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November 2, 2012

UK: Cardinal Keith O’Brien named Stonewall’s ‘Bigot of the Year’

Stonewall, Britain’s largest gay rights charity, has named the UK’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, for the title of “Bigot of the Year” as part of its annual awards ceremony.

November 1, 2012

Peter Tatchell: UK Government broke promise, is still deporting gay asylum seekers

Peter Tatchell is calling on the government and the UK Border Agency to stop deporting LGBT asylum seekers, back to homophobic countries.

November 1, 2012

Greece: Golden Dawn forces closure of gay play

The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have succeeded in forcing a theatre company into closing its production of Corpus Christi, which portrays Jesus Christ as a gay man.

November 1, 2012

London: Residents fight to reopen gay pub

Hundreds of residents in the London Borough of Lewisham are fighting to restore a popular gay pub.

November 1, 2012

Ian Thorpe: I can do nothing more about the gay rumours

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has claimed that people are "obsessed" with his sexuality, despite once again stating that he is not gay.

November 1, 2012

Benedict Cumberbatch to play legendary gay music manager

Benedict Cumberbatch is set to depict Brian Epstein, famously dubbed "the fifth Beatle" by Sir Paul McCartney, in a new film.

November 1, 2012

US: HRC urges investigation into anti-gay texts

The Human Rights Campaign is taking action over controversial anti-equal marriage text messages.

November 1, 2012

Leicester: Trans woman assaulted in pub

A 46-year-old trans woman has been attacked just minutes after entering a pub in Leicester City Centre.

November 1, 2012

Governor O’Malley: Equal marriage law has a ‘real shot at prevailing’ in Maryland

Governor Martin O'Malley, a strong supporter of the campaign to legalise equal marriage in the state of Maryland has said he thinks that if it keeps raising money, it is possible that the campaign will succeed.

November 1, 2012

US: Maryland polls now deadlocked on same-sex marriage decision

The state of Maryland, which just two weeks ago looked set to become the first US state to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum, is now deadlocked on the issue, polls indicate.