HEADLINES
PRO-GAY SERVICES BOOKLET LAUNCHED:
OUT has launched a booklet aimed at informing and sensitising those providing services to LGBTI people.
GAY ORGS FURORE GROWS:
A number of African LGBTI rights groups have issued a statement slamming the tactics of UK based Outrage! led by the controversial Peter Tatchell
HIV HITS SA’S RICH AND EDUCATED:
Startling new evidence from a three-year survey shows that HIV is now growing fastest among those who are wealthier and educated in South Africa.
CHURCH LOSES GAY ADOPTION FIGHT:
Tony Blair decides. The Catholic Church loses its bid to be exempted from new gay rights laws in the UK.
MOSCOW MAYOR: GAY PARADES “SATANIC”:
Moscow's Mayor has said that he will never allow gay pride parades in the city, labelling them as "satanic".
US GAY BUYING POWER ON THE RISE:
A new report predicts that the buying power of gays and lesbians in the US will exceed $835 billion by 2011.
COMMUNITY HEROES TO BE AWARDED:
Cape Town’s Triangle Project has invited the public to make nominations for their LGBT heroes of 2006.
BLAIR UNDECIDED OVER GAY RIGHTS EXEMPTION:
While media reports suggest that Tony Blair will refuse exemption of churches from a new gay-rights law, a statement says he’s not yet decided.
SURVEY: 3% OF UK GAYS WANT TO ADOPT:
A new survey in the UK claims that 3% of lesbians and gay men hope to adopt children in the next five years.
STUDY: EARLIER ARV START IS BETTER:
A new study in the US shows better results for people with HIV who get an earlier start with ARVs.
CAMP DAVID CASE POSTPONED:
The case of fourteen gay men arrested for partying naked at Camp David Bar in Tshwane last year has been postponed to 29 March.
NIGERIA: MAN GETS JAIL FOR CRUISING:
A man in Nigeria has been sentenced to six week's jail-time for attempting to have sex with another man.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Dreamgirls leads the pack of contenders for the 79th Academy Awards - but fails to make the Best Picture grade.
GAY RIGHTS GROUP SPAT OVER NIGERIA:
Activists have slammed OutRage! - the UK gay rights organisation - for calling for potentially damaging action to protest a proposed anti-gay Nigerian law.
1ST MARRIED COUPLE’S DEATH THREATS:
The Cape Argus has reported that the first same-sex couple to get married in South Africa has received death threats.
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS:
Little Miss Sunshine, Grey's Anatomy, Project Runway and Scissor Sisters are among the nominees for the GLAAD awards, which celebrate LGBT representation in the US media.
NIGERIA SET TO PASS SEVERE ANTI-GAY LAW:
There is growing concern as Nigeria moves to pass a new law which has been described as the “world's most sweeping, draconian homophobic legislation.”
PROTEST AGAINST TELKOM PUBLISHED:
Fed up with the ongoing telecommunications woes in South Africa a new group - funded by the public - has published an anti-Telkom advert.
TUTU SLATES ANTI-GAY ANGLICANS:
Ahead of a major Anglican conference, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has blasted the African Anglican Church over its homophobic stance towards gay clergy.
ACTOR APOLOGISES FOR HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS:
Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington has apologised for again making homophobic remarks about his co-star T.R. Knight, amid calls that he be fired.