BROWN CALLS FOR REPEAL OF US MILITARY BAN
Gordon Brown has honoured British LGBT soldiers and called on America to follow the UK’s lead and abolish the ban on gay military personnel.
ANTI-SMOKING AD GENERATES CONTROVERSY
A series of French ads aiming to warn young people against smoking has shocked some over its visual analogy between smoking and oral sex.
MAN WINS DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST GAY PUB
A former assistant manager has won a discrimination case against London’s oldest gay pub after its new owners took steps to ‘de-gay’ the clientele.
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.
MISS BEVERLY HILLS SAYS GOD WANTS GAYS DEAD
Following in the footsteps of Carrie Prejean, Miss Beverly Hills 2010 Lauren Ashley has cited The Bible as evidence that gays should be put to death.
GENERALS OPPOSE LIFTING MILITARY BAN
Two top generals in the US military have expressed their concern about President Obama’s plan to lift the ban on gay and lesbian military personnel.
EWAN MCGREGOR DEFENDS CO-STAR KISS
Actor Ewan McGregor was forced to defend his kissing co-star Jim Carrey during an interview on America’s second highest rated morning news show.
QWELANE CAN’T BE FOUND
The homophobic would-be-ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, has still not been traced by the Equality Court in order to serve him with legal papers.
DESIGNER LAUNCHES ‘PENIS PANTS’
Designer Isabel Mastache has introduced her unique ‘penis pants’ at the opening of Madrid Fashion Week in the Spanish capital last week.
MALAWI COUPLE’S CON. COURT BID FAILS
A bid by the engaged gay men on trail for homosexuality in Malawi to have their case heard by the country’s constitutional court has failed.