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November 27, 2013

World’s most senior psychiatrist comes out and says profession should apologise to gay people

The new head of the World Psychiatric Association, Professor Dinesh Bhugra, has come out as gay in an interview and says his profession should apologise for the way it has treated gay people and women.

November 27, 2013

Video: Joan Rivers defends Alec Baldwin for homophobic rant: ‘Everybody just relax’

Comedian Joan Rivers has jumped to the defence of Alec Baldwin following the cancellation of his show off the back of a homophobic rant at a reporter.

November 27, 2013

Gay couple ‘delighted’ UK Supreme Court rules against anti-gay Christian B&B owners

A gay couple who were prevented from staying in a double room by the owners of a Christian guesthouse say they are “delighted” that the UK Supreme Court has ruled in their favour.

November 27, 2013

Tory MP Simon Kirby tells David Cameron that he’s tested for HIV as part of HIV Testing Week

Conservative MP Simon Kirby has urged David Cameron to support efforts to increase HIV testing at today’s PMQs, with the MP saying that he’d undertaken an HIV test in Brighton as part of HIV Testing Week.

November 27, 2013

Comment: The fight for LGBT equality is far from over, in fact it has only just begun

Member of the board at GLAAD, and Managing Director and CIO at Barclays Anthony Watson, marks the 35th anniversary of Harvey Milk's assassination by reflecting on the passage of equal marriage, but says that is not the end of the fight for equality but the beginning.

November 27, 2013

New Mexico: Teen knocked out in shopping mall anti-gay assault captured on video

A 14-year-old who suffered a vicious homophobic assault in a New Mexico shopping mall has been banned from the premises for 12 months.

November 27, 2013

Alec Baldwin rants that GLAAD ‘killed’ his show following homophobic slurs

Actor Alec Baldwin has blamed GLAAD, describing them as “the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy", for the decision of MSNBC to cancel his weekly show after he used homophobic language to a photographer.

November 27, 2013

UK: Anti-gay Christian B&B pair lose Supreme Court appeal

Peter and Hazelmary Bull, the Christian B&B owners who were prosecuted for discriminating against a same-sex couple, have lost their latest legal challenge at the UK Supreme Court.

November 26, 2013

United Nations announces Macklemore and Ryan Lewis as its ‘equality champions’

The United Nations announced today that hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will be joining its Free & Equal campaign as "equality champions."

November 26, 2013

Welsh First Minister promises action against ‘totally unacceptable’ anti-gay language

First Minister Carwyn Jones has thrown his support behind a new campaign to tackle homophobic language in Wales’ schools, branding homophobic language as “totally unacceptable”.