# Homosexuality

All time

Column: Why I’m still afraid to come out to my friends and family

I’m 28 and in a committed, loving relationship but none of my friends or family know that – because I’ve never told them I’m gay. For all the talk of social acceptability, I still fear of losing the people I love.

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Nov 9th 2013, 12:00 PM

# Equality

'Gay athletes will be made feel comfortable at Winter Olympics,' insists Putin

The Russian president made the promise despite the country’s new controversial law.

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Oct 28th 2013, 3:43 PM

# Homosexual propaganda

Protest to take place at Russian embassy in Dublin over 'anti-gay laws'

The signing of a controversial law which prohibits the dissemination of so-called ‘homosexual propaganda’ to minors in Russia has been widely criticised.

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Aug 16th 2013, 6:45 AM

# St Pauli

German football club will fly rainbow flag permanently at their stadium

St Pauli are urging Germany’s other clubs to follow their lead in the fight against homophobia.

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Jul 12th 2013, 12:00 PM

# Homosexuality

20 years ago homosexuality was decriminalised, but not everyone was happy...

Paul McGrath of Fine Gael at the time spoke against the bill and said he was concerned what impact it would have on society as a whole.

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Jun 24th 2013, 9:00 PM

# i saw the sign

15 of the best protest signs from two decades of gay marriage protests

Homosexuality was decriminalised twenty years ago today.

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Jun 24th 2013, 1:00 PM

# LGBT

LGBT rights group to hold 'kiss-in' for equality

LGBT Noise has also expressed concern over a recent homophobic attack on a well-known Dublin nightclub promoter.

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Apr 13th 2013, 11:25 AM

Voices

Column: The ‘Kill The Gays’ law is shocking – but we mustn’t act rashly

Imposing Western will too forcefully will only put more lives in danger, writes GCN editor Brian Finnegan.

Nov 18th 2012, 1:00 PM

# Gay Therapy

California bans therapy to 'reverse' homosexuality in minors

The state’s governor says the legislation should relegate such treatments “to the dustbin of quackery”.

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Oct 1st 2012, 8:05 AM

# Homosexuality

Supporting homosexuality is ‘for capitalists’, says Iranian president

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that his criticism of homosexuality amounted to a denial of individual freedoms.

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Sep 25th 2012, 8:10 AM

# Modern times

Pro sports more gay-friendly as athletes speak out

Several stars have called for a change in attitudes as regards homosexuality in sport.

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Sep 15th 2012, 10:03 PM

# request

Merkel tells gay German footballers it's OK to come out

The German Chancellor says that the players in question have “nothing to fear”.

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Sep 13th 2012, 9:51 PM

# Controversy

Gay American football player says kiss got him booted

Eighteen-year-old Jamie Kuntz says he was kicked off his college football team in North Dakota for kissing his boyfriend at a game.

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Sep 12th 2012, 7:39 PM

# sexy eyes

Eyes reveal your sexual orientation

A new study also showed vast differences in the sexuality of men and women.

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Aug 10th 2012, 8:50 AM

# Controversy

Former MP who called gay relationships 'deviant' loses party whip

Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis said homosexual relationships were a “rung on the ladder” towards “bestiality”.

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Jun 18th 2012, 10:09 AM

# Gay Pride

Moscow police detain 40 during push for gay pride parade

Activists tried to hold two demonstrations in Moscow to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade, but they were blocked first by Orthodox Christian opponents and then by police.

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May 27th 2012, 4:32 PM

# Jerry Buttimer

Jerry Buttimer: 'Being gay is not all of what I am'

The Fine Gael TD has disclosed that he is gay in interviews today saying that he thought it was right for the party and for the people he represents to come out.

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Apr 30th 2012, 12:00 PM

Voices

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

Apr 15th 2012, 11:00 AM

# Equality

Liberian President defends anti-homosexual law

The Nobel Peace Prize winner says she will not challenge laws criminalising homosexual acts – saying certain “traditional values” should be preserved.

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Mar 20th 2012, 2:07 PM

# Uganda

Controversial anti-gay bill reintroduced to Ugandan parliament

The bill’s progress slowed after international outcry over the bill which carries severe penalties for homosexual acts.

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Feb 7th 2012, 5:27 PM

# Ad fail

US presidential hopeful Perry's latest ad causes split in his own campaign

In the campaign spot, Perry attacks Barack Obama’s repealing of a law outlawing open homosexuality in the military but it hasn’t gone down well even in his own campaign.

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Dec 9th 2011, 8:34 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Nov 30th 2011, 4:44 PM

# Equality

Russia faces protests over 'gay propaganda' law

The St Petersburg legislation would effectively ban any gay pride events for promoting “sodomy or lesbianism”

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Nov 24th 2011, 9:53 AM

# Equality

Christian hotel owners launch appeal to gay couple's court win

A devout Christian couple, who were forced to pay compensation to a gay couple who tried to stay in their B&B, launch an appeal.

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Nov 9th 2011, 3:14 PM

# UFC

UFC president: 'If there’s a gay fighter, I wish he would come out'

Dana White says that he wouldn’t be surprised to learn that several of his fighters are homosexual.

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Nov 2nd 2011, 3:50 PM

# Military

US military to officially repeal ban on openly gay personnel

The Pentagon says it is ready for the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy concerning gays serving openly in the military, which has been in place for almost two decades, to come to an end.

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Sep 20th 2011, 8:08 AM

Voices

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.

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Jul 31st 2011, 11:02 AM

# US

"You bet your life I do!": New York's first same-sex marriages

One couple wore matching kilts; another wore sparkly crowns as New York becomes sixth and largest US state to make same-sex unions ‘official’.

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Jul 25th 2011, 12:04 PM

# Bachmann

US Republican presidential hopeful feels being gay is 'part of Satan'

Michele Bachmann made the comments back in 2004, but more recent controversy suggests she and her husband attempt to reform gay people through prayer.

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Jul 13th 2011, 10:07 AM

# Trial

Teen accused of shooting dead student "because he was gay"

His attorney is pictured speaking outside court yesterday, where potential jurors were questioned about their views on homosexuality and hate crimes.

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Jul 6th 2011, 8:59 AM

# Aids

Homosexuality 'a disease', claims India's health minister

Homosexuality is ‘unnatural’ and is causing the spread of HIV, says the man in charge of the health of 1.2 billion people.

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Jul 5th 2011, 9:50 AM

# Equality

Ireland criticised over legislation and education on LGBT issues

A major report by the Council of Europe both praises and criticises Ireland on various discrimination and gender issues.

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Jun 23rd 2011, 4:34 PM

# Race for the Áras

Norris issues wide-ranging public letter to clarify stance on issues

Senator David Norris attempts to clarify his stance on pederasty and other issues, in light of a reprinted Daily Mail interview.

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Jun 9th 2011, 9:22 AM

Voices

Column: Cardinal Rules Part 19. The news gospel according to Me.

This week, the (not) Primate of All Ireland brings us his take on the news stories of the past seven days. Gay cavemen, Kevin Myers and the discovery of a digital relic of St Therese – now THAT’s what he calls a headline.

Apr 8th 2011, 2:10 PM

# Gay Caveman

Archaeologists uncover world's oldest known 'gay caveman'

A skeleton of a body that could be 5,000 years old is found in Prague – with its burial state suggesting its owner was gay.

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Apr 7th 2011, 2:29 PM

# Gandhi

India moves to ban book claiming Gandhi was bisexual

Indian ministers claim a book – which suggests that the ‘father of the nation’ had a gay relationship – ‘besmirches’ Gandhi.

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Apr 1st 2011, 2:46 PM

# Sexuality

Scientists 'turned mice gay' through hormone immunity

Researchers in China bred mice with brains unreceptive to serotonin, and found that they lost the impulse to mate with females.

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Mar 24th 2011, 11:01 AM

# Gay Cure App

Apple criticised for allowing 'gay-cure' iPhone app

Online petition criticising Apple for “supporting homophobia” has received over 80,000 signatures so far.

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Mar 21st 2011, 10:33 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Coalition forces claim to have destroyed Gaddafi’s command centre; plans for a supercasino on the banks of the Liffey and the ‘gay cure’ iPhone app that got a 4+ rating from Apple.

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Mar 21st 2011, 8:08 AM

# Death Threats

Gaybo 'received death threats' over Late Late features

Gay Byrne tells The Sun that the Late Late Show’s frank discussion of topics like homosexuality made him a public target.

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Mar 5th 2011, 4:35 PM