MPs await Commons debate on sex education amendment
MPs in support of a Labour amendment for more comprehensive sex and relationship education in schools hope they’ll be enough parliamentary time to allow for a debate and vote.
US: Gay couple to receive $147,000 in damages for harassment by apartment maintenance staff
The management company of an apartment complex in the US state of Iowa has been ordered to pay a substantial amount in damages to a gay couple who were discriminated against by an on-site maintenance man, and others who refused to stop the harassment.
Russia: Protesters detained as lawmakers look set to pass law banning ‘gay propaganda’
The State Duma in Russia looks set to give final approval to a law which would ban "homosexual propaganda" to minors, and includes harsh punishments including jail time and fines.
Pope Francis: There is a ‘gay lobby’ at the heart of the Vatican ‘it exists’
Pope Francis has admitted to the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Curia, according to AFP.
Mother of murdered gay teen Michael Causer hopes to raise £1 million in order to open LGBT hostel
The mother of gay teenager Michael Causer who was killed in 2008 says she hopes to raise £1 million in order to open a hostel for vulnerable LGBT young people aged between 16-25.
Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce: I’m called a ‘homophobe’ and ‘Uncle Tom’ for opposing equal marriage
As part of a feature for the BBC News website entitled “The gay people against gay marriage” Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce says his opposition to equal marriage means he’s denounced by his critics as a “homophobe and Uncle Tom”.
Zambia: Gay couple facing sodomy allegations go on trial
A gay couple “charged with the offence of sodomy or having sex against the order of nature contrary to the laws of Zambia” have gone on trial.
Graham Norton: I could never get married it would be too embarrassing
Graham Norton has split from his partner after two years together and says he would never want to get married as he would be too embarrassed to do so in front of friends.
France: Man faces preliminary manslaughter charge over death of Clement Meric
A man is facing preliminary charges of manslaughter over the death of anti-fascist protester Clement Meric last week.
Russia: LGBT film festival fined under ‘foreign agent’ laws
A Russian LGBT film festival has been targeted under "foreign agent" laws, and fined a substantial amount for allegedly failing to declare foreign funding, which organisers deny having received.
