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A bill that stigmatizes Russia’s gay community and bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house of parliament Tuesday.

Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday rejected criticism from the Dutch government and the European Union about proposed legislation that would outlaw "homosexual propaganda."

Uganda parliament says that the East African country’s controversial "kill the gays" bill could be passed before Christmas as government officials are set to debate the measure any day.

It’s all over the tabloids abroad and at home: Lindsay Lohan can expect a warm welcome from lesbian gangs when she reports for a 90-day prison sentence at a Los Angeles jail.

A civil suit lodged against the police department of a Sacramento suburb alleges that the department has allowed an entrenched anti-gay culture to flourish. Other allegations say that an officer committed an act of sexual harassment against a female civilian and was never suitably punished for it.

A Las Vegas law enforcement agency’s policy manual warns its officers to use special care when dealing with gays, saying that they present a "high risk" of disease.