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HIV treatment ‘hindered by anti-gay laws’

Treatment for HIV around the world is being hindered by anti-gay laws, an independent report says. The Global Commission on HIV and the Law said that countries were wasting valuable resources by pursuing "archaic" laws against gay people.

US: New Hampshire gay group settles in HIV discrimination lawsuit

A gay rights group in New Hampshire has reached a settlement with a town it sued for trying to shut down a home for people with HIV and AIDS. The town of Gilsum was sued by the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on behalf of AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region.

US: Washington priest who denied communion to lesbian leaves diocese

A priest who told a lesbian she could not receive communion at her mother's funeral has left the Archdiocese of Washington. Rev Marcel Guarnizo officiated at the February funeral of Barbara Johnson's mother at St John Neumann parish in Gaithersburg.

Scotland: Symbolic gay wedding marks ‘final push’ for marriage equality

A symbolic same-sex wedding was held outside the Scottish Parliament on the morning after the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland “declared war” on equal marriage.

Budapest Pride hailed a success

Despite threats from right wing extremists, 3,000 people celebrated Budapest Pride in the Hungarian...

Gay wedding held at Scottish Parliament

Activists staged a symbolic wedding outside the Scottish Parliament today as part of a "final push"...

Newspaper declines to apologise for terminology in intersex story

The People newspaper has said there is no difference between the term “hermaphrodite” and “intersex” – and therefore has not apologised for its substitution of the h-word in a story last month.

Scotland: Schools research shows gay students facing homophobia

Pioneering research into Scottish schools reveals homophobic bullying is ‘a daily nightmare’ for over half of Scotland’s school pupils, while a quarter of young gay Scots attempt suicide.

3,000 march at incident-free Budapest Pride

Budapest Pride 2012 took place safely on Saturday despite earlier threats and the mayor’s unwillingness to support the event. Over 3,000 marchers took to the streets protected by riot police.

Comment: Pride needs a political motive or it needs a change

Ollie McFadden argues that without an enemy in the government, Pride in the UK has lost its political edge and needs to lose its focus on the march in favour of something more inclusive.