HEADLINES
HIV BREAKTHROUGH TO BOOST ARVS:
Scientists have finally discovered the structure of a key enzyme found in HIV, a breakthrough that has crucial implications for HIV treatment.
AMY WINEHOUSE SAID TO BE BISEXUAL:
A British tabloid has claimed that singer Amy Winehouse has had relationships with women and has described herself as bisexual.
FURORE OVER GAY SUPER BOWL AD:
A US television network has been slammed for banning an ad promoting a gay dating site yet accepting another from an anti-gay group.
MANY GAY COUPLES EMBRACE OPEN RELATIONSHIPS:
A new study has concluded that around 50% of gay couples have agreed on some form of an open relationship.
MALAWI COUPLE REFUSED BAIL AGAIN:
The Malawian gay couple jailed following their engagement ceremony has again been refused bail, this time by a High Court judge.
LADY GAGA AND ELTON JOHN DUET IN THE OFFING:
It's been reported that pop star Lady Gaga and gay music legend Elton John are set to perform a duet at the up-coming Grammy Awards.
COALITION SPOTLIGHTS HATE-PROMOTING ARTISTS:
More than 20 organisations have called on the Grammy Awards to denounce music that promotes hate against groups.
ABBAWORLD LAUNCHED IN LONDON:
Two members of ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus, have attended the launch of the new ABBAWORLD exhibition in London.
SA FACES HUGE CUTS IN HIV/AIDS FUNDING:
South Africa faces potentially huge cuts in donor support for its HIV/AIDS programme over the next five years.
OBAMA PROMISES TO REPEAL GAY MILITARY BAN:
President Barack Obama has promised to repeal the US ban on gay military personnel in his first State of the Union address, but are promises enough?
ANTI-GAY BILL SUPPORTER THREATENS SA:
A leading advocate of the Ugandan anti-gay bill has threatened a boycott of SA businesses should the ambassadorial appointment of homophobe Jon Qwelane be reversed.
PORN STAR POLICEMAN TO SUE:
A Hollywood policeman has vowed to sue to get his job back after he was fired for appearing in a gay porn video made before he became an officer.
BILL GATES SPEAKS ON UGANDA BILL:
Microsoft founder and HIV/Aids philanthropist Bill Gates has spoken about the proposed draconian anti-gay bill in Uganda.
MOSCOW MAYOR REITERATES PRIDE BAN:
Moscow's mayor has again called gay Pride parades "satanic" and re-stated his intention to continue to ban such events in the Russian capital.
GAY COUPLE ON HUNGER STRIKE CAMPAIGN:
A gay couple is undertaking a hunger strike campaign to demand same-sex marriage rights in Italy and documenting the experience online.
PASTOR SHOWS GAY PORN AT MEETING:
A Ugandan pastor has been ridiculed after he showed gay porn at a meeting to support the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that is before the country's parliament.
SOY TURNS MEN GAY’ GYM APOLOGISES:
A New Zealand gym chain has apologised for an article circulated to its members that claimed that drinking soy could turn straight men gay.
GLEE ACTRESS TO MARRY GIRLFRIEND:
Openly gay actress Jane Lynch, who stars in the hit show Glee, will reportedly marry her girlfriend in May.
MINISTER EXPELS ‘SUSPECTED’ LESBIAN:
A Malawian minister has expelled a 'suspected' lesbian from her constituency in order to 'protect' young girls in the area.
QWELANE, MEDIA24 SUED OVER ANTI-GAY ARTICLE:
The Times has reported that Jon Qwelane and Media24 are being sued for R100,000 over the 2008 anti-gay article published by the Sunday Sun.