professional malpractice last year after offering 'gay cure' therapy. -
27 January 2012US trans prisoner sues over hair treatments + A trans woman in Massachusetts, USA, has filed a claim against her prison over allegations that she has not been provided with medically required hair treatments. -
27 January 2012Brad Pitt’s gay marriage pledge tested 19 The actor said this week the pledge he and Angelina Jolie took to hold off on marriage until equality was achieved for everyone in the US is proving hard to keep.
