The New York Police Department is looking for suspects in the second gay bashing case in one week.

Two gay men were taken to Bellevue Hospital early Friday morning where one had to have eye surgery after they were brutally beaten for being gay.

According to CBS2 New York, the victims aged 27 and 37 were leaving an after-hours club when a group of five men started yelling homophobic slurs at them on the street before brutally attacking them.

A plaque to the victims of the nail bombing at the gay Admiral Duncan pub in London has gone missing.

The memorial is dedicated to Andrea Dykes, John Light and Nick Moore who died in the blast on 30 April 1999.

It is believed the plaque could have been thrown away, stored for safekeeping or even stolen for its scrap metal value.

Westminster City Council has rushed to buy a replacement memorial which will be concreted into place tomorrow when people will gather for two minutes silence to remember the 14th anniversary of the attack.

British TV stars Rylan Clark and Lucy Spraggan – this year’s Celebrity Big Brother winner and fan favorite from last year’s X Factor – have thrown their support behind Stonewall’s Brighton Equality Walk.

The walk takes place on 5 May, the Sunday of the public holiday weekend, and raises funds for the gay equality charity’s work to tackle anti-gay bullying in schools.

My friend Simon Powell is the club sensei at Ishigaki Jujitsu Club - an LGBT martial arts club in central London.

He emailed me the other day suggesting that I meet up with Rainer Bohlin, one of his jujitsu students, who had just returned from a fairly horrific experience in Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco. Bohlin and his boyfriend had been walking along the street when they had been jumped on by a couple of local guys.

Sheena McDonald, known by her stage name ‘Horse’, wed yesterday Alanna in Lanark, Scotland, a town from which she fled from for anti-gay bullying.

The singer left the town as a teenager because she suffered anti-gay abuse but now returned to perform a civil partnership ceremony with her love.

She told The Scottish Daily Record that the fact that she felt comfortable coming back to exchange vows proves attitudes have changed.

Most Welsh councils do not know the extent of homophobic bullying in schools because they do not keep a record of it, Plaid Cymru claims according to the BBC.

A freedom of information (FOI) request by the party found that only four out of 22 local authorities had information about bullying incidents.

The majority said they did not keep records, although schools might.

Tel Aviv Police stated they have made a significant advancement in their investigation into the August 2009 shooting at the Bar Noar gay youth center that left two dead and 15 wounded.

The police, however, stated on Monday (17 December) that the development is not necessarily a breakthrough.

Tel Aviv Police chief, Aharon Aksol, said that he remains hopeful that the advancement could crack the case that has remained unsolved for the past three years.

Edinburgh College won Scotland’s Colleges Annual Award today (30 November) for its efforts of raising awareness for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) youth community.

The portal Caledonian Mercurty reported that the college, which only opened two months ago (October) did various events for the LGBT History Month which was also marked with the launch of its LGBT Society – a support group to address homophobic bullying.

Stonewall Cymru has called on Welsh schools to do more to tackle homophobic bullying.

The Welsh lesbian, gay and bisexual campaign organization wants to see ‘comprehensive and effective plans to tackle homophobic bullying’ that create an ‘inclusive learning culture’.

They want all school inspectors trained on gay issues. And they say teachers’ initial training needs to include how to fight homophobic bullying and support lesbian, gay and bi young people.

Campaigners are warning of escalating violence against gays in Athens, after knife-wielding neo-Nazis attacked a group of LGBT activists.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in the Greek capital are 'extremely alarmed' about the escalating number of homophobic incidents in the city.

The Network for Recording Incidents of Racist Violence claims gay people are the 'new Jews in Greece', with far right groups such as Golden Dawn fanning the flames of hatred against the LGBT community.

The budding gay rights movement in Vietnam celebrated Spirt Day on Friday with activists wearing purple to protest homophobic bullying of young people.

Dozens gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang and the organizers, LGBT rights group ICS (Information, Connecting and Sharing), also spread the anti-bullying message through Facebook.

Research by Vietnam’s Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) in 2008 showed that 15% of LGBT people interviewed were beaten, locked-up or taken to a psychiatric hospital by their family.

Greek neo-Nazis protested against a gay-themed religious play in Athens on Thursday (11 October).

Police detained 30 people during the violent protest by extreme right-wing group Golden Dawn, which aimed to stop the premiere of Corpus Christi, which features Jesus as a gay man.

In addition to blocking entry to the venue, the group also reportedly beat their opposition while the police had their backs turned.