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January 31, 2014

Polling giant Ipsos MORI ignores couples in civil partnerships like ‘whether or not they eat meat’

The second largest market research company in the UK, Ipsos MORI, still runs polls which do not give respondents the option to indicate that they are in a civil partnership, nine years after they were introduced in the UK.

January 31, 2014

UK: Labour councillor denies using anti-gay slur in argument with colleague

A Labour councillor in Rochdale denies accusations of homophobia, following an investigation by police.

January 30, 2014

Canada: Gay theatre group forced to close after homophobic letters and petition

A gay theatre group has been forced to close its doors in Alberta after local residents sent homophobic letters to their landlord, called the police, and started a petition to get the theatre closed.

January 30, 2014

Russia: Newspaper editor fined under anti-gay law for printing ‘being gay is normal’

A Russian newspaper editor has been fined 50,000 roubles (£860) under the 'gay propaganda' law for printing that "being gay is normal".

January 30, 2014

25th Annual GLAAD Awards: The full list of nominees

The full list of nominees for the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards has been announced.

January 30, 2014

Transgender Senate-hopeful to take on only openly-gay Maryland senator

A trans woman could become the first in the state of Maryland to hold a seat in the Senate, if she wins a battle with the Senate's only openly gay member.

January 30, 2014

Comment: Why anti-gay hate crime must come out

Angela Shine writes on why it is important for anti-LGBT hate crimes to be reported, reflecting on a specific example, and says she hopes recent events will lead to a reduction in hate crime.

January 30, 2014

African traditionalist group rejects ‘troubling’ Archbishops’ request for anti-gay laws to be dropped

An African traditionalist group has rejected calls from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to scrap anti-gay laws in Uganda and Nigeria.

January 30, 2014

President Obama’s former weed dealer beaten to death with a hammer by his gay lover

A marijuana dealer who served President Barack Obama during his high school years, has been revealed to have been beaten to death by his gay lover.

January 30, 2014

Hong Kong: Billionaire withdraws £78m offer to turn his lesbian daughter straight and ‘respects her choice’

A Hong Kong billionaire who offered a £78m dowry to any man who married his lesbian daughter has withdrawn his offer, a day after she published an emotional open letter to him asking him to stop.