HEADLINES
ELLEN GIVES $30K TO PROM LESBIAN:
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has given a high school girl fighting to attended a school promo with her girlfriend a significant scholarship.
US GENERAL DISCREDITED:
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands has called a comment by a US general on the impact of gay troops on the Dutch army as a "disgraceful statement".
GAY SOLDIERS ARRESTED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE:
Two gay soldiers have been arrested outside the White House while protesting the ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ ban on LGBT personnel in the US military.
UGLY BETTY’S JUSTIN’S GAY KISS:
Following years of playful speculation about the character’s sexuality, Ugly Betty's Justin has finally kissed another boy.
PRESSURE MOUNTS AS MALAWI VERDICT LOOMS:
There's been renewed activity to support the gay couple jailed in Malawi, ahead of a verdict which is expected next week.
SHOCK AT GAY ADOPTION RULING:
LGBT activists in the UK have expressed their shock following a court ruling allowing a Catholic adoption agency to discriminate against gay parents.
ANOTHER GAY ADULT MAG CLOSES:
Unzipped magazine has become another casualty in a long line of gay adult magazine to shut down in the midst of the recession.
FASHION ICON AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE:
Karl Lagerfeld has said in an interview that he is against the idea of gay marriage because it represents the normalising of gay people.
ANTI-GAY LAWS FUELLING HIV EPIDEMIC:
The head of the UNAIDS programme has said that countries with anti-gay laws have dramatically higher rate of HIV infection among gay men.
ST PATRICK’S GAY BAN SLAMMED:
The organisers of the New York St. Patrick's Day parade have been slammed for continuing to bar representatives from the LGBT community from participating.
LESBIAN CATHOLIC PARENTS SPEAK OUT:
The lesbian parents of the two children banned from attending a Catholic school in the US have opened up about their situation.
SOAP ENDS GAY STORYLINE:
There's been disappointment at news that a groundbreaking gay storyline in the US soap opera One Life to Live will come to an end.
ANGER OVER ZOLISWA TRIAL:
Around 200 angry people protested at the resumption of the repeatedly delayed trial of the men accused of killing lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana.
GEORGE MICHAEL AND BOY GEORGE END FEUD:
The Daily Star reports that singers George Michael and Boy George have ended a feud that spanned 25 years.
TUTU STANDS UP FOR GAY AFRICANS:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has made a powerful appeal for LGBT equality in Africa in the face of growing repression.
SCHOOL THROWS OUT CHILDREN OF LESBIAN PARENTS:
A Catholic school in the US will not allow two young children to re-enrol next year after it learned that the students' parents are lesbians.
CYNTHIA NIXON AND GAY-FRIENDLY MEDIA HONOURED:
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon and gay-positive television shows and films have been honoured at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
ELTON JOHN DEATH THREAT MAN ARRESTED:
A man in the US has been arrested for posting a video on YouTube in which he holds a sign reading "Elton John must die".
SCHOOL SUED OVER LESBIAN PROM BAN:
A Mississippi school is being sued to reinstate its prom after it cancelled the event rather than letting a lesbian couple attend.
HATE CRIME PROTEST ON MONDAY:
A protest has been planned for the resumption of the much-delayed trial of the men accused of murdering 19 year old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana.