OBAMA OPPOSES BOYS SCOUTS GAY BAN
President Obama, who is the honorary president of the Boys Scouts of America, has come out against the organisation’s ban on gays and lesbians.
MADONNA DEFIES ST. PETERSBURG ANTI-GAY LAW
Madonna has spoken out against homophobia during her St. Petersburg concert, despite Russia’s second largest city banning all gay and lesbian ‘propaganda’.
UN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ANTI-GAY BILLS IN LIBERIA
The United Nations human rights office has expressed concern about a draft bill being considered by Liberian lawmakers that would further criminalise homosexual behaviour.
GAY AUSSIE OLYMPIAN COMES OUT AS HIV POSITIVE
Ji Wallace, a gay silver medal gymnast in the 2000 Olympics, has been inspired to tell the world that he is HIV positive.
MINISTER PROMISES TO TACKLE GAY HATE CRIMES – BUT NO DETAILS
The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities says that the government is taking measures to deal with hate crimes against LGBTI people.
EAST LONDON TO CELEBRATE PRIDE THIS WEEKEND
The city of East London is set to hold a gay and lesbian Pride march this coming Saturday 11 August, touted by the organisers as the first-ever.
SHOCK AT SAPS SEXUAL OFFENCES TRAINING FIGURES
In the midst of an epidemic of the “correctional” rapes of lesbian women, only 3.3% of the police have been trained to handle sexual offences.
HILLARY CLINTON HONOURS UGANDAN LGBT ACTIVISTS
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton honoured gay rights activists during her visit to Uganda, no doubt to the irritation of the government.
MADONNA ‘DOESN’T CARE’ WHAT ELTON SAYS
Following a scathing attack on Madonna by Elton John, a source close to the Material Girl says that she doesn’t care what he has to say about her.
LONDON GAY MEN WARNED OF TAINTED DRUGS
Following the death of one gay clubgoer and the hospitalisation of two others in London, police have warned gay men to be ‘extremely careful’.