UN ISSUES HISTORIC GLOBAL REPORT ON GAYS AND LESBIANS
The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of LGBT people, initiated by South Africa, has found an “especially vicious” pattern of human rights violations.
LESBIAN FINANCE MINISTER & PARTNER WELCOME BABY
Australia’s openly-lesbian Finance Minister Penny Wong and her partner have become proud parents.
CLOONEY TO STAR IN GAY MARRIAGE BAN PLAY
Actor and sex symbol George Clooney is set to star in a one night production of a play about the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California.
TEACHERS TRAINED TO ‘REDUCE HOMOSEXUALITY’
It’s been reported that Ghana’s Ministry of Education has trained teachers to “reduce homosexuality” in schools and across the country.
GQ APOLOGISES FOR HOMOPHOBIC ADAM LAMBERT TWEET
American men’s magazine GQ has apologised for a homophobic tweet in which it commented on gay singer Adam Lambert’s fashion sense.
MALE MODEL STARS IN WOMEN’S BRA CAMPAIGN
Top male model Andrej Pejic is the groundbreaking star of a new advertising campaign for a Dutch department store promoting a push-up bra.
NORTHERN CYPRUS AGREES TO LIFT GAY BAN
Northern Cyprus, the last part of Europe in which homosexuality is illegal, is set to repeal its ban on same-gender sex.
NIGERIAN EMBASSY’S CONFUSED RESPONSE TO PROTEST
The Nigerian embassy in Berlin issued a muddled response last week to international outrage over the country’s pending ban on same-sex marriage.
HULK HOGAN: I’M NOT GAY!
American wrestler and celebrity Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for claiming that he abused her and that he had an affair with another male wrestler.
KILLER GETS TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF EX-LOVER
The man who killed his former male lover and his sister has been given two life sentences in the Durban High Court.