OBAMA SIGNS HATE CRIME LAW
US President Barack Obama has signed a historic hate crime bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity into law.
GOLDEN GIRL’S GIFT TO GAY YOUTH SHELTER
The estate of Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who died earlier this year, has donated $300,000 to a gay youth shelter.
OUTRAGE OVER ATTACK ON GAY POLICEMAN
Liverpool’s gay community is up in arms following an attack on a 22 year old gay trainee police officer.
CLOTHING STORE RELEASES NEW GAY T-SHIRTS
An American clothing company that previously released anti-Prop 8 t-shirts has launched another range of gay themed t-shirts.
FILM DIRECTOR SLAMS SCIENTOLOGY
The director of the 2005 Oscar winning film Crash has publicly left the Church of Scientology, accusing it of being homophobic.
HUNDREDS PROTEST MURDER OF CANADIAN MAN
Close to 1,000 people have marked the recent murder of a Canadian gay man who was brutally beaten and then run over while walking home.
GAY NEO-NAZI ROMANCE WINS AWARD
A movie about a romance between two men who are members of a neo-Nazi gang has won the main award at the Rome International Film Festival.
TRANS BOOK TO BE RELEASED
A new South African book documenting the life stories of a number of transgender South Africans is to be released.
RUSSIAN LESBIANS MARRY IN TORONTO
Two Russian lesbian activists who were refused the right to marry in Moscow have finally tied the knot in Toronto, Canada.
HATE CRIMES BILL HEADS TO OBAMA
The US Senate has passed the Matthew Shepard hate crimes legislation which has now gone to President Obama to sign.