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June 10, 2013

UK: Man accused of raping trans charity worker to face new trial after jury fail to reach verdict

A man accused of raping a trans woman more than 10 years ago in north London will face a second trial after the jury in his first trial were unable to reach a verdict.

June 10, 2013

Scotland: Catholic adoption charity to start legal challenge against same-sex adoption ruling

The chairman of a Scottish Catholic adoption charity which was recently told it must accept applications from same-sex couples, or risk losing its charity status, has called the raising of children by gay couples "a terrible social experiment".

June 10, 2013

US: Gay 9/11 firefighter dies after long period of ill health

The funeral of a gay former firefighter who was among the first to respond to the 9/11 terror attack at the Pentagon will take place on Tuesday.

June 10, 2013

Yvette Cooper: Young gay men face ‘huge mental health problems’ and we need stronger LGBT inclusive sex education

Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told PinkNews.co.uk that the government needs to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education a statutory requirement in order to address the health challenges faced by LGBT students.

June 10, 2013

Ireland: Record levels of new HIV cases for gay and bisexual men

Figures released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show there were 166 newly diagnosed cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men last year in Ireland – the highest diagnosis rate recorded to date.

June 10, 2013

Police investigate explosion at gay MP’s constituency office

Lincolnshire Police has launched an investigation following a minor explosion at the constituency office of gay Conservative MP Nick Boles.

June 10, 2013

Baroness Knight: The gays are still good at antiques and Section 28 was right

Baroness Knight shows no sign of looking to curb her bizarre attempts at making platitudes towards the gay community following her comments during the House of Lords equal marriage debate.

June 9, 2013

Gay Dean again tipped to be first openly gay Church of England bishop

The openly gay Dean of St Albans Dr Jeffrey John, has been tipped as a strong contender to become the next Bishop of Monmouth, and would be the first openly-gay Anglican bishop.

June 9, 2013

French Open targeted by anti equal marriage protest

A male protester attempted to disrupt the final of the French Open tennis competition in Paris this afternoon in opposition to the country's recently passed equal marriage law.

June 9, 2013

Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins marches in Boston Pride parade

Recently out openly gay NBA player Jason Collins, has taken part in his first gay pride parade, after coming out as gay last month.