ELLEN & PORTIA CELEBRATE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, one of the highest profile same-sex couples to ever get married, celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on Thursday.
AVIATION AUTHORITY GIVES THUMBS UP TO TRANS PILOTS

America’s Federal Aviation Administration has eliminated psychological testing that transgender pilots needed to undergo to be able to fly.
UP-AND-COMING ACTOR COMES OUT

Nineteen-year-old American actor Ezra Miller, best known for his role in the acclaimed 2011 film We Need to Talk about Kevin, has come out as proudly gay.
HACKERS ATTACK AFRICAN WEBSITES IN GAY PROTEST

International hacking groups have again hijacked websites in various countries that persecute gays and lesbians in protest against their anti-gay policies.
SA MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH GAY MURDER IN UK

British police are looking for a South African man living in the UK in connection with the death of a 62-year-old gay man in Brighton.
GAY GROUPS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM SHOOTING

Over 40 LGBTI groups in the US have distanced themselves from the shooting of a security guard at the headquarters of an anti-gay organisation.
UGANDAN ‘ETHICS MINISTER’ DEFENDS RAIDS ON GAYS

Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity has justified the continued persecution of gay and lesbian activists by claiming that they are perverting children.
LADY GAGA SNUBS ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

Lady Gaga has responded to a PETA letter about her wearing fur and implied that she doesn’t really care much about animal rights.
SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSMAN WINS BIG BROTHER UK

Luke Anderson, a transgender man, has walked away with a £50,000 prize in the 13th season of the UK’s Big Brother reality TV series.
GAY OLYMPIANS’ MEDAL TALLY TIED WITH MEXICO

If the openly gay athletes at the London Olympic Games were a country they’d have tied with Mexico when it comes to winning medals.