HEADLINES
TENNIS LEGENDS RESPOND TO HOMOPHOBIC VETERAN:
Lesbian tennis icons Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King have responded to another tennis veteran’s rant against same-sex marriage.
NIGERIAN EMBASSY’S CONFUSED RESPONSE TO PROTEST:
The Nigerian embassy in Berlin issued a muddled response last week to international outrage over the country’s pending ban on same-sex marriage.
HULK HOGAN: I’M NOT GAY!:
American wrestler and celebrity Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for claiming that he abused her and that he had an affair with another male wrestler.
KILLER GETS TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF EX-LOVER:
The man who killed his former male lover and his sister has been given two life sentences in the Durban High Court.
OUT WINS BID TO BE HEARD IN GAY-BASHING CASE:
For the first time in South Africa, a court has granted a gay organisation the right to give evidence in the sentencing phase of a hate crime trial.
ZUMA URGED TO CALL OUT NIGERIA ON ANTI-GAY BILL:
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has been urged to use his visit to Nigeria to encourage its leaders to halt a pending ban on gay marriage.
NICKI MINAJ ‘SHOCKED’ BY MADONNA’S KISS:
Hip hop star Nicki Minaj says she was shocked by the queen of pop's on-set smooch, but kissed right back.
US FOOTBALL STAR SCORES FOR GAY MARRIAGE:
American football star Scott Fujita has come out in support of same-sex marriage in a video for a marriage equality campaign.
COULD MALAWI REVERSE GAY BAN?:
Local media reports that Malawi is reviewing its ban on same-gender sex, apparently in response to "public opinion".
GAY HIV CONFERENCE DISRUPTED IN ETHIOPIA:
A recent conference in Ethiopia addressing HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa was hampered by anti-gay disruptions.
BEELD READERS AGAINST GAY RELATIONSHIPS:
A poll had revealed that the majority of Beeld's website visitors do not believe that gay relationships should be accepted by churches.
MR. GAY NAMIBIA ASSAULTED:
The recently-crowned Mr. Gay Namibia has been beaten in a brutal attack near his home by two men who demanded his prize money.
RICHARD BRANSON SLAMS NIGERIAN GAY MARRIAGE BILL:
The head of the Virgin empire has called Nigeria's planned ban on gay marriage "cruel" and has urged educated Nigerians to reject the law.
MAN ADMITS TO MURDER OF LOVER & SISTER:
A Durban man has admitted to strangling his former gay lover and the man's sister with an electrical cord.
FEARS OF BACKLASH AGAINST U.S., BRITISH GAY RIGHTS PUSH:
There are concerns that anti-gay countries may ramp up discrimination against LGBT people in reaction to what they may see as the imposition of foreign values.
GAY PENGUINS ADOPT CHICK:
A male penguin couple in China has been given a newly-hatched chick to care for after the birth parents showed signs of struggling to raise it themselves.
RICKY MARTIN ‘SAD’ ABOUT HATE CRIME CHANGE:
Puerto Rican-born singer Ricky Martin says he's 'sad' that the U.S. territory plans to remove LGBT protections from its hate crime law.
OBAMA UNDER FIRE FOR HISTORIC LGBT GLOBAL STRATEGY:
President Obama is under fire from right-wing groups and Republicans for having issued the first-ever government strategy to address LGBT human rights overseas.
GROUNDBREAKING BLACK CONDOM LAUNCHED:
Health4Men has launched an innovative 'black condom’ that looks more natural when used by the majority of South African men.
CLINTON SPEAKS OUT ON GAY RIGHTS:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted America's commitment to LGBT rights around the world, insisting that these rights are inalienable human rights.