GROWING CONCERN OVER MEDIA FREEDOM
The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project has joined other social justice organisations in condemning the crackdown on media freedom in South Africa.
MAYOR ATTENDS PRIDE IN DRAG
The mayor of ReykjavÃk in Iceland joined 90,000 people for the city’s pride parade dressed in drag as a middle aged woman.
SECOND ZIM ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Ellen Chademana, the other Zimbabwe LGBT activist arrested for possessing pornography, has pleaded not guilty at the start of her trial.
COURT GIVES NOD TO MEXICO CITY GAY MARRIAGES
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that Mexico City’s same-sex marriage law can remain in force as it does not contravene the constitution.
MISS CAPE TOWN PRIDE BOOTED
Organisers have revoked Miss Cape Town Pride 2010’s title due to allegedly inappropriate behaviour.
MEN FLOGGED FOR WEARING WOMEN’S CLOTHING
Nineteen young men in Sudan have been publicly flogged for wearing women’s clothing and makeup.
CELEBS CELEBRATE PROP 8 RULING
Ricky Martin, Ellen Degeneres, Adam Lambert, Cyndi Lauper and others have expressed their delight at the overturning of Prop 8.
PROP 8 MARRIAGE BAN STRUCK DOWN
A US judge has struck down the infamous Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California, describing it as unconstitutional.
BID TO SAVE TEEN FROM EXECUTION
LGBT activist Peter Tatchell has launched a bid to save an Iranian teen, falsely accused of sexually assaulting another male, from hanging.
GAGA PUT ON EARTH “TO MAKE GAY VIDEOS”
Superstar Lady Gaga has received a record 13 MTV Music Video Award nominations – the most ever by an artist in one year.