HEADLINES
12 GAY FOOTBALLERS CLAIM:
A former England football player has claimed that he knows of 12 top current players who are gay but remain in the closet.
PE MAN BLACKMAILED OVER GAY SEX VIDEO:
A man has appeared in court for allegedly blackmailing a Port Elizabeth businessman over video footage showing him engaging in gay sex.
GAY MEN PREFER HARRY TO WILLIAM:
A poll by a European dating site has revealed that more gay men would prefer to date Prince Harry than Prince William.
JOBURG’S THERAPY TO CLOSE:
It’s been announced that Joburg’s Therapy club night will be closing with immediate effect as the owners search for a new venue.
QUEER AS FOLK ACTOR CRITICAL:
Actor Gale Harold, best known for playing Brian Kinney in the Queer as Folk US series, is in a critical condition after a motorcycle accident.
CLERIC: GREED LEADS TO HOMOSEXUALITY:
A leading Ugandan cleric has said that the 'spread' of homosexuality in his country is as a result of the "greed for money."
GAY JUDGE STANDS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT:
Openly gay and HIV positive judge Edwin Cameron has been interviewed for the position of a Constitutional Court judge.
SENATOR OBAMA REMEMBERS MATTHEW SHEPARD:
Senator Barack Obama has described as “unacceptable” the lack of legislation in the United States to address the problem of ‘hate crime’.
THREE MEN ACCUSED OF SPREADING HIV:
Three gay men in the Netherlands are on trial for drugging and injecting at least 12 other men with HIV positive blood.
TEEN ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED:
A new campaign aimed to address the use of anti-gay language among teens in the US has been launched by actress Hilary Duff.
GAY PICTURE FURORE AT PTA HIGH SCHOOL:
The former deputy principal of a Pretoria high school is suing three pupils after they distributed a doctored picture of him masturbating with the principal.
MCDONALD’S CAVES IN TO ANTI-GAY GROUP:
McDonald’s has been accused of acceding to demands by a right-wing association that it stop supporting a gay organisation.
PORTUGAL REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE:
Portugal's parliament has rejected a bill that would have legalised same sex marriage in that country.
BBC DEFENDS GAY SOAP KISS:
The BBC has defended its screening of a kiss between two men on the long-running popular soap EastEnders, following complaints from viewers.
9 OUT OF 10 GAY US STUDENTS FACE HOMOPHOBIA:
A new survey of US school students has found that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment at school in the past year.
BENEFITS OF GAY CIRCUMCISION UNCLEAR:
A new analysis of existing research indicates that the claimed effect of circumcision lowering the risk of HIV infection among gay men remains unclear.
FORMER MR GAY UK ATE LOVER:
A UK court has heard claims that a former Mr Gay UK brutally killed a man and then cooked and ate his flesh.
AIDS VACCINE IN 4 YEARS?:
The winner of the 2008 Nobel Medicine Prize says that a 'therapeutic' AIDS vaccine could be developed within four years.
UK VICAR SAYS GAYS SHOULD BE TATTOOED:
A Church of England priest has apologised for saying that homosexuals should be tattooed with health warnings.
EUDY TRIAL TO GO AHEAD:
A date has finally been set for the Eudy Simelane murder trial, although charges against one of the suspects have been dropped.