Eight out of ten Northern Irish lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people who experienced discrimination did not report it, a study from the Equalities Commission found.

Northern Ireland Equality Commission (NIEC) surveyed LGB people last year and found that half experienced discrimination, but only 20% reported it.

'We have already recognized the need to take special measures to address under-reporting of sexual orientation discrimination,' said equality commissioner Michael Wardlow, speaking at the start of Northern Ireland's Anti-Homophobia Week this week.

Philip Rose, a UK councillor candidate says ‘gay folk’ are ‘being used by forces of evil’ to halt the UK Independence Party's progress.

And Henry Reilly a Northern Ireland UKIP councillor warned that a well-financed, militant gay lobby is seeking to impose itself on Christian establishments.

The hearing of a psychiatrist accused of using 'gay cures' to treat people in Northern Ireland was suspended on Friday (19 April). 

Doctor Paul Miller's case, which was to see whether he is fit to practise, was already going to be heard in private.

'The MPTS panel hearing the case of Dr Paul Miller has agreed to an application to adjourn the case,' the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said.

'It will be re-listed and heard by a new panel at a future date.'

Amnesty International in partnership with a local LGBT group warned that Northern Ireland's power-sharing government will soon face a human rights legal case over its continual refusal to legalize marriage equality.

In October 2012 members of Northern Ireland's Stormont assembly rejected a motion by the Greens and Sinn Féin to legalize marriage equality.

I’d had one of those weeks where nothing seemed to be going my way. In a classic example of ‘fight or flight’, the only thing keeping me going was the prospect of a weekend away and a bit of distance from any potential aggravation. ‘Flight’ never really solves anything but it is at least a distraction.

The celebration of LGBT Pride takes all sorts of different forms around the world.

What began as a political movement, demanding equality and human rights for LGBT people, has evolved in many places into festivals, parades and parties of all shapes and sizes.

What’s undeniable is that the focus and character of a pride event is very much shaped by the city and people that it represents.

After the UK House of Commons voted in an overwhelming majority to back marriage equality in England and Wales, the world started celebrating.

But don’t go buying your hats yet, as there are several stages left before Queen Elizabeth II can sign the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill into law.

Today (12 February), 19 members of parliament will hear evidence from religious, parliamentary and gay rights experts.

Over the next few weeks they will go through each line of the bill and decide on the merit, the accuracy and whether it should remain.

A trailblazing gay rights activist from Northern Ireland has died in hospital after suffering from long-term illness.

PA Maglochlainn had been president of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA) and helped organize Belfast's gay pride since the very beginning in 1991.

The 66-year-old died yesterday (15 November) following several weeks in hospital due to a deteriorating, long-term kidney problem that caused his early retirement from teaching. He was unable to get a transplant.

With plans for gay and lesbian marriage developing fast in England, Scotland and Wales, the struggle for equality in Northern Ireland has received far less attention.

But a new executive committee has been elected to run Equal Marriage Northern Ireland and its chair, John O’Doherty is confident of success.

It won’t be the same strategy as in the rest of the United Kingdom. A political debate is under way but the constitution in NI and its conservative make-up – including some virulent homophobes – prevent a political resolution to the issue.

Baylen breaks his toe and Amy and Lucio get into a fight about Scottish Independence.

We talk with David Roberts who has just illustrated a new version of Wind in the Willows, plus a 6yo in love, gay marriage in Northern Ireland, KD Lang is single, and it's Black History Month.

Gay marriage proposals have been rejected by members of Northern Ireland's Stormont assembly.

The motion tabled by the Green Party and Sinn Fein stated that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry and have equal rights to straight couples.

However, the bill was dropped after it failed to get the cross-community majority required by a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) petition.

A bad reputation for years, a vibrant present and a bright future with brand new museums and with the city of Derry being UK capital of culture in 2013 - that's today's Northern Ireland.

It's the place to be now, and tourists are flocking here to enjoy the welcoming atmosphere and the spirit of challenge. The challenge is of a country torn between its Britishness and its Irishness but making a massive effort to carve its own modern identity.