GOOGLE MARKS GAY PRIDE MONTH:
Google has both been lauded and criticised for the way that it has chosen to mark Gay Pride Month in the northern hemisphere.
HONG KONG HIRES GAY CURE DOCTOR:
Gay activists are outraged after it was reported that Hong Kong hired a 'gay cure' doctor to train government counsellors.
MR. GAY WORLD’S YOUTH DAY MESSAGE:
Commemorating National Youth Day on Thursday, Mr. Gay World Francois Nel urged LGBTI youth in South Africa to "find your talents and build your dreams".
DAN CHOI RIPS UP OBAMA PAMPHLET:
Former US military lieutenant Dan Choi has slammed President Obama's failure to support gay-marriage and angrily ripped up an Obama campaign flyer.
SAHRC CONSIDERS OPPOSING QWELANE APPEAL:
The South African Human Rights Commission is still considering whether it will oppose Jon Qwelane's efforts to rescind a judgment that found him guilt of hate speech.
X-MEN WRITER CONFIRMS LGBT SUBTEXT:
One of the writers of
X-Men: First Class has confirmed that the film was purposefully written, at least in part, as an allegory of the struggles of the LGBT community.
BBC DEFENDS GAY BEDROOM SCENE:
The BBC has defended its broadcast of a gay bedroom scene in the soap series
EastEnders after receiving around 125 complaints from viewers.
GAY PROP 8 JUDGE VINDICATED:
An attempt to reverse a gay judge's ruling that California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional has been rejected.