A third of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Scotland have been physically assaulted but only 15 per cent reported incidents to police, a survey has suggested.

Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Kristian Digby after the gay BBC presenter was found dead yesterday.

Two surveys of Conservative candidates have found that the majority support equal gay rights.

The British National Party (BNP) is to open its doors to black and Asian members after voting to scrap its whites-only rules.

The British National Party is to decide today on whether to scrap its whites-only membership policy.

Never was a stronger case made against the positively dangerous obsession with artificial "equality" promoted by lunatics like Harriet Harman, writes Simon Heffer.

Top-ranking footballers turned down requests to appear in the FA's anti-homophobia film because they feared being ridiculed on the pitch, it has been reported.

High street retailer WHSmith will no longer stock gay men's magazine Attitude.

No new legislation is needed to protect gay people, David Cameron has insisted, in an interview discussing his voting record on gay rights. The leader of the Conservatives apologised for his party's history of spearheading anti-gay legislation and went further than any previous Tory leader in laying out his belief in equal rights for all regardless of sexual preference.

The number of ethnic minority students in higher education is growing but they still experience more difficulty in finding jobs than their white counterparts, new research reveals.

Equality minister Harriet Harman has backed down over an amendment on who churches can employ. She is thought to have made the climbdown to avoid a continuing dispute with church leaders in the face of the Pope's visit in September.

The Pope has urged Catholic bishops in England and Wales to fight the UK's Equality Bill with missionary zeal.

The Stephen Lawrence award, an ambitious race equality programme, will benefit schools in leafy suburbs as much as those in cities.

Pope Benedict XVI, in confirming his intention to visit Britain this year, strayed into political controversy yesterday by implicitly criticising the Equality Bill now before Parliament.

European commission puts pressure on ministers to toughen law on discrimination by churches.

Moves to boost workplace flexibility should start with older employees.

Almost half of black people aged between 16 and 24 are unemployed, compared with 20% of white people of the same age, a think tank has claimed.

Minister for equality wants a massive public policy change to allow people to carry on working into their late 60s, 70s and 80s – if they want to.

Political parties could be set mandatory quotas for the number of women they put forward as parliamentary candidates.

The Roman Catholic ban on women entering the priesthood will become illegal under Harriet Harman's controversial Equality Bill, according to Christian charity, CARE.

Toleration is one of the most fundamental values of a liberal society. It is also appears to be the one that some Labour ministers find hardest to understand.

Equalities minister Harriet Harman has accused the BBC of "wasting a lot of talent" and upsetting viewers by not valuing older female newsreaders.