HEADLINES
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.
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.
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.
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.
LAW TO “PROTECT” KIDS FROM HOMOSEXUALITY:
The Lithuanian parliament has passed legislation which will ban any information on homosexuality in schools or in media accessible by young people.
BOMBING AT SAO PAULO PRIDE:
It’s come to light that a handmade bomb injured 21 people when it went off during the world’s biggest Pride event.
GQ’S FIRST MALE NUDE COVER:
Sacha Baron Cohen’s flamboyantly gay alter-ego, Brüno, has graced the cover of GQ in the nude, a first for the men’s magazine.
GAY FEDERAL WORKERS TO GET BENEFITS:
Barack Obama is set to sign a presidential memorandum which will grant the partners of gay federal workers workplace benefits.
HOSPITAL BARS LESBIAN FROM VISITING PARTNER:
A lesbian has been barred from visiting her partner and giving advice about her treatment at a hospital in California.