HEADLINES
FIFA URGED TO ACT AGAINST NIGERIAN COACH:
Activists say FIFA must act against the coach of the Nigerian national women's football team who has boasted that she has purged the team of lesbianism.
NEW YORK CELEBRATES MARRIAGE EQUALITY:
The state of New York has finally joined the handful of states in the US that have legalised same-sex marriage.
NEWSPAPER RETRACTS APOLOGY, INSULTS GAY MAN:
The US newspaper that offered to apologise for not listing a gay man as his late partner's survivor in an obituary has changed its position.
ZIM GAY ACTIVISTS ANGRY OVER RAPE REPORTS:
Zimbabwean gay activists have spoken out about recent media reports confusing the tragic rape of a ten-year-old boy with homosexuality.
CHRIS BROWN ‘RESPECTS GAY COMMUNITY’:
Controversial singer Chris Brown says that his negative use of the word ‘gay’ was not intended to offend the gay community.
OVULATING WOMEN SHOW BOOST IN GAYDAR:
Psychologists have discovered that a woman's ability to identify gay men is increased when she is ovulating.
ANTI-GAY REGGAE STAR GETS 10 YEARS:
The Grammy-winning anti-gay reggae singer Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a drug trial in the US.
PAPER REFUSED TO LIST PARTNER IN GAY MAN’S OBITUARY:
A US newspaper apologises after deleting a gay man's partner of 10 years from his obituary and saying that he is equivalent to the late man's pets.
US PILOT SUSPENDED FOR ANTI-GAY RANT:
A US airline pilot has been suspended after his cockpit rant about gay flight attendants was accidently broadcast across the airwaves.
CAMERON: GAY PEOPLE TREATED APPALLINGLY IN AFRICA:
British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed his government to continue to put pressure on African governments to improve the lives of LGBT people on the continent.
MINISTER CALLS FOR END TO ANTI-LESBIAN VIOLENCE:
The Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, who once slammed a lesbian art exhibition, has called for an end to ‘corrective rape’ in South Africa.
LIECHTENSTEIN VOTES FOR GAY PARTNERSHIPS:
The majority of citizens in the small central European country of Liechtenstein have voted to legalise same-sex partnerships in a referendum.
WOMEN SOCCER TEAM EXPELS LESBIANS:
The coach of Nigeria’s national women's football team has claimed that she has removed all traces of lesbianism from the team.
TURKEY MUST END LGBT DISCRIMINATION:
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to protect LGBT people from widespread discrimination.
GHANA MP WARNS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST GAYS:
A member of parliament in Ghana has warned that gays and lesbians face violence if they do not stop their "abominable" acts or leave the country.
BRITNEY SPEARS WEB FAN BECOMES PORN STAR:
Chris Crocker, who became an internet sensation for his weepy online defence of Britney Spears, is embarking on a career as a gay porn star.
WHO FOCUSES ON MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN:
The World Health Organisation releases new guidelines to improve HIV treatment and prevention services for men who have sex with men.
GOOGLE MARKS GAY PRIDE MONTH:
Google has both been lauded and criticised for the way that it has chosen to mark Gay Pride Month in the northern hemisphere.
TRACY MORGAN MEETS WITH LGBT YOUTH:
In an attempt to redeem himself, comedian Tracy Morgan has met with LGBT youth and a family scarred by anti-gay violence.
GAY REFUGEE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN CAPE TOWN:
A Cape Town-based community organisation launches a 'gay refugee programme' aimed at supporting "sexual refugees" in South Africa.