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October 11, 2013

Turkish Cypriot law criminalising homosexuality expected to be repealed by Christmas

Efforts to repeal the ban on homosexuality in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus are to be revived, with the decriminalisation expected to be in force by Christmas.

October 11, 2013

Rupert Everett backs campaign against criminalising prostitution

Rupert Everett is supporting a campaign against proposals in both the UK and around the world to criminalise sex workers’ clients.

October 11, 2013

Petition started to save East London pub after police requests removal of late licence

A petition has been started to save the Joiners Arms in Shoreditch, East London, after the police have asked for its late licence to be revoked.

October 11, 2013

Gulf countries propose ‘mandatory examination to determine gender’ for migrant workers

The Health Ministry of Kuwait has proposed that genetic tests for immigrant workers in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, be tightened to prevent transgender migrants from entering the job market there.

October 11, 2013

Get set for the National AIDS Trust’s Wig Party 2013

The National AIDS Trust has announced details of this month's annual Wig Party in central London on Sunday 27 October - and it's receiving the support of TV star Graham Norton.

October 11, 2013

Iran’s revolutionary guards round up ‘homosexuals and satanists’

Iran's revolutionary guards have announced the arrest of "a network of homosexuals and satanists" in the western city of Kermanshah.

October 11, 2013

Judge: Northern Ireland Health Minister’s support of gay blood ban ‘irrational’

A court has found that Northern Ireland's Health Minister Edwin Poots breached the ministerial code in continuing the ban on gay men donating blood.

October 11, 2013

Father killed while walking across America in memory of dead gay son

A father grieving the loss of his gay son has died in a road accident.

October 11, 2013

Six-year-old trans girl allowed female identification card in landmark case

A trans girl in Argentina has been allowed a female identification card, and for her gender to be officially recognised in a landmark decision.

October 11, 2013

NOW: Anti-gay US televangelist says low carb diets ‘violate the principles of God’

Adamantly anti-gay televangelist Pat Robertson took to the 700 Club programme on his Christian Broadcast Network, this week to say that he thinks low carb diets, such as the Atkins Diet, go against the teachings of God.