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May 2, 2013

Australia: Catholic priest breaks with official teachings to support civil unions

A Catholic priest in the Australian Capital Canberra, has departed from the official teachings of the church to say that committed same-sex relationships should be celebrated.

May 2, 2013

Gay NBA player Jason Collins received Twitter death threats after coming out

The first openly gay player in a major US team sport, Jason Collins, who came out on Monday, has been subject to a tirade of abuse on the social networking site Twitter, including a number of death threats.

May 2, 2013

New Jersey: Lesbian detective seeks $2.5 million in damages in homophobic discrimination claim

A New Jersey lesbian detective claims a supervisor sexually harassed her by making homophobic comments and is seeking $2.5 million in damages.

May 2, 2013

US: Ohio trans woman killed, media coverage denounced by GLAAD

The death of Cemia Dove, also known as Ci Ci, a transgender woman from Ohio, has highlighted both the hate crimes faced by the transgender community, and the "dehumanizing" effect of much of the media coverage of such crimes.

May 2, 2013

UK: Islamic Cambridge lecturer apologies for describing homosexuality as ‘ugly’ and calling gay people ‘ignorant’

A Cambridge lecturer has apologised for describing homosexuality as an “inherent aberration” and sinful.

May 2, 2013

UK: Trans woman former councillor hopes to become Brighton MP

Brighton and Hove could return the UK’s first ever openly transgender MP at the next general election.

May 2, 2013

Lance Bass: ‘At least one member of One Direction is probably gay’

In a TV interview where he was asked about One Direction, Lance Bass says it can be even harder for a gay boy band member to be open about their sexuality compared to a sports star.

May 2, 2013

US: Human rights group to take on case of bisexual girl barred from starting gay-straight alliance

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has said it will take on the case of a 14-year-old student in the US, who was banned from starting a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her middle school.

May 1, 2013

US: Church to picket basketball playoff games because ‘the NBA is full of fags’

The adamantly homophobic US Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), synonymous with its “God hates fags” slogan, is to picket two NBA playoff games, denouncing Jason Collins for coming out, and saying that "God hates the NBA" because it is "full of fags".

May 1, 2013

Ohio: Catholic bishop defends sacking of lesbian teacher

Bishop Frederick Campbell said that maintaining the Catholic values of the institutions under his guidance explained why Carla Hale had to go.