HEADLINES
GHANA PRESIDENT SAYS GAYS ARE A MENACE:
Ghana's president, John Evans Atta Mills, has told churchgoers that the government will take action against "the menace of homosexuality and lesbianism".
DEWANI GAY CLAIMS RESURFACE:
A new British documentary has claimed that police have interviewed two of murder accused Shrien Dewani's gay lovers and that he never had sex with his murdered wife.
MEL GIBSON’S GAY BROTHER SPEAKS OUT:
Mel Gibson's adopted gay brother has come forward to defend his celebrity sibling, insisting that Gibson is not a homophobe.
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SUPER-GONORRHOEA:
Scientists have discovered a strain of the sexually transmitted gonorrhoea bacteria that is resistant to all available antibiotics.
AIDS REPORT RECOMMENDS ZIM DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY:
A report on Zimbabwe’s response to the HIV pandemic has recommended that the country decriminalise homosexuality.
LGBTI ACTIVIST’S HOUSE TORCHED:
An Ugandan LGBTI activist narrowly escaped death when his house was recently set alight, while he was trapped inside.
US MILITARY STARTS ACCEPTING GAY RECRUITS:
The pentagon has announced that it's suspended all discharges under the ‘don't ask, don't tell’ ban and will now start accepting gay and lesbian recruits.
NEW GAY SERIES FROM QUEER AS FOLK CREATOR:
Russell T. Davies, the creator of the much-loved Queer As Folk series, is working on a new television series about gay men.
COMMONWEALTH URGED TO DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY:
A leading British LGBT rights campaigner has urged the Commonwealth to recommend that all its member nations decriminalise homosexuality.
HAS SAHRC SLIPPED UP ON QWELANE CASE?:
The South African Human Rights Commission may have failed to submit legal papers, opposing Jon Qwelane's bid to have his hate speech court ruling overturned, in time.
AUTHOR TALKS ABOUT BI JESUS BOOK:
The controversial author of A Million Little Pieces has opened up about his new fiction book that features a bisexual Messiah.
UPDATE ON UGANDA GAY-DEATH BILL:
A member of parliament in Uganda says that the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill is likely to be made law within two months.
CONTROVERSIAL OPERA TO GO AHEAD:
The school that pulled out of an opera penned by the writer of Billy Elliot has announced that it is now happy with the changes made to the text.
FINGER RATIO MAY SUGGEST PENIS LENGTH:
Scientists say that the length of a man's penis may be related to the ratio between the second and fourth digits on his right hand.
DON’T ASK DON’T TELL SUSPENDED:
An appeals court has re-instituted an injunction barring the US military from enforcing the ban on openly-lesbian, gay and bisexual service members.
KYLIE CONCERTS TO BREAK SUN CITY RECORDS:
This weekend's first-ever South African concert by pop-star Kylie Minogue at Sun City is set to break records in the venue.
BRAD PITT WELCOMES GAY MARRIAGE IN NEW YORK:
Actor and sex symbol Brad Pitt has issued a statement applauding the recent legalisation of same-sex marriage in the state of New York.
GAGA DENIES USING GAY COMMUNITY:
Pop sensation Lady Gaga has denied using the gay community and its battle for equality to sell more CDs.
OBAMA APPOINTS LESBIAN TO TOP MILITARY ACADEMY:
In a first, President Obama has appointed an openly-lesbian former Army officer to the board of a top US military academy.
GAY ROW OVER BILLY ELLIOT WRITER OPERA:
A British school principal has defended her decision to pull out of an opera, written by Billy Elliot's Lee Hall, that features a gay character.