CHINA BLOCKS SHANGHAI PRIDE WEBSITE
The Chinese authorities have been accused of blocking access to the website for this week’s third annual Shanghai Pride.
GAY-FRIENDLY BAR BOMBED IN NAIROBI
Locals have blamed a radical Islamic group for the bombing of a bar in downtown Nairobi, Kenya frequented by gay men that left 14 people injured.
ISLAMIC YOUTH WANT ELTON JOHN CONCERT CANNED
The youth wing of an Islamic political party in Malaysia has condemned Elton John’s planned concert because the gay singer is “incompatible” with Malaysian culture.
MCQP REVEALS 2011 THEME
The organisers of the highly-anticipated Mother City Queer Project (MCQP) costume bash revealed the theme for the 17 December party on Friday in Cape Town.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE URGED TO HEED SCIENCE
A US gay rights group has offered to help presidential candidate Herman Cain meet with a scientist to explain that being gay is not a choice.
OBAMA HONOURS LESBIAN WHO HELPED CHANGE ANTI-GAY HOSPITAL POLICIES
President Obama has awarded the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal to a lesbian woman who sued a hospital that refused to allow her to see her dying partner.
OIA OPENING HIGHLIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS
Our constitutional freedoms were highlighted at the launch of the final edition of this year’s Out In Africa Film Festival in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
KELLAN LUTZ PROUD OF GAY FANS
American actor and sex symbol Kellan Lutz says that he’s proud to have gay fans and would prefer to share a home with a gay man.
FORMER BOTSWANA PRESIDENT URGES LEGALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY
The former president of Botswana Festus Mogae has again called on his country to decriminalise homosexuality.
AMERICA’S FIRST LGBT SENIORS’ CENTRE TO OPEN
New York will be home to America’s first centre for older LGBT people, providing services to the thousands of LGBT seniors living in the city.