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PRINCIPAL ASSAULTS STUDENT OVER PRO-GAY T-SHIRT:
An American high school student has claimed that he was assaulted by his Principal because he wore a T-shirt supporting a gay-straight alliance.
GAY COUPLE ATTACKED IN BRAZIL:
Brazilian media have reported that a gay couple has been attacked in São Paulo, home to the world's largest gay Pride parade.
NIGERIAN ACTIVISTS CONDEMN GAY MARRIAGE BAN BILL:
Nigerian LGBTI activists have expressed their shock at the pending passage of a bill that aims to ban same-sex marriage in the country.
COUPLE SNUBBED BY HOME AFFAIRS FINALLY MARRIES:
Michael Cronje and Donovan Wynne, who were refused their right to marry by a PE Home Affairs office in August, have finally tied the knot.
GAY MEN LESS LIKELY TO GET JOB INTERVIEWS:
A new study suggests that openly gay men face substantial job discrimination, at least in certain parts of the United States.
CHER TO SUPPORT CHAZ ON ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’:
Gay icon Cher has confirmed that she will be in the Dancing with the Stars audience next week to support her son Chaz Bono.
UGANDA TELLS UN THAT GAYS ‘RECRUIT CHILDREN’:
In a submission to the UN Human Rights Council, Uganda has justified its anti-gay policies by claiming that gay people "recruit" children into homosexuality.
OUTCRY OVER AIDS COMMISSION’S ANTI-GAY WARNING:
There's been an outcry over a statement by the Ghana AIDS Commission that warns of "the dangers of being involved in sex with other men”.
STUDENT: GAY TEEN SUICIDE VICTIM BETTER OFF DEAD:
A student who taunted Jamey Rodemeyer's sister that her brother, who recently committed suicide after he was bullied, was better off dead has been suspended.
MR. GAY NAMIBIA UNDERWAY:
The organiser of Mr. Gay Namibia has confirmed that the competition is underway and that the winner will compete at Mr. Gay World in South Africa next year.
HUNG STAR TALKS SEXUAL EXPERIMENTATION WITH MEN:
Thomas Jane, the star of Hung, has revealed that he experimented sexually with men when he was younger and and even traded sex for sandwiches.
BELGRADE PRIDE BAN A ‘ DARK DAY’:
Serbian authorities have been slammed after they blocked yesterday’s planned Belgrade Pride parade from going ahead.
JOBURG GAY MEN WARNED OF POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLER:
Gay men in Johannesburg have been warned of a possible serial killer after the revelation that at least four gay men have been murdered in the last ten months.
JOBURG CELEBRATES 22ND ANNUAL PRIDE:
An estimated 20 000 people took part in the 22nd annual Joburg Pride day and parade in Johannesburg on Saturday.
OBAMA SPEAKS AT GAY GROUP’S DINNER:
On Saturday, President Barack Obama spoke at the annual dinner held by the United States’ largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group.
UGANDAN ACTIVIST WINS SECOND HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD:
Frank Mugisha, head of the Ugandan LGBTI organisation SMUG, has been awarded a second international human rights award.
WALMART LAUDED FOR PROTECTING TRANS EMPLOYEES:
Walmart, the largest employer in the US, has been praised for adding protections for its transgender workers in its employment non-discrimination policy.
JOBURG PRIDE QUESTIONED OVER HIV TESTING SPACE FEE:
OUT, the Pretoria-based LGBTI health and well-being NGO, is up in arms over what it says is an exorbitant fee being charged by Joburg Pride for it to offer free HIV testing at the event.
VIOLENCE LOOMS OVER SERBIAN PRIDE:
Serbia's police chief has warned that participants in Belgrade's Pride march on Sunday could be attacked by right-wing extremists.
GAYDAR CONMAN GETS 4 YEARS:
A British man who used the Gaydar dating network to con victims across the UK over 11 years has been jailed for four years and three months.