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Human Rights Day 2014: Gay Ugandans 'need a global response, not sanctions'
Gay activist Frank Mugisha warns of dangers of anti-gay bill expected to pass before Christmas.
Latvia's Foreign Affairs Minster Edgars Rinkēvičs 'Proudly' Comes Out in Tweet
Minister announces he is gay on Twitter.
Did Benedict Cumberbatch Have Gay Encounters at Boarding School?
Actor hints at sexual experimentation in new interview in Out Magazine.
Vatican Backtracks on 'Homosexuals' Gifts and Qualities' Comment
Conservative Catholics react with outrage to homosexuality comments prompting Vatican to backtrack.
Silvio Berlusconi and the Transgender Communist: His Gay Rights Conversion at the Bunga Bunga Villa
LGBT activist Vladimr Luxuria invited at Arcore villa by Berlusconi's partner, Francesca Pascale.
EY Global Public Policy Chief: 'The West Hasn't Got LGBT Rights All Figured Out'
Beth Brooke-Marciniak tells IBTimes UK global mobility is still a big issue for LGBT workers
Symantec Removes Norton Safe Search Web Filter Blocks to Gay and Lesbian Advocacy Websites
Online security giant Symantec has decided to stop blocking links to gay and lesbian advocacy websites
Same-Sex Marriage UK: Over 1,400 Gay Weddings Three Months After New Law
Office for National Statistics reveals number of same-sex marriages in England and Wales
Homophobic Attacks Increase Against LGBT Youths Living in Jamaican Storm Drains
Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with gay men in particular being targeted.
Cabinet Reshuffle: New Education Secretary Nicky Morgan Faces Backlash Over Anti-Gay Marriage Vote
Nicky Morgan, appointed education secretary in Cameron's reshuffle, voted against gay marriage in 2013.
LGBT: End 'Medicalisation of Homosexuality' by Declassifying Sexual Orientation-Related Disorders
A group says sexual orientation disorders should be removed from International Classification of Diseases.
Gay Fathers' Brains Adapt to Play Roles of Both Mothers and Fathers
Researchers at Bar-Ilan University found that the brains of homosexual fathers adapt to take on mother and father roles.
The Sims 4 Gets Adult Content Rating in Russia Due To Same Sex Marriage
Russia enforces anti-gay laws by handing family-friendly life The Sim adult rating.
Nintendo's Tomodachi Life Gay Marriage Controversy Angers Fans
Nintendo under fire for not including gay marriage in life sim game
Italy Court Rules New York Gay Marriage Legal
Grosseto tribunal says gay marriage constituted in New York has legal validity in civil code.
Move over Marilyn Monroe! Beyoncé Channels 50s Pinup for Out Magazine
Drunk in Love hitmaker is cover girl for latest issue of gay and lesbian publication
Argentina's Cristina Fernandez Becomes Godmother to Lesbian Couple's Baby
Argentina's president agrees to be godmother in country's first baptism of lesbian couple's baby.
Same-Sex Marriages in UK: How Have Attitudes Changed?
On eve of first gay weddings, survey finds one fifth of Britons would snub invite
UK: Gay Indian Man Strangles Wife and Incinerates Body
Man who married to hide homosexuality kills wife and claims she disappeared after entering UK.
Feminist Julie Bindel Slates 'Faux Lesbianism' in Pop Culture
The co-founder of Justice for Women criticises Shakira and Rihanna for pop video Can't Remember to Forget You.
Dalai Lama: 'Homosexual Sex is Okay'
Exiled Buddhist leader Dalai Lama approves of gay sex if consensual.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Gives Green Light to Same-Sex Marriage Licences
Madigan says county clerks can now issue licences to same-sex couples although law doesn't take effect until June.
What is Gay Conversion Therapy? Electrocution, Nausea-Inducing Drugs and Prejudice - Take Daily
Several states in the US, including New Jersey and California, are making moves to ban the practice of "gay conversion" therapy.
Yoweri Museveni's 'Jail the Gays' Bill: What's Behind Ugandan Homophobia?
Look into political motives of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni decision to sign violently homophobic law
Disney Cuts Funding to Boy Scouts of America for Banning Gay Leaders
Walt Disney Company to stop funding Boy Scouts of America in 2015 over anti-gay policy banning homosexual adult leaders.
Gay Rights: Most Homophobic Comments by World Leaders
IBTimesUK looks at some of the most homophobic remarks by world leaders.
Gay Marriage USA: Where Can Same-Sex Couples Legally Marry in America?
IBT looks at America's pro-gay marriage states after polls showed over 50% of country supports same-sex weddings.
US Hate Groups Decline After Obama Election Spike: Five Most Extreme Hate Organisations
Hate group prevalence has taken a downturn by 7% in 2013, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Ugandan Reverend Simon Lokodo: 'Child Rape Better than Homosexuality' [VIDEO]
Lokodo tells Stephen Fry child rape is 'natural'.
Obama on Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: 'a Step Backward'
Obama says if Uganda enacts anti-gay bill this will 'complicate' its relations with the US.