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April 6, 2012

Israeli committee to recommend legal surrogacy for gay couples

As a result of a gay couple's appeal to the High Court of Justice in Israel, a public committee which regulates issues around fertility and childbirth in Israel is to recommend changing current legislation on adoption, which excludes gay couples.

April 6, 2012

Possible gay link to death of French academic in New York

A married Parisian academic who was found dead in his Manhattan hotel room on Tuesday this week is said to have been using gay hook-up websites on his laptop prior to his death.

April 6, 2012

Activists in St Petersburg arrested for protesting against ‘gay propaganda’ ban

Police detained two men in St. Petersburg yesterday for protesting against the new law banning "gay propaganda". As a result, the men are likely to become the first to be convicted under said law.

April 6, 2012

State-run TV in Malaysia to ‘ban’ programmes featuring gay characters

The Malaysian Information Department has banned television shows which feature gay characters, starting with state-run channels. The country’s Deputy Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin Dennis D'Cruz said the ban would be effective immediately beginning with state-owned TV and radio stations.

April 6, 2012

Gay former cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw mocks Government’s plans for marriage equality

Mr Bradshaw made the bizarre comment at a crucial moment in the battle for marriage equality, after a petition launched by the homophobic Coalition for Marriage group which insists that the institution should remain traditional - i.e. between a man and a woman – went beyond 400,000 signatures.

April 5, 2012

Malaysia announces funding for counsellors to tackle gay ‘phenomenon’

Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced funding yesterday to enable counsellors to tackle "sexual orientation disorders like LGBT".

April 5, 2012

School district will let student wear anti-homophobia t-shirt on Day of Silence

A high school student in Cincinnati, Ohio will not be barred from wearing an anti-homophobia t-shirt on the National Day of Silence this year while a law suit proceeds.

April 5, 2012

Apology after student disqualified from pageant for equal marriage hope

A school district in the US has apologised to a student was was pulled off stage and disqualified from a competition for saying he would like to marry another man.

April 5, 2012

Chile: Discrimination law moves closer after gay man’s death

A week after the death of Daniel Zamudio, a Chilean gay man who had been the victim of a brutal and sustained attack, the country's Congress has narrowly approved most of the provisions of a bill which would protect citizens against discrimination.

April 5, 2012

EA ‘harassed’ over gay video game characters

Following the introduction of gay characters in recent game series, video game manufacturer EA says it has been inundated with anti-gay letters.