HEADLINES

COULD JAMAICA END GAY BAN?: Jamaica's new Prime Minister could support moves to legalise homosexuality in what has been described as one of the most homophobic places on earth.

JOBURG CONDEMNS CORRECTIVE RAPE: The City of Johannesburg has passed a motion condemning corrective rape and committing itself to fighting these attacks against lesbian women.

LESBIANS TIE THE KNOT IN ANGOLA: Two lesbian women have bravely gotten married in Luanda, despite their union not being legally recognised in Angola.

MP ARRESTED FOR CALLING MUGABE GAY OUT ON BAIL: A Zimbabwean MP who was held for seven days after she accused President Robert Mugabe of having had gay sex has been let out on bail.

ONLINE STORES PULL ANTI-GAY CALENDAR: Amazon.com has removed an offensive "I'm Not Gay, I'm Just a Sissy" calendar from its site following complaints from around the world.

TAYLOR LAUTNER ‘COMING OUT’ COVER A FAKE: A supposedly leaked cover for a new issue of America’s People magazine announcing Twilight star Taylor Lautner's coming out is revealed to be a fake.

GEORGE MICHAEL ‘LUCKY TO BE ALIVE’: Singer George Michael, who has been discharged from hospital, has admitted that he nearly died from a severe form of pneumonia.

ZOLISWA NKONYANA KILLERS SENTENCING POSTPONED TO NEW YEAR: The five year long trial of the men found guilty of murdering lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana continues to be plagued by outrageous delays.

ADAM LAMBERT DENIES PUNCHES: Pop star Adam Lambert has denied that any punches were thrown in a club brawl that saw him and his boyfriend arrested in Finland.

CALL FOR COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY AFTER NKONYANA TRIAL: Civil society groups have filed a legal complaint demanding Premier Helen Zille institute a commission of inquiry into the Khayelitsha criminal justice system.

PINK ‘GAY’ TRASH BINS CAUSE FUSS IN ZIM: Residents of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe are reportedly refusing to use pink rubbish bins donated to the city by a local gay rights group.

PINK LOERIE 2012 THEME REVEALED: The dates and theme for next year's 12th annual Pink Loerie festival have been revealed by the event's organisers.

MARC JACOBS DATING PORN STAR: A Brazilian gossip site is reporting that American fashion designer Marc Jacobs' new man is a Brazilian porn-star.

UN ISSUES HISTORIC GLOBAL REPORT ON GAYS AND LESBIANS: The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of LGBT people, initiated by South Africa, has found an "especially vicious" pattern of human rights violations.

LESBIAN FINANCE MINISTER & PARTNER WELCOME BABY: Australia’s openly-lesbian Finance Minister Penny Wong and her partner have become proud parents.

CLOONEY TO STAR IN GAY MARRIAGE BAN PLAY: Actor and sex symbol George Clooney is set to star in a one night production of a play about the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California.

MALE MODEL STARS IN WOMEN’S BRA CAMPAIGN: Top male model Andrej Pejic is the groundbreaking star of a new advertising campaign for a Dutch department store promoting a push-up bra.

GQ APOLOGISES FOR HOMOPHOBIC ADAM LAMBERT TWEET: American men's magazine GQ has apologised for a homophobic tweet in which it commented on gay singer Adam Lambert's fashion sense.

NORTHERN CYPRUS AGREES TO LIFT GAY BAN: Northern Cyprus, the last part of Europe in which homosexuality is illegal, is set to repeal its ban on same-gender sex.

TEACHERS TRAINED TO ‘REDUCE HOMOSEXUALITY’: It's been reported that Ghana's Ministry of Education has trained teachers to "reduce homosexuality" in schools and across the country.