NO PLACE FOR HOMOPHOBIA IN RAINBOW NATION
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned the scourge of corrective rape in South Africa.
DAN CHOI RIPS UP OBAMA PAMPHLET
Former US military lieutenant Dan Choi has slammed President Obama’s failure to support gay-marriage and angrily ripped up an Obama campaign flyer.
FORMER MR. GAY UK CLEARED OF RAPE CHARGES
Police officer and Mr. Gay UK 2006 Mark Carter has been cleared of rape and sexual assault charges by a British court.
LGBT HATE CRIMES TASK TEAM MOVES FORWARD
There’s been progress in deciding on which activist groups will sit on the proposed LGBT hate crimes task team.
SAHRC CONSIDERS OPPOSING QWELANE APPEAL
The South African Human Rights Commission is still considering whether it will oppose Jon Qwelane’s efforts to rescind a judgment that found him guilt of hate speech.
X-MEN WRITER CONFIRMS LGBT SUBTEXT
One of the writers of X-Men: First Class has confirmed that the film was purposefully written, at least in part, as an allegory of the struggles of the LGBT community.
BBC DEFENDS GAY BEDROOM SCENE
The BBC has defended its broadcast of a gay bedroom scene in the soap series EastEnders after receiving around 125 complaints from viewers.
GAY PROP 8 JUDGE VINDICATED
An attempt to reverse a gay judge’s ruling that California’s Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional has been rejected.
FRENCH PARLIAMENT REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE
France’s parliament has rejected a bill that sought to legalise same-sex marriage in that country.
GAY ADOPTION ON THE RISE IN US
Despite legal hurdles in many states, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of gay and lesbian couples adopting children in the US.