NEWSPAPER FIRES ANTI-GAY EMPLOYEE
An Oudtshoorn newspaper has apparently fired an employee after she caused a Facebook furore by posting an anti-gay status update.
ATTACKS AGAINST GAY UGANDANS REPORTED
There are reports that there have been attacks on gay and lesbian Ugandans outed by the anti-gay Rolling Stone newspaper.
MADONNA TO LAUNCH GYM CHAIN
Pop icon Madonna has announced that she will be opening a luxury chain of “Hard Candy” gyms in major cities around the world.
ACTIVIST GROUP’S OPEN LETTER TO OBAMA
America’s biggest LGBT rights group has published an open letter to President Obama insisting that he end the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ban this year.
CLAIM: FACEBOOK OUTING GAY USERS
A new report claims that Facebook targets users it thinks are gay with specific ads which could result in them being inadvertently outed to advertisers.
EUROPEAN COURT SLAMS MOSCOW PRIDE BAN
The European Court of Human Rights has slammed the Moscow authorities for repeatedly denying activists the right to hold gay pride marches.
HOMOPHOBIA “A DEATH SENTENCE”
Ugandan activist, Julius Kaggwa, has spoken out about the perilous position of gay and lesbian people in his home country.
THE NANNY CALLS FOR MARRIAGE QUALITY
The Nanny actress Fran Drescher has joined other celebrities in calling for equal marriage rights in the state of New York.
OBAMA GAY BULLYING VIDEO VIEWED WITH CYNICISM
President Obama’s new video clip supporting gay teens who are victims of bullying has been viewed by critics with some cynicism.
UGANDAN TABLOID UNDER FIRE
America’s Rolling Stone magazine has demanded that an anti-gay Ugandan tabloid stop using its name while the country’s media watchdog also condemned the newspaper.