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The head of Ghana’s Presbyterian Church, Emmanuel Martey, alleged that gays are plotting to have the country ‘destroyed’ by infiltrating its government

While US President Barack Obama visits South Africa, a young lesbian has been brutally murdered and raped with her body dumped in a township outside Johannesburg

Tens of thousands people joined Istanbul gay pride, including Gezi park protestors in a march of unity and solidarity demanding change 

An influential Ethiopian paper published an article saying homosexuality, equated with child rape, is disease spreading throughout the country, as well as announcing a new documentary film about the ‘satanic issue’

Lyon gay pride participants attacked in four separate incidents, activists blame homophobic rhetoric used during the debate on France’s gay marriage as inciting hate 

Tanzanians who are most at risk of HIV face widespread police abuse, being driving into further risk of infection said a report 

Turkish police has bashed a gay activist as he takes aid to Istanbul protestors, while three others have been detained and verbally abused

Zimbabwe’s president vows to have gay and lesbians rot in jail if his party wins the country’s upcoming elections

Officers of the Gay Police Association of Scotland have launched an 'It gets better' video, coinciding with their participation in Pride Scotia

Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of Edinburgh enjoying Pride Scotia

Belarus lawmakers deny reports of plans to recriminalize being gay in the country, which have alarmed the local LGBT community

LGBT Iranians comment on today's election but with real power held by a religious and military elite and no candidates interested in easing the persecution they face, they say it can only get worse, not better

Saudi Arabia’s religious police raided a gay marriage party in Mecca, arresting five men

Stephanie Smyth, a transgender woman, was forced to flee her Johnstone home, in Scotland after being subjected to transphobic hate

State Duma passes 'homosexual propaganda' law unanimously fining people and organizations for so called 'gay propaganda' with foreigners jailed and deported

Over 100,00 participants are said to be enjoying Tel-Aviv biggest ever gay pride, an event that highlighted gay marriage and tolerance

Three masked men attacked Nikolai Alekseev, who received minor injuries, as he was about to board a train leaving from Kostroma to Moscow, Russia

Israeli police arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting which left two dead and dozens injuried at a Tel-Aviv gay youth center shooting in 2009

Legislators of St. Petersburg parliament have rejected an attempt to repeal a law that bans so-called 'propaganda' of homosexuality

Scotland’s government pledges to develop an action plan to tackle homophobia in sport

Otto Pérez Molina, president of Guatemala, says he is opposed to gay marriage, ahead of a discussion on the matter by the Organization of American States

São Paulo's 17th pride parade, the world's largest, kicks off with a more political message

Egypt's Health Minister, Mohamed Mostafa Hamed, boasted that he ‘succeeded’ in deleting an item on improving the health of LGBT people from the agenda of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, is sharply criticized for saying Qatar's anti-gay laws are a 'moral' and 'ethical' issue, rather than a human right violation

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has launched an attack on gay marriage just ahead of the UK House of Lords vote on marriage equality next week

Cannes Film Festival honors Tunisian-French film director Abdellatif Kechiche with a Palme d’Or for his lesbian love story film, raising questions about LGBT issues in Tunisia

George Reginald Freeman, a Sierra Leone LGBT activist narrowly escaped a murder attempt after a local tabloid outed him, which he blames for inciting violence

Nikolai Alekseev, co-founder of Moscow Pride, received a warning from Russian authorities not to go ahead with the event tomorrow, or else face legal consequences

Despite a Moscow suburban court ban, organizers intend to go ahead with Moscow gay Pride as plannedDespite a Moscow suburban court ban, organizers intend to go ahead with Moscow gay Pride as planned

Scots gay rights campaigners and politicians tell Scottish government to act now so that Scotland does not fall behind England and Wales in legalizing marriage equality