SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSMAN WINS BIG BROTHER UK
Luke Anderson, a transgender man, has walked away with a £50,000 prize in the 13th season of the UK’s Big Brother reality TV series.
SPANISH HUNK WINS MR. GAY EUROPE
Nineteen-year-old hunk Miguel Ortiz from Spain is the new Mr. Gay Europe, the third time his country has taken the title.
GAY OLYMPIANS’ MEDAL TALLY TIED WITH MEXICO
If the openly gay athletes at the London Olympic Games were a country they’d have tied with Mexico when it comes to winning medals.
ARCHIE’S GENDER BENDER ISSUE
Archie Comics, which broke new ground with a gay character, is switching the gender of its characters in this month’s issue.
ANDERSON COOPER’S BOYFRIEND ‘CAUGHT CHEATING’
The long-term boyfriend of recently-out CNN journalist and host Anderson Cooper has been photographed passionately kissing another man in a New York park.
DID CASTER THROW THE OLYMPIC RACE?
Questions have been asked if Caster Semenya may have allowed herself to be beaten in the 800 meter Olympic race on Saturday to avoid more controversy over her gender.
44 ZIMBABWE ACTIVISTS ARRESTED
Forty-four members of GALZ, Zimbabwe’s leading LGBTI rights group, were arrested and allegedly beaten by riot police on Saturday.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: STOP ‘TESTS OF SHAME’
Human Rights Watch has told the government of Lebanon that its use of forced anal medical exams to establish if someone has had gay sex must stop.
ROMNEY’S RUNNING MATE SLATED OVER LGBT ISSUES
US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s newly selected running mate Paul Ryan has been slated for his anti-gay views and voting record.
CARLTON CENTRE SECURITY GUARD LAYS CHARGE AGAINST LESBIAN VICTIM
The Star newspaper reports that one of the security guards who allegedly beat a lesbian woman unconscious has now laid charges of assault against her.