TATCHELL: HATE SPEECH FINE “EXCESSIVE”
A £1,000 fine imposed on a homophobic Christian street preacher in the UK has been condemned by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
GENERAL APOLOGISES FOR COMMENTS
A US general has apologised for blaming the inclusion of gay soldiers in the Dutch army for the infamous Srebrenica massacre in 1995.
RICKY MARTIN: I’M GAY
Latino superstar Ricky Martin has announced on his official website that he is gay, ending years of speculation.
CASTER REMAINS IN LIMBO
Caster Semenya’s career will remain in limbo after Athletics South Africa agreed to continue her suspension from running because of her gender.
LOW HIV PREVALENCE AMONG SA STUDENTS
The first comprehensive study to survey the impact of HIV/AIDS on the higher education sector has been released.
MARINE CHIEF TO BUILD QUARTERS FOR GAY SOLDIERS
A senior military chief has said that he would build separate sleeping quarters for gay soldiers should the ban on LGBT personnel in the US military be lifted.
PROTEST AGAINST TRANS FILM
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation is protesting the screening of a film called Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives at the Tribeca Film Festival.
FURORE OVER HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
Academics are in a tizz over plans to include a video showing two lesbians kissing as part of a gay holocaust memorial in Berlin.
EUROPE DROPS LGBT PROTECTION FROM DEAL
The European Commission has been criticised by the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights for agreeing to a trade deal with countries that jail gay people.
ARMY GAY “CURE” DOCTOR ARRESTED
A doctor accused of using shock therapy to “cure” gay soldiers in the apartheid military has been arrested in Canada for sexual abuse.