HEADLINES
GHANA PRESIDENT DENIES ANTI-GAY COMMENTS:
Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills has denied saying that his government will take action against gay and lesbian people.
WORLD’S NEWEST COUNTRY PROBABLY NOT GAY FRIENDLY:
South Sudan, which was proclaimed a country earlier this week, is not expected to support LGBT equality, based on past comments by its president.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS TO TEACH GAY HISTORY:
California's Governor Jerry Brown has signed a historic new law that compels the state's schools to include LGBT achievements in their curriculum.
DANNY K APOLOGISES FOR GENDER GAFFE:
South African singer Danny K has apologised for an insensitive comment he tweeted about transgender and intersex people.
ANGER AS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL:
LGBT groups are angry at news that the Obama administration will continue to defend ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ in the courts.
RICKY MARTIN RECEIVES DEATH THREAT:
Ricky Martin has assured his fans that he is fine after receiving a death threat from a Twitter user while in the UK.
GAY GROUPS WARN OF DANGEROUS EX GAY THERAPIES:
Gay rights groups in the US have called on 2012 presidential candidates to disavow dangerous “ex-gay” therapies endorsed by at least one contender and her husband.
BIG BROTHER GAY DUMBLEDORE FURORE:
The CBS network in the US has come under fire for its response to the internet broadcast of anti-gay comments by one of its Big Brother housemates.
CHRIS BROWN DENIES NEW ANTI-GAY REMARKS:
Singer Chris Brown has lashed out at the media, insisting that reports that he made new anti-gay comments are untrue.
SAHRC CONTINUES QWELANE FIGHT:
The SA Human Rights Commission has confirmed that it has successfully submitted court papers opposing Jon Qwelane's attempt to reverse his hate speech verdict.
EXIT CELEBRATES 250 ISSUES:
Exit, South Africa's longest running LGBT newspaper, will be publishing its 250th issue in August.
JAMAICAN ANTI-GAY VIOLENCE GROWS:
In the past six months, more than fifty incidents of abuse against LGBT men and women have been recorded in Jamaica.
GHANA PRESIDENT SAYS GAYS ARE A MENACE:
Ghana's president, John Evans Atta Mills, has told churchgoers that the government will take action against "the menace of homosexuality and lesbianism".
DEWANI GAY CLAIMS RESURFACE:
A new British documentary has claimed that police have interviewed two of murder accused Shrien Dewani's gay lovers and that he never had sex with his murdered wife.
MEL GIBSON’S GAY BROTHER SPEAKS OUT:
Mel Gibson's adopted gay brother has come forward to defend his celebrity sibling, insisting that Gibson is not a homophobe.
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER SUPER-GONORRHOEA:
Scientists have discovered a strain of the sexually transmitted gonorrhoea bacteria that is resistant to all available antibiotics.
AIDS REPORT RECOMMENDS ZIM DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY:
A report on Zimbabwe’s response to the HIV pandemic has recommended that the country decriminalise homosexuality.
US MILITARY STARTS ACCEPTING GAY RECRUITS:
The pentagon has announced that it's suspended all discharges under the ‘don't ask, don't tell’ ban and will now start accepting gay and lesbian recruits.
NEW GAY SERIES FROM QUEER AS FOLK CREATOR:
Russell T. Davies, the creator of the much-loved Queer As Folk series, is working on a new television series about gay men.
COMMONWEALTH URGED TO DECRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY:
A leading British LGBT rights campaigner has urged the Commonwealth to recommend that all its member nations decriminalise homosexuality.