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September 15, 2013

Russia: Viral video allegedly shows gay student beaten, stripped, and raped with bottle at gunpoint

A series of short clips currently circulating on the social media service WhatsApp reportedly show a student in Russia being forced to admit he is gay at gunpoint, then being stripped, beaten, and raped with a bottle by a gang of anti-gay "vigilantes."

September 15, 2013

Russia: ‘Olympic Truce’ altered after pressure from United Nations to include gay equality

Russia has altered its version of the "Olympic Truce" to a more inclusive statement after UN members criticised the original draft for leaving out gay people, although it still fails to mention sexual orientation specifically.

September 15, 2013

Canada: Manitoba passes anti-bullying bill for gay-straight alliances into law

The New Democratic Party in Manitoba, Canada has passed an anti-bullying bill requiring schools to accommodate gay-straight alliances, as well as clubs promoting equality between students of different genders, races, and abilities.

September 15, 2013

University of Lagos: Magnets prove homosexuality is unnatural

Staff at the University of Lagos have lauded the work of one of its postgraduate students, Chibuihem Amalaha, for an experiment in which he claimed observations of magnets provided proof that homosexuality is unnatural.

September 15, 2013

New book claims Matthew Shepard was a meth addict, murdered by his bisexual lover

An award winning journalist is set to release a book on the young man Matthew Shepard who was tied to a fence and killed in 1998, arguing against original accounts that the murder was in fact not an anti-gay hate crime, but was committed by his bisexual lover.

September 15, 2013

Lib Dems’ Baroness Williams defends opposition to same-sex marriage as an ‘issue of conscience’

Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, who previously called the same-sex marriage debate a "conflict between equality and liberty," has defended her position after being challenged by an openly gay Church of Scotland minister.

September 13, 2013

No nudity, erections or underwear at Dallas Pride, say organisers

Officers in Dallas, Texas, will enforce a 'no indecent exposure' policy at the city's Pride event this weekend, organisers and local police chiefs have said.

September 13, 2013

Northern Ireland Health Department to fight to keep gay adoption ban at Supreme Court

Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots plans to spend even more public money in his fight against allowing same-sex couples the right to adopt in the country.

September 13, 2013

WATCH: How an adorable guy proposed to his boyfriend thanks to a flash mob in a Home Depot store

A gay couple have become engaged in spectacular fashion at an unusual location in Salt Lake City, a Home Depot store.

September 13, 2013

Shropshire Star mocks PinkNews founder’s parents who campaigned in Russia against anti-gay laws

A local Shropshire paper has taken a side swipe at the parents of Benjamin Cohen, PinkNews founder, who recently staged an impromptu gay rights protest in the Russian city of St Petersburg, the birthplace of the country’s recently passed anti-gay laws.