OUTGAMES 2009 OPENS
The second Outgames opened this weekend in Copenhagen featuring both sporting and cultural events for the LGBT community.
BEELD TARGETS GAY COMMUNITY
Afrikaans newspaper Beeld plans to publish a monthly special feature directed primarily at the gay and lesbian community.
MR GAY SA GETS INTERNATIONAL NOD
The new Mr. Gay South Africa pageant has been awarded the rights to send a South African contestant to the 2010 Mr. Gay World contest in Norway.
UK CHURCH PERFORMS GAY EXORCISMS
It has been claimed that at least one Fundamentalist Christian church in Britain has been performing “exorcisms” on gay men and women to “cure” them of their homosexuality.
NAKED COWBOY TO RUN FOR MAYOR
Robert John Burck, known as New York’s Naked Cowboy, has announced that he will run for the position of the city’s mayor.
SAILOR CHARGED IN MURDER
A suspect has finally been named and charged with the murder of gay American Seaman August Provost III at Camp Pendleton on June 30.
MADONNA TO RELEASE GREATEST HITS PACKAGE
It’s been announced that pop icon Madonna will be releasing a new double CD and DVD collection of her greatest hits this September.
BIG BROTHER UK’S GAY ROMANCE
Contestants Charlie Drummond and Rodrigo Lopez have become Big Brother UK’s first gay couple in the show’s ten year run.
T-SHIRT DISPLAY VANDALISED
A clothing store in the US was vandalised yesterday after it displayed anti-Prop 8 shirts that read “Legalise Gay” in its window.
LESBIAN TURNED AWAY FROM GAY BAR
A lesbian woman in Torquay, England, is angry about the “disgusting” treatment she received after being denied access to an all-male gay bar.