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Premier League teams pledge to give hate the boot

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:59:52 PST

All 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, one of the most high profile sports competitions in the world, have signed a Charter that tackles homophobia and transphobia in sport.

Killers of SA lesbian sentenced to 18 yrs jail

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:09 PST

Four South African men have been sentenced to eighteen years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death a 19-year-old lesbian in 2006.

UN boss urges Africa to respect gay rights

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:25 PST

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged African countries to respect gay and transgender rights, saying “discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity as one of the injustices that has been ignored or even sanctioned by many States for too long”.

Romance novel with trans heroine hits shelves

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:39:30 PST

A groundbreaking romance novel featuring a transgender heroine has been published in the US.

"Gay panic" defence to be removed in Queensland

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:45 PST

Queensland's government will close the state's "gay panic" loophole, which allows gay advances to be used as a partial defence for violent crimes.

Kylie to mark 25 years at Sydney Mardi Gras

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:43:18 PST

Kylie Minogue will return to Sydney Mardi Gras in a special float celebrating her 25 year career.

Cynthia Nixon says she was born straight

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:05:29 PST

Sex in the City star Cynthia Nixon has insisted she chose to be gay and is offended when people suggest she was born a lesbian, but just didn't realise till later in life.

UK Muslims found guilty in gay hate case

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:16:18 PST

Three Muslim men have been found guilty of committing a gay hate crime in Britain, for handing out pamphlets calling for gay people to be executed.

Australian newspaper claims Grindr's been hacked

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:07:29 PST

There's a report from an Australian newspaper that popular gay hook-up app Grindr has been hacked by a Sydneysider, who has been able to log in as any user.

British player sports rainbow hairtie at Open

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:03:22 PST

A teenage British tennis player may have lost her match at the Australian Open, but she has likely won plenty of glbt fans after sporting a rainbow hairtie while playing at an arena named after tennis great turned anti-equality pastor Margaret Court.

Actors slam anti-gay Globes protestors

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:34:57 PST

While plenty of gay actors gathered inside and glbt-friendly shows picked up awards, the notoriously hatefully homophobic Westboro Baptist Church protested outside yesterday's Golden Globes ceremony.

Jackman pledges support for marriage equality

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:56:38 PST

Hugh Jackman has pledged his support for Australian marriage equality, agreeing that "marriage should be about love and respect, not discrimination".

Canada: validity of foreign marriages confirmed

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:03:47 PST

Canada's Justice Minister has eased fears by asserting that Canadian same-sex marriages involving foreigners are in fact valid.

"No chance in hell" for gay rights in Zimbabwe

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:38:03 PST

An MP who sits on the committee in charge of the process says there is "no chance in hell" that Zimbabwe's new constitution will include gay rights.

Campaigners to slam Court at Aussie Open

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:26:18 PST

Gay rights campaigners are planning to make their disgust at the archaic views of Australia's most successful female tennis player clear, with a rainbow flag protest at this month's Australian Open in Melbourne.

Canadian weddings could be ruled invalid

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:50:39 PST

A lawyer has argued that thousands of foreign gay couples who wed in Canada are not legally married, as their weddings are not recognised in their home countries.

Gay marriage threatens humanity, claims Pope

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:10:42 PST

Pope Benedict has labelled gay marriage one of several threats to the traditional family that undermines "the future of humanity itself".

Republican contenders grilled on gay issues

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:27:16 PST

One of the leading contenders for the US Republican Presidential candidacy says while he continues to stalwartly oppose same-sex marriage, he would love his son just as much if he were gay.

Chaz Bono reveals plan to have genital surgery

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:53:46 PST

Chaz Bono has revealed he is planning to have bottom surgery, but not to "make him a man", which he already is.

Takei and Aiken join Celebrity Apprentice

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:29:45 PST

Gay Star Trek legend and cult hero George Takei will join a gay American Idol runner-up among an assortment of contestants on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice.