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Men threw brick at teen’s head in possible hate crime
The men approached the teen and shouted anti-gay slurs before they attacked.
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Study finds discrimination against people with a ‘gay voice’
A study found that straight people didn’t even need to know someone’s sexual orientation to react with homophobia to their voice.
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Father of girl bullied over sexuality releases photo to raise awareness
Adrian Derbyshire released a photo of his daughter on a ventilator after she committed suicide in honor of what would have been her 18th birthday.
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Hockey commentator makes non-apology for homophobic kiss cam ‘joke’
When a gay couple was shown kissing in the stadium, he said “That’s disgusting. Security, get rid of them.”
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Gay teacher comes out to school, gets ‘phenomenal’ response
Daniel Gray said the response from the school has been “phenomenal.”
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Lesbian couple crowdfunding fertility treatments after government refuses help
“I don’t have a fertility problem, I have a man problem,” says the would-be mother.
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School sued for ‘appalling’ treatment of transgender student
The boy’s mother says administrators “made my child out to be a freak” and that their behavior was “appalling.”
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UK could posthumously pardon over 100,000 sodomy convictions
Those people, including some lesbians, convicted for same-sex kissing and cuddling under laws such as the Public Order Act of 1986, are not eligible for a pardon.
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UK study: Bathroom signage should describe what — not who — is inside
Participants suggested that bathroom signage indicate what can be found in the bathroom, e.g. toilets with urinals, toilets without urinals, larger toilet with grab bars.
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UK protestant church becomes first to allow same-sex weddings
“To be able to think that God could be involved in this ceremony for me is just overwhelming.”