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As O’Brien quits, Tatchell threatens to ‘out’ gays who oppose equality

Veteran activist Peter Tatchell tells GSN he is ‘considering’ exposing clergy and politicians who are secretly gay but oppose equal marriage

'Blackmailed' gay man jailed for stealing £170k

British man says he had to steal thousands of pounds for a wife who discovered his gay chatline habit

Christian ‘gay cure’ group to challenge London bus ban

Core Issues Trust wants to force Travel For London to carry adverts saying 'Not gay! Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it!'

Leading Liberia pastor: gay rights - a 'total abomination'

Ben Cooper, an influential clergy in Liberia, warned that LGBT rights advocacy aims to 'destroy' humanity and is alien to African values

MPs computers used to access gay dating, hardcore porn websites

UK parliamentary computers have been used to access websites for gay cruising, foot fetishes, and women lying next to cats

Bahamas Bishop: 'Bad' families are creating a 'homosexual avalanche'

Bishop Simeon Hall said family problems makes people gay in the Bahamas and that gay marriage 'deteriorates' the 'social order'

Police in Sudan arrest and beat nine gay men

Sudan court case begins of nine gay men arrested in police raid on famous singer’s flat

Gay couple denied double room at London hotel

A 22-year-old gay man from Manchester has said he felt like a 'second-class citizen' after his story went viral

Anti-gay Cardinal Keith O’Brien quits after claims over ‘acts’ with priests

Leading opponent of same-sex marriage in Scotland, Keith O’Brien has resigned after claims he initiated ‘inappropriate behavior’ with priests

Thugs break commuter's chin in Mumbai homophobic mugging

Thugs at a railway station in Mumbai try to blackmail mugging victim by threatening to tell his parents that he is gay

Sydney streets painted rainbow to honor LGBTI community

Road crossings in Oxford Street, central Sydney will be painted rainbow colors to honor the LGBTI community

Protests around the world mark Bradley Manning's 1000th day in prison

Demonstrations in 70 cities around the world marked gay US soldier Bradley Manning's 1000 day in prison for allegedly releasing confidential documents

Gay 'marriage' site launched in India

Chennai-based LGBT rights group launches Groom Wanted, a service for gay men in India to find life partners

Uganda newspaper publishing names and photos of people alleged to be gay

Tabloid Red Pepper prints story called 'Top Uganda Gay Recruiters Busted'

Man accused of brutal murder and torture of gay men telling victim he's a secret agent

A British national has been arrested in Rome on suspicion of brutally stabbing and strangling a gay man and torturing another

Jindal reaffirms traditional marriage position

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal repeats stand for traditional marriage

Chris Hayes will go to CPAC if GOProud can too

Chris Hayes turns down CPAC invitation, but promises to change mind if GOProud gets to go

'Dirty' and 'defected' trans individuals should be expelled from homes, encourages Muslim leader

A religious leader in India repeatedly slams the transgender community, known as hijras, saying these individuals have 'physiological and hormonal difficulties'
 

2012 Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman announces support for marriage equality

A 2012 contender to become the Republican's presidential candidate, Jon Huntsman, has appealed to Republicans to embrace the issue of marriage equality and start fighting for it in their home states

Anti-gay leader Cardinal Keith O’Brien accused of ‘acts’ with his priests

Four priests say Britain’s leading Catholoic homophobe made ‘inappropriate’ advances and contact, one claims a ‘relationship’. O’Brien disputes accusations

Phoenix gay bar staff fight off axe wielding attacker

A man who attacked the staff and patrons of an Arizona gay bar with an axe got more than he bargained for when a go-go dancer and the bar’s manager took him down and then patrons held him until police arrived

Pastor Scott Lively says president Obama is really gay

Anti-gay evangelical pastor Scott Lively said he has definite 'proof' that US president Obama is secretly gay

Soldier booed at 2011 Republican debate now involved in marriage battle in Ohio

Major Stephen Snyder-Hill now working for marriage rights in Ohio

Hate group assault Romania gay film screening shouting ‘death to gays’

During a screening of a gay film in Romania gay hate group verbally assaulted spectators while the police stood by and did nothing

Texas gay couple were denied wedding ceremony 'because of God'

Experts say the refusal from a wedding venue in Texas is legal because gays and lesbians are not a protected class under US law
 

House Republicans draft Violence Against Women bill with no LGBT protections

Republicans in the US House of Representatives fail to mention lesbians in their Violence Against Women Act renewal plan

Cardinal Keith O’Brien says priests should be allowed to marry but not gays

Leader of UK's Roman Catholic Church suggested that priests should be given the choice to get married but not gays

Lesbian fighter to make sports history in UFC's first female match

150 countries will witness sports history in the making as Liz Carmouche, the UFC's first gay fighter, rumbles in the company's first-ever women's fight

Ex-Gay advocate says pro-gay school groups are like Nazi skinheads and KKK

An outspoken conversion 'therapy' advocate says students should treat pro-LGBT school group like Nazi skinheads and KKK groups

Melbourne mayor to call in ambassador over St Petersburg anti-gay law

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne will speak to the Russian ambassador to Australia about the so-called ‘anti-homosexual propaganda’ law passed in St Petersburg and may reconsider the two cities' sister-city arrangement