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Tipping the Velvet novelist Sarah Waters has pledged to walk over hot coals for feminist campaign group The Fawcett Society.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Turkey has launched an investigation into a work of lesbian fiction, calling female same-sex relationships “obscene.”

Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to make same-sex marriage legal.

Sexual assaults against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lancashire are not being reported, according to local police.

A UK-based extremist religious group is calling for Christians to support a proposed law in Uganda which could make some same-sex activity punishable by execution...

The Times newspaper has confirmed that writer Jeanette Winterson is in a relationship with influential psychotherapist Susie Orbach. This ends months of media hints and speculation on the matter.

Do I have an STI or is it guilt?

A BBC website story with the headline 'Should Homosexuals Face Execution?' has triggered 103 complaints in less than 24 hours.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is pushing for British civil partnerships to be legally recognised across the EU.

The Court of Appeal has ruled against a registrar disciplined for refusing to perform same-sex partnerships. Lillian Ladele had claimed her Christian conscience prevented her from performing the ceremonies and accused her employers, Islington Council, of religious discrimination.

Brain injuries sustained while protesting have forced human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to stand down as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford East.

It's been a busy decade for lady loving ladies in that business we call show. We've come out of the closets and onto the small screen. But what were the highlights? Here, Kaite Welsh gives an entirely subjective view about her top 10 lesbian TV moments.

The USA's fourth-largest city has elected an openly gay woman to be mayor.