Uganda has deported a British theatre producer charged with staging a play about homosexuality, says the British high commission.
Gay couples in Maine have queued outside the Portland City Hall to receive their marriage licenses at the stroke of midnight, writes David Sharp.
A federal appeals court on Friday put the brakes on a first-of-its-kind California law that bans therapy aimed at turning gay minors straight.
The lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay Bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said a new version doesn’t contain the death penalty.
A California law prohibiting mental health providers from counselling gay minors on how to become straight faces its first legal test.
Sometimes it seems that the only legislation all parties in an African Parliament can agree on is one that persecutes gays and lesbians.
In Cameroon, if you are gay or if others believe you are gay, you can be charged with a crime and punished with up to five years in prison.
Jeffrey John, the dean of St Albans, has accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of hardening the Church of England’s attitude to gay marriage.
The Equality Court has fined an Alberton functions venue and ordered it to allow homosexuals on its premises.
Elton John writes about how the Ukraine now threatens the freedom of gay people to express themselves or even speaking openly about homosexuality.
Most people in the Kuruman area believe it is ungodly and unAfrican to be gay. Victoria John visited the Northen Cape town.
It is cause for real concern when the National House of Traditional Leaders proposes that protection of gay rights be removed from the Constitution.
Once a fence sitter, South Africa has now decided to lead by example on the continent and advocate for laws protecting sexual minorities.
SA has won a moral and diplomatic victory at the UN, defending the protection of sexual minorities while preventing a walkout of other African states.
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/ 29 February 2012
Saint Petersburg passed a controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests by gay rights groups.
Former Liberian first lady Jewel Taylor has introduced a Bill for homosexuality to be made a first degree felony, amid raging debate over gay rights.
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/ 1 February 2012
Four men were jailed for 18 years on Wednesday for stabbing and stoning 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana to death in 2006.
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/ 29 January 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration on Sunday, told African leaders they must respect gay rights.
Nigeria’s Parliament is pushing ahead with a Bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights despite moves from abroad to counter such legislation.
Nigeria has voted to criminalise gay marriages — instituting prison terms of more than a decade for violations — which has been widely supported.
Robert Mugabe has called UK Prime Minister David Cameron ‘satanic’ for considering withholding aid from countries that do not respect gay rights.
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/ 30 September 2011
Bisi Alimi is among the founding members of a new international pressure group formed to tackle the rise in homophobic violence.
Jon Qwelane has won his case to have the hate speech verdict against him for a column set aside, but this does not mean he is off the hook.
After an vast number of marriage applications from gay couples, New York is conducting a lottery to decide who will be allowed to marry that day.
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed an historic resolution that seeks equal rights for everyone regardless of their sexual orientation.
Thousands of people paraded through central Rome in a gay pride parade, many criticising Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denying same-sex rights.
Moscow police had detained three global gay rights leaders as violence broke out at a rally that activists tried to stage near the Kremlin wall.
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/ 11 February 2011
Ugandan police say the killing of activist David Kato was not related to his campaign for gay rights.
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/ 19 December 2010
In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed to do away with the military’s 17-year ban on openly gay troops.
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/ 6 December 2010
Gay rights activists in Kenya have condemned their prime minister for saying that anyone engaging in homosexual activities should be arrested.
Students will stage an anti-homophobia protest at UCT on Thursday following what they term "hate crimes" against homosexuals at the institution.
A group of Malawians risked losing their homes, jobs and even lives by meeting in the run-up to this week’s Aids conference in Vienna.