HEADLINES
SWIMMER’S SWIMSUIT MALFUNCTION:
US swimmer Ricky Berens suffered an unfortunate costume malfunction on Sunday at the FINA World Championships in Rome.
ACCLAIMED GAY AUTHOR DIES:
E Lynn Harris, who penned the gay-themed novels Invisible Life and Just As I Am, died last Thursday aged 54.
UN ALLOWS GAY GROUP TO PARTICIPATE:
Official status has been granted by the UN to a gay and lesbian organisation from Brazil.
MARCH FOR ZOLISWA:
A march will take place next week to protest the ongoing delays in the trial of the men accused of the murder of Zoliswa Nkonyana.
BRITAIN MARKS TEN YEARS OF GAYS IN MILITARY:
For the first time in its history the British Army’s official publication, Soldier magazine, has featured an openly gay officer on its cover.
OUTGAMES 2009 OPENS:
The second Outgames opened this weekend in Copenhagen featuring both sporting and cultural events for the LGBT community.
BEELD TARGETS GAY COMMUNITY:
Afrikaans newspaper Beeld plans to publish a monthly special feature directed primarily at the gay and lesbian community.
MR GAY SA GETS INTERNATIONAL NOD:
The new Mr. Gay South Africa pageant has been awarded the rights to send a South African contestant to the 2010 Mr. Gay World contest in Norway.
UK CHURCH PERFORMS GAY EXORCISMS:
It has been claimed that at least one Fundamentalist Christian church in Britain has been performing “exorcisms” on gay men and women to “cure” them of their homosexuality.
NAKED COWBOY TO RUN FOR MAYOR:
Robert John Burck, known as New York’s Naked Cowboy, has announced that he will run for the position of the city’s mayor.
SAILOR CHARGED IN MURDER:
A suspect has finally been named and charged with the murder of gay American Seaman August Provost III at Camp Pendleton on June 30.
MADONNA TO RELEASE GREATEST HITS PACKAGE:
It's been announced that pop icon Madonna will be releasing a new double CD and DVD collection of her greatest hits this September.
TREATING ADDICTION CAN PREVENT HIV:
Alcohol and drug addiction are major drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic according to presentations at an international AIDS conference in Cape Town.
BIG BROTHER UK’S GAY ROMANCE:
Contestants Charlie Drummond and Rodrigo Lopez have become Big Brother UK’s first gay couple in the show’s ten year run.
T-SHIRT DISPLAY VANDALISED:
A clothing store in the US was vandalised yesterday after it displayed anti-Prop 8 shirts that read “Legalise Gay” in its window.
LESBIAN TURNED AWAY FROM GAY BAR:
A lesbian woman in Torquay, England, is angry about the “disgusting” treatment she received after being denied access to an all-male gay bar.
AFRICAN GAY MEN FACE HIV BARRIERS:
A research review conducted by the University of Oxford has shown that gay men in sub-Saharan Africa are more susceptible to HIV/AIDS than the general male population.
DIRECTORS URGE ACTORS TO STAY IN CLOSET:
Openly gay Hollywood directors Don Roos and Todd Holland have caused a stir after making comments suggesting that gay actors remain in the closet.
TRANSGENDER MURDERS ON THE RISE:
A report issued by an international transgender group has shown that a transgendered person is murdered every three days somewhere in the world.
MISSING MAN’S PARENTS THREATEN TO SUE:
The parent’s of US student Bryce Faulkner have threatened to sue a website which has been set up to find the missing 23 year gay man.