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June 13, 2012

Northern Ireland: Peer calls homosexuality ‘a rung on the ladder to bestiality’

The Ulster Unionist Party has distanced itself from comments made by Lord Maginnis this morning that marriage for gay couples was something 'unnatural' that would be 'imposed' on society, calling it a 'rung on the ladder' to bestiality.

June 13, 2012

Trans gay activist believed to have been brutally murdered in South Africa

Several reports have been circulating about a transgender and gay man brutally murdered after a homophobic and transphobic attack in South Africa.

June 13, 2012

Video: Newly married couple deliver anti-gay marriage petition to Downing Street

The Coalition for Marriage, the campaign which opposes giving gay and straight couples an equal right to marry, recruited a newly-wed couple to deliver their petition to Downing Street yesterday.

June 13, 2012

ASA rules Coalition for Marriage ads did not mislead or offend

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Coalition for Marriage adverts which said 70 percent of people wanted to keep marriage 'as it is' in a bid to promote its anti-gay marriage petition were not misleading or offensive.

June 13, 2012

Debate surrounds intersex inclusion in the DSM V

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is undergoing revisions for a fifth edition, which has sparked controversy in many areas. Among these is its inclusion, for the first time, of intersex people.

June 13, 2012

Italian footballer ‘regrets’ hoping there were no gays in Euro 2012 team

An Italian striker has apologised after telling a press conference he hoped there were no gay men in his team at the Euro 2012 football championships.

June 13, 2012

Comment: Home Office’s equal civil marriage consultation closing THIS THURSDAY

With the debate on gay marriage among politicians, religious figures and the UK press reaching...

June 12, 2012

Uganda: religious leaders call on government to speed up anti-homosexuality bill

Bishops attending the annual conference of the Ugandan Joint Christian Council have resolved to...

June 12, 2012

Author defends study said to have been ‘flawed and misleading’ about gay parents

The author of a US study which appeared to link an increased likelihood of negative life experiences in adults who grew up with a gay parent compared with those who grew up with married, straight parents has defended his study in the face of strong criticism.