HEADLINES
PINK LOERIE ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED:
The Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival has launched a regional LGBTI fine art competition set to form part of this year’s event in Knysna.
PROFESSOR: GAYS CAUSED FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE:
An Italian academic is under pressure to resign after he claimed in an interview that gays were the cause of the collapse of the Roman Empire.
ZIM: HARASSMENT OF GAYS & LESBIANS CONTINUES:
Zimbabwe activists say that lesbians and gays are once again being harassed by law enforcement agents and community leaders.
UGANDAN STUDENTS ‘PAID TO BE GAY’:
Supporters of Uganda's anti-gay bill are moving to revive the bill while a university group claims that students are being paid to ‘become gay’.
CHRISTINA’S ‘BEAUTIFUL’ MOST INSPIRATIONAL GAY SONG:
Christina Aguilera's song Beautiful is the most inspirational pop song for gay people according to a new poll.
GAY ‘CAVEMAN’ DISCOVERED:
Archaeologists have uncovered the 5,000-year-old remains of what they believe was a gay or transsexual person in the Czech Republic.
ALMOST 9 MILLION LGBT AMERICANS:
A new study suggests that there are around nine million LGBT people in the US, but at least 19 million have had same-sex sexual experiences.
MORE CLAIMS THAT MALCOLM X WAS BI:
A new book adds to evidence that US civil rights leader Malcolm X was bisexual and claims that he had an affair with a white man.
LESBIAN COUNTRY SINGER ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT:
Openly lesbian country singer Chely Wright has announced that she is engaged to a civil rights campaigner.
PLANS TO CREATE GAY CEMETERY:
A US undertaker is planning to create a gay-only section in an Atlanta cemetery to honour gay people's "sense of community".
WOMAN ATTACKS ‘GAY’ GAUGUIN PAINTING:
A crazed woman attempted to damage a world famous painting by Gauguin, claiming that the work was "evil" and "homosexual".
PREACHER BLAMES GAYS FOR TSUNAMI:
An American preacher has blamed the repeal of 'Don’t Ask, Don't Tell' for causing the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
BRITNEY PREMIÈRES ‘TILL THE WORLD ENDS’ VIDEO:
Britney Spears has premièred the stunning video for Till The World Ends, the second single off her new album. Watch it here.
GAY BASHER SAYS HE’S GAY TOO:
The man arrested for the brutal beating of a gay man in New York City says he can't be charged with a hate crime because he's also gay.
DJ & HIP-HOP PRODUCER ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC GAY SEX:
A popular New York DJ and hip-hop producer has been arrested for receiving oral sex from another man in public.
COURT UPHOLDS WALMART FIRING OF ANTI-GAY WORKER:
A US Court of Appeals has upheld Walmart's firing of an employee who told colleagues that gays are sinners and are going to hell.
DOZENS ARRESTED IN SHANGHAI GAY BAR RAID:
Over 60 people were arrested during a raid on a new gay bar in Shanghai, China, over the weekend.
PORN STARS PANIC OVER BEING OUTED:
The real names of adult entertainment performers have been released on a website causing panic in the industry.
GAY BRIT THREATENED WITH EXECUTION:
A gay British man has returned to the UK after he was arrested, beaten and threatened with execution while working in Saudi Arabia.
GAY OLYMPIAN CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING:
New Zealand Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup has joined a campaign urging Prime Minister John Key to address homophobic bullying.