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June 25, 2012

Nobel Laureates, including Desmond Tutu, call for global LGBT equality

Four Nobel Prize winners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have released a joint statement decrying violence against LGBT people, and calling on people around the world to support gay rights.

June 25, 2012

Last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust dies

The last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust has passed away in Berlin, just days before he was due to celebrate his 89th birthday, the Jerusalem Post reports.

June 25, 2012

Lesbian shot in front of family in Cape Town

A young woman gunned down in front of her mother and six-year-old niece may have been killed...

June 25, 2012

New Archbishop of Uganda called gays ‘unacceptable’ but opposed death penalty bill

The new Archbishop of Uganda has been announced as the Rt Rev Stanley Ntagali, who has spoken out against the death penalty for people convicted of homosexuality in the African state while also calling the sexual orientation "categorically unacceptable".

June 25, 2012

Mary Cheney weds lesbian partner

The lesbian daughter of former American vice president Dick Cheney has married her long term...

June 25, 2012

Lord Tebbit: If gays can marry people of the opposite sex, there is no marriage inequality

Former Conservative party chairman Lord Tebbit has said if gay people are able to marry members of the opposite sex there is no marriage inequality and has repeated his call to allow siblings to become civil partners.

June 25, 2012

Proposition 8 trial witness to stop opposing marriage for gay couples

David Blankenhorn, founder the Institute for American Values and a witness at the trial of the ballot which led to California's gay marriage ban says he will no longer fight against marriage rights for gay couples.

June 25, 2012

Stonewall party raises £51,000 for efforts to tackle homophobic bullying

Gay rights charity Stonewall celebrated today raising more than £51,000 at its annual Summer Party at the Roof Gardens in London's Kensington this weekend.

June 25, 2012

Australia: Senate committee backs marriage equality in ‘watershed’ report

A cross-party senate committee in Australia has published recommendations for a free vote on marriage equality legislation in the country's federal parliament and called on senators to support the move.

June 25, 2012

Married banker sues office with ‘culture of homophobic banter’

A married City of London banker has told an employment tribunal he was forced to leave his job after being subjected to homophobic abuse from colleagues.