HEADLINES
PINK ‘GAY’ TRASH BINS CAUSE FUSS IN ZIM:
Residents of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe are reportedly refusing to use pink rubbish bins donated to the city by a local gay rights group.
UN ISSUES HISTORIC GLOBAL REPORT ON GAYS AND LESBIANS:
The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of LGBT people, initiated by South Africa, has found an "especially vicious" pattern of human rights violations.
CLOONEY TO STAR IN GAY MARRIAGE BAN PLAY:
Actor and sex symbol George Clooney is set to star in a one night production of a play about the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California.
LESBIAN FINANCE MINISTER & PARTNER WELCOME BABY:
Australia’s openly-lesbian Finance Minister Penny Wong and her partner have become proud parents.
TEACHERS TRAINED TO ‘REDUCE HOMOSEXUALITY’:
It's been reported that Ghana's Ministry of Education has trained teachers to "reduce homosexuality" in schools and across the country.
MALE MODEL STARS IN WOMEN’S BRA CAMPAIGN:
Top male model Andrej Pejic is the groundbreaking star of a new advertising campaign for a Dutch department store promoting a push-up bra.
GQ APOLOGISES FOR HOMOPHOBIC ADAM LAMBERT TWEET:
American men's magazine GQ has apologised for a homophobic tweet in which it commented on gay singer Adam Lambert's fashion sense.
NORTHERN CYPRUS AGREES TO LIFT GAY BAN:
Northern Cyprus, the last part of Europe in which homosexuality is illegal, is set to repeal its ban on same-gender sex.
KILLER GETS TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF EX-LOVER:
The man who killed his former male lover and his sister has been given two life sentences in the Durban High Court.
HULK HOGAN: I’M NOT GAY!:
American wrestler and celebrity Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for claiming that he abused her and that he had an affair with another male wrestler.
TENNIS LEGENDS RESPOND TO HOMOPHOBIC VETERAN:
Lesbian tennis icons Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King have responded to another tennis veteran’s rant against same-sex marriage.
NIGERIAN EMBASSY’S CONFUSED RESPONSE TO PROTEST:
The Nigerian embassy in Berlin issued a muddled response last week to international outrage over the country’s pending ban on same-sex marriage.
OUT WINS BID TO BE HEARD IN GAY-BASHING CASE:
For the first time in South Africa, a court has granted a gay organisation the right to give evidence in the sentencing phase of a hate crime trial.
ZUMA URGED TO CALL OUT NIGERIA ON ANTI-GAY BILL:
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has been urged to use his visit to Nigeria to encourage its leaders to halt a pending ban on gay marriage.
NICKI MINAJ ‘SHOCKED’ BY MADONNA’S KISS:
Hip hop star Nicki Minaj says she was shocked by the queen of pop's on-set smooch, but kissed right back.
BEELD READERS AGAINST GAY RELATIONSHIPS:
A poll had revealed that the majority of Beeld's website visitors do not believe that gay relationships should be accepted by churches.
US FOOTBALL STAR SCORES FOR GAY MARRIAGE:
American football star Scott Fujita has come out in support of same-sex marriage in a video for a marriage equality campaign.
COULD MALAWI REVERSE GAY BAN?:
Local media reports that Malawi is reviewing its ban on same-gender sex, apparently in response to "public opinion".
GAY HIV CONFERENCE DISRUPTED IN ETHIOPIA:
A recent conference in Ethiopia addressing HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa was hampered by anti-gay disruptions.
MR. GAY NAMIBIA ASSAULTED:
The recently-crowned Mr. Gay Namibia has been beaten in a brutal attack near his home by two men who demanded his prize money.