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May 17, 2012

UAE: Activists hold IDAHO commemoration with appeal for dialogue with LGBT people

Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groupcommemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change.

May 17, 2012

Ugandan lesbian fights Sweden over deportation

A woman who fled homophobic persecution in Uganda six years ago is being held in a Swedish prison,...

May 17, 2012

Poll: 47 percent of Russians believe the media can turn people gay

47 percent of Russians believe the media can turn people gay, a state-owned polling agency says.

May 17, 2012

Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears speaks out against closeted celebrities

Almost a decade since they broke the mold as an openly gay band that could sell music by the...

May 17, 2012

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia marked globally

Governments, organisations and individuals around the world have been marking this year's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia today.

May 17, 2012

Angela Eagle MP: Gay couples will be in limbo until equal marriage laws are announced

Angela Eagle, the first female MP to enter a civil partnership, has called on the government to introduce marriage equality legislation and take gay couples out of 'limbo'.

May 17, 2012

Comment: David Cameron has to press ahead on marriage equality, and so do we

The consequences of abandoning marriage equality plans in the face of opposition by would-be theocrats would be disastrous for the Tories, for LGBT people and for democracy, Adrian Tippetts argues.

May 17, 2012

IDAHO celebrated around the world

Around the UK and across the globe, groups are marking International Day Against Homophobia, 17 May.

May 17, 2012

Popular Eurovision website hacked in response to ‘parade of homosexuals’

A group is reportedly targeting websites related to the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in protest at a 'parade of homosexuals' it believes will take place.

May 17, 2012

Petition: New York Times ‘sexualised trans woman’s death’

Hundreds of people have signed a petition to the New York Times saying it 'sexualised' the death of a transgender woman in a report this weekend.