HEADLINES

LGBT GROUPS CONDEMN AIDS CONFERENCE ARRESTS: Human rights groups have condemned the arrests of three Ugandan LGBT activists at an AIDS conference and called for their immediate release.
1st MIDDLE EAST GAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Israel, known as the ‘gay capital of the middle east’, has recently cemented this title with the opening of the first Gay Community Centre in Tel Aviv.
SCIENTISTS CREATE “NATURAL CONDOM”: Australian scientists say that a newly developed "natural condom” treatment could protect against HIV infection.
PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT AIDS MEETING: Three activists protesting against the Ugandan government’s refusal to target gays in its HIV/AIDS prevention strategy have been arrested.
GAY TRAVEL WARNING FOR GAMBIA: The UK has issued a travel warning that the Gambian government is "actively enforcing" laws against gay people after the arrest of two Spanish tourists.
JAKE GYLLENHAALL TOPS GAY HOT 100: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is the world's hottest male icon, according to visitors on gay website AfterElton.com.
SIMELANE SUSPECTS REMAIN IN CUSTODY: In a surprise move, the five suspects in the brutal murder of Eudy Simelane chose to not apply for bail in a dramatic court appearance.
TURKISH COURT DISSOLVES GAY ORG: A Turkish court’s decision to disband an LGBT rights organisation has been slammed by Human Rights Watch.
ACTIVISTS OPPOSE BAIL FOR SIMELANE ACCUSED: LGBT activists have called on the courts to oppose bail for the alleged killers of lesbian soccer player
Eudy Simelane.
BRITISH EMBASSY FLIES GAY FLAG: A little piece of UK gay history was made when the British Ambassador to Latvia ordered the Rainbow Flag to be flown at the Embassy to mark Riga Pride.
UGANDA EXCLUDES GAYS IN ANTI-HIV STRATEGY: Uganda's AIDS Commission has said that it will not target gay people in its work to reduce HIV infection rates in that country.
MOSCOW PRIDE CHAOS: Attempts to hold a Pride Parade in Moscow have again been stymied by the authorities and members of the Russian Orthodox Church.
YVES SAINT LAURENT DIES: Ionic fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent died on Sunday night at his Paris home at the age of 71.
EGYPT JAILS MORE HIV+ MEN: An Egyptian court has upheld the shocking sentences imposed on five men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS.
NEW YORK TO RECOGNISE OTHER GAY MARRIAGES: Although same-sex couples cannot marry in New York, the governor of New York has ordered state agencies to start recognising other territories’ same-sex marriages.
GAY HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL UNVEILED: A new memorial commemorating the gays and lesbians persecuted by the Nazis has been unveiled in Berlin.
MASSIVE HIV / AIDS SURVEY KICKS OFF: The third South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey has kicked off, with the support of local celebrities and public figures.
CARDINAL CALLS FOR PRIDE BAN: Gay Pride events in Latvia should be seen as unlawful and be banned, Roman Catholic Cardinal Jânis Pujâts has said in an open letter to the government.
THE INTENTIONAL INFECTION DEBATE: Proposed reforms to Angola's Penal Code have divided opinion about whether HIV-positive people who intentionally infect others with the virus should be punished.
AUSSIE OLYMPIC DIVER COMES OUT: A young diver is said to be the first openly gay Australian athlete to ever take part in the Olympic Games.