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October 4, 2012
Belgrade pride ban slammed as 'victory for prejudice'

MEPs say Serbia must improve gay rights record if it wants to join the European Union

Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed the decision to ban a gay pride event in Serbia's capital Belgrade as a 'victory for prejudice'.

The organization claims the Serbian government's order not to allow the LGBT rights march to go ahead on Saturday (6 October) is in breach of the country's law and constitution.

September 26, 2012
Gay men marrying women in Central Asia to hide their sexuality

In a report for HomoLAB gay and lesbian people in Central Asia speak about their lives and gay rights in their repressive countries

Gay men are marrying women in central Asia to hide their sexuality, according to a new report for HomoLAB.

A 23-year-old gay man from Uzbekistan, who wished to remain anonymous, has spoken out about gay life in the capital Tashkent where being gay is illegal.

He says he is openly gay, has gay friends and goes to gay clubs.

‘My mom probably knows because most times she has seen huge muscle guys on my desktop. She asks and I say, “I want to be the same as them”.

September 25, 2012
HomoLAB 58

The HomoLAB team are in a basement, it's raining, The Smiths are on, and Amy is on a cocodamol comedown.

The HomoLAB team are in a basement, it's raining, The Smiths are on, and Amy is on a cocodamol comedown.

This week we hear from gay travel blogger LeBigJay who's currently in Central Asia, and we discuss US politics, Paris Hilton and gay graphic novels.

August 17, 2012
Pussy Riot jailed for two years over pro-gay protest

Human rights campaigners slam sentencing of Russian punk band, calling it a 'bitter blow for freedom of expression'

Three members of Russian female punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years for staging an anti-Putin protest which spoke out for gay rights.

Maria Alekhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were found guilty today (17 August) of 'hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred' for singing a protest song in Moscow’s central Orthodox cathedral.

July 23, 2012
Punk group Pussy Riot due in court over pro-gay Putin protest

Human rights campaigners call for Russian female punk band members to be released after four months in detention

Russian female punk band Pussy Riot are due to appear in court today (23 July) over an anti-Putin protest which spoke out for gay rights.

Maria Alekhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are accused of 'hooliganism on the grounds of religious hatred' after singing a protest song in Moscow’s main Orthodox church.

May 16, 2012
Prayer vigils and parties around the world for IDAHO

From United States to the Fiji Islands and Italy, LGBT associations unite against gay hate and discrimination

Three Italian Catholic cardinals have agreed to prayer vigils held by the religious group Gionata for the victims of gay hate and discrimination for the first time.

LGBT groups will pray for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Milan, Florence and Palermo, in Sicily as part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) to be celebrated tomorrow (17 May) in an estimated 100 countries around the world.