LESBIAN KILLING HIGHLIGHTS CAPE PRIDE
Cape Town’s Pride kicked off this weekend, but was marred by news that a teenager was killed by a mob in Khayelitsha two weeks ago – apparently for being lesbian.
KEBBLE RENT BOY ROW
A row has broken out over claims that murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble made use of the services of a male prostitute.
PANEL TO DECIDE ON GAY BLOOD DONORS
A group of LGBT organisations has requested that a panel of experts be set up within a month to decide on the validity of barring gay men from donating blood in South Africa.
MOSCOW GAY PRIDE UNDER THREAT
In a rare show of unity, Russia’s top Muslim and Jewish religious leaders have denounced Moscow’s Gay Pride Parade, planned for later this year.
SCHWARZENEGGER IN LESBIAN ROW
Californian Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is facing a revolt by conservative members of the Republican Party because his chief of staff is lesbian.
5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARAB GAYS
A group of men have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates for being gay.
US ALLOWS HIV+ PEOPLE FOR GAY GAMES
HIV positive participants and spectators are to be allowed into the United States during the 2006 Chicago Gay Games.
MORE CLARITY ON GAY ATTACKER’S DEATH
Police have clarified the events that lead to the death of the man who attacked three people in a Massachusetts gay bar.
CAMEROON EMBROILED IN GAY WITCHHUNT
Top Cameroonian politicians and business leaders are being ‘outed’ by the country’s media.
GAY BAR ATTACKER DIES
The suspect in an attack on a gay bar in a Massachusetts has been captured and killed in a bloody shoot-out.