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Police shut down IDAHO gay march in Kenya

Police stop LGBT community from holding procession aimed at stopping homosexuality being a criminal offence

Gay Star News flashmob brings you sunshine for IDAHO

GSN teams up with London Gay Men’s Chorus and London Gay Big Band to spread the word about fighting homophobia and transphobia

One in two LGBTs in European Union face prejudice or hate

Lesbians, young people and poorer people face highest levels of discrimination and harassment in survey of 27 EU members states plus Croatia

Gay marriage: Straight civil partnerships under review for 2019

UK Culture Secretary and Equalities Minister Maria Miller says there will be a review into whether straight people will want a civil partnership

78 trans murders in 2013, mutilation common

New figures claim 78 trans people have already been killed in 13 countries this year and 1,233 in 59 countries since January 2008

LA pride honors allies and servants of the West Coast gay community

USA's first openly gay congressman and an 11-year-old transgender girl are among the award winners honored in this year's pride parade

All around Asia, LGBT people are calling for equal rights

Events in Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore Vietnam and India for IDAHO

Anti-LGBT villains of 2013 named by Human Rights Watch

Gambia president, Ukraine MP and American legal center named in Human Rights Watch's IDAHO 2013 Hall of Shame

Lawyers petition Chinese government for gay marriage

Lawyers take on campaign for same-sex marriage in world's most populous country

Third consecutive Gallup Poll shows more than 50% of Americans in favor of gay marriage

Current 53% level of support is essentially double the 27% in 1996

Historic lesbian kiss occurs at Eurovision Song Contest

Finland's Krista Siegfrids kisses one of her female dancers after semifinal performance

US Embassy in Israel bans gay Palestinian speakers

Not a single Palestinian was invited to speak at a reception held by the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel in honor of IDAHO

Anti-gay Twitter user demands ‘Straight Pride’ for ‘normal humans’

'Straight Pride UK' is calling for a march for heterosexuals against the England and Wales same-sex marriage bill

Turkey cancels Eurovision Song Contest over lesbian kiss

Gay activists are claiming Turkey's official television channel will not show the annual competition over Finland's entry standing up for marriage equality

Gay workers still can't be themselves in 'liberal' nations

LGBT citizens from Canada, UK, USA, Netherlands and Japan say homophobia is still rampant and they are uncomfortable to 'fully' come out

Shadow equality minister demands positive press for trans people

Kate Green MP, Britain’s Labour party spokesman on transgender issues, comments as trans campaigners meet politicians in parliament

United Nation’s LGBT rights video goes viral

UN leaders tell gay and trans people they are not alone and promise to fight for their rights

Ukraine: new report reveals pervasive homophobia

A new report by Amnesty International reveals homophobia reached endemic levels in Ukraine

Gay teen banned from running for prom queen

Student, who identifies as a gay male, was told he could not campaign for the prom queen crown as it would be 'discriminating women'

Gay activist fights UK minister for straight marriage rights

Peter Tatchell criticizes UK Equalities Minister Maria Miller for opposing civil partnerships for straight couples, saying it amounts to discrimination

New South Wales government object to including intersex in discrimination law

Liberal government of New South Wales says there hasn't been enough consultation on adding intersex as a protected group to anti-discrimination legislation

South Korean film director announces plan to marry boyfriend

Same-sex wedding officially planned for 7 September, but won't be legally binding

Over hundred LGBT South Koreans and allies record video against gay hate

YouTube video released for IDAHO (International Day Against homophobia and transphobia)

In sharp reversal, poll shows 56% of Virginians now favor gay marriage

Nearly same percentage voted to pass anti-gay marriage amendment in 2006

Oregon baker refuses to make wedding cake for lesbian couple

‘I believe I have the liberty to live by my principles,’ baker says as she turns away a gay couple before their wedding

Vatican orders Cardinal Keith O’Brien to atone for ‘gay’ sins

Roman Catholic Church confirms the disgraced former archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh will leave Scotland for 'prayer and penance'

Anti-gay hate crimes rise sharply in France

Homophobic hate crimes peak in the run-up to the introduction of same-sex marriage in France.

Suffering of trans people in Europe exposed in new report

Transgender Europe will launch a Trans Rights Europe Map and Index on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Stonewall denies advising Catholic school on student’s ‘gay’ shoes

London Catholic school denies calling a gay rights charity for help after a five-year-old called a student's shoes 'gay'

UN warns world they are breaking law by not protecting gays

United Nations Secretary General features in video promising a ‘free and equal’ world for LGBT people and telling them they are not alone