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July 18, 2012

Turkey: ‘Twenty year old’ anti-gay stabbing circulates as news after paper goes online

The killing of a gay Turkish man by his teenage brother, believed to have happened twenty years ago, has circulated internationally as news after a Turkish website digitised its archives and placed them online this month.

July 18, 2012

No out British athletes at London Olympics 2012

Of the nine out gay or lesbian athletes competing at the 2012 London summer Olympics, none are...

July 18, 2012

John Barrowman ‘has a problem’ with Cardinal Keith O’Brien

John Barrowman has said he 'has a problem' with the rhetoric of the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien.

July 18, 2012

Campaign group launches action against ‘gay cures’

Campaign group AllOut is urging the public to take action against a phoney 'gay cure' group

July 18, 2012

Letter demands anti-gay state ultimatum before Olympics

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has renewed calls for Olympic chiefs to ban anti-gay nations from the London Games and enforce the Olympic Charter by offering visiting nations the chance to renounce discrimination.

July 18, 2012

London: Man who died at gay sauna last week identified

Police have identified a man who was discovered dead in a gay sauna in east London last week as 46-year-old Roberto Jesus Messuti.

July 18, 2012

Glasgow Pride ‘breaks attendance records’

More than 6,000 people were believed to have attended Glasgow's Pride event at the weekend, breaking previous attendance records, the organisers said.

July 18, 2012

Elton John thought homosexuality was ‘common knowledge’

Sir Elton John has said he was sure people knew about his homosexuality before he confirmed it in an interview in the late 1980s.

July 18, 2012

Venues which cancelled anti-gay marriage conference ‘like fascists’

Venues in London which cancelled an anti-gay marriage conference have been accused of exhibiting the behaviour of 'a fascist or Communist regime', after meeting organiser Christian Concern said gay equality advocates were 'right to be scared' of them.

July 17, 2012

US: George W Bush and Hillary Clinton to attend HIV conference

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former president George W Bush are expected to attend an HIV conference in Washington this week.