HEADLINES
GOLDEN GIRL’S GIFT TO GAY YOUTH SHELTER:
The estate of Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who died earlier this year, has donated $300,000 to a gay youth shelter.
OUTRAGE OVER ATTACK ON GAY POLICEMAN:
Liverpool’s gay community is up in arms following an attack on a 22 year old gay trainee police officer.
CLOTHING STORE RELEASES NEW GAY T-SHIRTS:
An American clothing company that previously released anti-Prop 8 t-shirts has launched another range of gay themed t-shirts.
FILM DIRECTOR SLAMS SCIENTOLOGY:
The director of the 2005 Oscar winning film Crash has publicly left the Church of Scientology, accusing it of being homophobic.
HUNDREDS PROTEST MURDER OF CANADIAN MAN:
Close to 1,000 people have marked the recent murder of a Canadian gay man who was brutally beaten and then run over while walking home.
GAY NEO-NAZI ROMANCE WINS AWARD:
A movie about a romance between two men who are members of a neo-Nazi gang has won the main award at the Rome International Film Festival.
ARMY SECRETARY HINTS AT LIFTING MILITARY BAN:
The US Secretary of the Army has said that there is no reason to fear that major difficulties would result from lifting the ban on gay military personnel.
TRANS BOOK TO BE RELEASED:
A new South African book documenting the life stories of a number of transgender South Africans is to be released.
RUSSIAN LESBIANS MARRY IN TORONTO:
Two Russian lesbian activists who were refused the right to marry in Moscow have finally tied the knot in Toronto, Canada.
HATE CRIMES BILL HEADS TO OBAMA:
The US Senate has passed the Matthew Shepard hate crimes legislation which has now gone to President Obama to sign.
SOLDIER PUNISHED FOR ANTI-GAY ABUSES:
The US Navy has reprimanded and forced a soldier, who oversaw a number of anti-gay abuses, to retire.
CHURCH OF SWEDEN OKAYS GAY MARRIAGE:
The Lutheran Church of Sweden's Synod voted on Thursday to begin to conduct wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.
HIV VACCINE DOUBTS RAISED:
The recent results from the Thai vaccine trial may not be as promising as they at first seemed.
BROWN BACKS GAY WEDDINGS IN PARLIAMENT:
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that it is unfair that only heterosexual couples can marry inside the Houses of Parliament.
ADAM LAMBERT GOES STRAIGHT:
Openly gay singer Adam Lambert has surprised his fans with a raunchy magazine photo shoot in which he kisses a nude female model.
GAY GROUPS CONDEMN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE BAN:
A number of LGBT groups have condemned an incident in the US in which an official refused to marry an interracial couple.
GOSSIP GIRL KISS FINALLY AIRS:
The much anticipated man-on-man kiss on the television series Gossip Girl has finally aired in the US.
REFUGEES OFFER TO HAVE SEX TO PROVE THEY’RE GAY:
Two men applying for refugee status in Australia have said that they would have sex in front of officials to prove that they are gay.
COLUMN RECEIVES 22,000 COMPLAINTS:
Britain’s Press Complaints Commission has said that it has received a record amount of complaints about the controversial Stephen Gately article.
SPORTSMAN COMES OUT THE CLOSET:
A leading Irish sportsman has revealed that he is gay in a new autobiography which is published this month.