AUSTRIAN POST ISSUES GAY PARADE STAMP:
Austrian Post will be making philatelic history when it releases a postage stamp commemorating the 15th Rainbow Parade in Vienna in July.
JAMAICA STAGES FIRST PUBLIC GAY PRIDE:
A gay Pride march has been held for the first time in Jamaica; described as the most homophobic country in the world.
RUSSIA REFUSES TO REGISTER GAY MARRIAGE GROUP:
The Russian Ministry of Justice has turned down an application by gay and lesbian activists to register a group campaigning for same-sex marriage rights.
MUSCOVITES FIGHT TO SAVE GAY CLUB:
The Moscow gay community is fighting to prevent the closure of the oldest and most popular gay club in the Russian capital.
EUROPE CONDEMNS UGANDAN PARLIAMENTARIANS:
Ugandan parliamentarians have been condemned by members of the European Parliament for attending an anti-gay conference.
NO GAYS IN NIGERIA:
Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs has denied the existence of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the country.
IRANIAN WOMAN WINS BATTLE TO STAY IN UK:
Pegah Emambakhsh, the gay Iranian woman who nearly deported from the UK in 2007, can now stay in the UK, it was revealed last night.