Gay rights

As we near the Sochi starting line, IBT looks at the activists limbering up for LGBT rights.

Channel 4 documentary to probe extent of Russia's homophobia ahead of Sochi games.

Archbishops of Canterbury and York write to heads of state demanding respect for homosexuals.

Same sex relationships existed in Africa before the colonisation era, proving that gays are not "un-African"

Nigeria and Uganda are often in the news for state repression and torture of homosexuals.

Ukip members condemn homosexuality, immigration and women's rights.

Vladimir Putin anti-gay comments keep sparking outrage among gay rights activists.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni refuses to sign homophobic bill which proposed life imprisonment for gays.

Homophobic crackdown on gays spreads through Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and others.

Following the anti-gay bill approval, gay Nigerians are persecuted, imprisoned and could be denied HIV medical treatments.

Writer-director Hany Fawzy says Egyptian censors' cuts will ruin Family Secrets.

America will be represented by three gay people during Winter Olympics.

Dustin Lance Black, the boyfriend of diver Tom Daley, hits back at the leaked sex video of himself and an ex-lover.

Russia's homophobia problem is assuming ever more nightmarish proportions, says Larry Poltavtsev.

LGBT parades celebrated across the world, in recent weeks. A look at the best moments from New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Panama City and more.