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March 20, 2013
Parents of suicide victim sue gay son-in-law for compensation in China

Parents of Luo Li, who killed herself last June after her husband said he is gay, are suing their son-in-law for compensation

A court in Chengdu, central China heard a case yesterday relating to the suicide of Luo Li, who killed herself after her husband announced he is gay on a social networking website.

Luo's parents are suing their son-in-law Cheng Wei for 630,000RMB ($100,000, €77,500) for compensation for their daughter's life, China.org.cn reports.

March 18, 2013
Transsexual people can amend official gender without surgery, South Korean court rules

Five transmen win a court case in Seoul to get gender officially recognized without needing a genital operations

A court in Seoul has ruled that transsexual South Koreans can amend their gender on official documents without having to go through genital-altering surgery, Korea Times reports.

Five transmen filed the case in a district court. One of the five said he had had a hysterectomy but felt that there are medical problems that arise from removing sex organs. He has been living as a man for 23 years.

January 28, 2013
Bishop-killer's sentence reduced for 'gay panic' provocation defense

A man who stabbed a bishop to death in Turkey gets reduced sentence for saying the bishop wanted to start an affair

A court in Turkey has reduced the sentence for man who murdered a Roman Catholic bishop because he had asked him to start an affair.

Murat Alton, driver and bodyguard to Bishop Luigi Padovese for four and a half years, stabbed him to death outside his summer residence in Iskenderun, southern Turkey, on 3 June 2010, Today's Zaman reports.

January 2, 2013
Uganda drops gay play charges

Charges against David Cecil, producer of a gay play staged in Uganda, have been dropped

A court in Uganda has thrown out a case against UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged over a play about the condition of gay people.

Cecil told the BBC the case was dismissed either because of a ‘lack of will or a lack of evidence’ to try him.

October 4, 2012
Wales teen filmed himself killing elderly gay man and his cat

Cardiff court heard how an 18-year-old filmed himself stabbing an older gay man to death until the knife was bent from the force

A court in Wales has heard how an 18-year-old stabbed a gay man he met online and event boasted about the stabbing spree in a video showing the dead body.

Prosecutor Michael Mather-Less described how Bleddyn Rees King filmed the death scene of a 64-year-old man he robbed and brutalized.

August 3, 2012
Gambia gay court case collapses but defendants still at risk

While the 18 defendants are relieved the case against them collapsed, they now have become social outcasts and may be in danger of homophobia and persecution

A court in Gambia has dropped charges against 18 men who had been arrested in April and alleged with homosexuality.

The public prosecutor informed the court on Wednesday (1 August) that there was insufficient evidence to continue with the case.

If the men had been convicted of homosexuality they would have violated the country’s strict article 144 of the Gambian criminal code, which stipulates a punishment of up to 14 years imprisonment.

May 11, 2012
Ex-altar boy beat lover to death in paedophile fear

Second killing for Christopher Hunnisett, 28 who claims he was sex abuse victim. Attempt to flee London court foiled by security guards after murder verdict

A former altar boy leapt out of the dock today (11 May) after being convicted of murdering his gay lover he falsely suspected was a paedophile.

A court in London heard how 28-year-old Christopher Hunnisett from Hastings, Southern England, claimed he had been the victim of sex abuse and wanted to rid the world of sex offenders.

So he beat Peter Bick, 57, over the head with a hammer even though there was no evidence at all he was a paedophile. He then went to the nearby police station to confess to the killing.