HEADLINES
SCANDAL MAYOR CLEARED:
Portland Mayor Sam Andrews has not broken any laws with regard to the sex scandal involving teenager Beau Breedlove.
PEREZ HILTON HURT BY CRITICISM:
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has accused gay activists of victimising him further after he used anti-gay slurs in an altercation with the Black Eyed Peas.
ACTOR URGES CLOSETED GAYS TO COME OUT:
In an article in the UK’s The Times, Lord of the Rings actor Sir Ian Mckellen has urged closeted gays and lesbians to ‘come out’.
YOU MAGAZINE SLATED FOR CHAZ BONO ARTICLE:
SA GLAAD has slated YOU magazine over an article on Chaz Bono’s gender transition, claiming that the piece is offensive.
MARRIED JUDGE’S RENT BOY AFFAIR:
A married senior judge in Wales is under investigation over an alleged affair with a male prostitute.
WHITE HOUSE TO CELEBRATE STONEWALL:
President Obama has invited LGBT families and activists to the White House to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
US CENSUS TO INCLUDE GAYS:
US Census Bureau officials have said that they will be including married gay couples in their 2010 census for the first time.
PEREZ HILTON SLAMMED:
Openly gay blogger Perez Hilton has been slammed for using an anti-gay slur in his highly publicised altercation with the Black Eyed Peas.
ARRESTS AT DRAG PARTY:
Religious police in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have arrested around 67 men at a party, some of whom were dressed in drag.
CASHING IN ON ADAM LAMBERT:
A record company is planning to cash in on recordings made by American Idol runner up Adam Lambert before he became famous.
HIV PREDATOR IDENTIFIED:
A 40 year old truck driver from Auckland, New Zealand, has been identified as the man responsible for a spree of allegedly deliberate HIV infections.
SHOCK RAPE REPORT:
A new study claims that 1 in 4 South African men have raped a woman and that almost 3% of men have raped another man or boy.
GAYS JOIN IRAN PROTEST:
Gay activists took part in a demonstration in London on Friday in solidarity with the Iranian people's mass protests for democracy and human rights.
CHER SUPPORTS HER DAUGHTER:
Cher has issued a statement saying that she will support her daughter through her transition from a woman to a man.
BRÃœNO MAKES WAVES IN EUROPE:
Sacha Baron Cohen has been jetting around Europe to promote his latest film Brüno, making waves wherever he goes.
GIBRALTAR RIGHTS DEFEAT:
Gibraltar’s parliament has rejected a bill that sought to equalise the age of consent for homosexual men.
RICKY MARTIN COMES OUT – SORT OF:
Ricky Martin, who has long been at the centre of speculation about his sexuality, has made a revealing comment in a new interview.
LGBT HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE IN US:
An annual report has shown a 28 percent increase in the number of LGBT hate crime incidents reported in 2008 in the US.
OBAMA TAKES A SMALL STEP FORWARD:
President Obama has signed a presidential memorandum which will grant the same-sex partners of federal employees only some benefits, but not others.
COURT ALLOWS KIDS TO MEET DAD’S PARTNER:
A court in Georgia has rejected a custody ruling which banned a gay father’s children from having any contact with his gay friends or partners.