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.
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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.
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.
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.
ANOTHER LESBIAN BLOGGER ALSO A STRAIGHT MAN:
In the wake of the scandal surrounding the "Gay Girl in Damascus" blog, the 'female' editor of a well-known lesbian site had admitted that he is also a straight man.
LESBIAN SURVIVES HATE CRIME STABBING:
A lesbian woman in the Crossroads informal settlement, near Cape Town, has survived being stabbed by men who taunted her for being lesbian.
SYRIAN LESBIAN BLOGGER IS AMERICAN MAN:
A 40-year-old American man has confessed to being the mysterious lesbian blogger who it was feared had been abducted by Syrian security forces in Damascus.
GAGA PERFORMS, SPEAKS AT EUROPRIDE:
Lady Gaga performed two songs at Saturday's Europride in Rome and spoke out for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the world.
ZACKIE ACHMAT DIVORCES HUSBAND:
Internationally recognised AIDS activist Zackie Achmat, one of the country's best-known openly gay men, has split from his husband of three years.
FURORE OVER TRACY MORGAN HOMOPHOBIC TIRADE GROWS:
30 Rock comedian Tracy Morgan has apologised for his anti-gay rant at a recent performance, with co-star Tina Fey and comedian Chris Rock stepping into the fray.
CNN INVESTIGATES SUICIDE GAY CURE VICTIM:
CNN is broadcasting a three-part exposé about "experimental therapy" to cure effeminate behaviour that allegedly led to the suicide of one man.
GAY ACTIVISTS SUPPORT ZIM DEMOCRACY:
The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project has backed calls to ensure that minimum conditions are in place before elections are held in Zimbabwe.
30 ROCK STAR IN ON-STAGE HOMOPHOBIC RANT:
30 Rock star and stand up comedian Tracy Morgan has been slammed following an apparent homophobic rant during a performance last week.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA BANNED FROM ANTI-GAY DR. SHOCK TRIAL:
International media have been barred from the trial of the notorious Aubrey Levin, the South African doctor who tried to "cure" apartheid-era gay soldiers.
MISSING LESBIAN BLOGGER MYSTERY:
Doubt has been cast on claims that a lesbian blogger, who is said to have been abducted in Damascus, actually exists.
US ARMY LAUNCHES DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL WEBSITE:
The US army has launched a website to provide service members and their families information about the pending repeal of the ban on gay personnel.
GHANA INVESTIGATES ‘GROWING RATE OF HOMOSEXUALITY’:
Ghana's Bureau of National Investigations is reported to be investigating "the growing rate of homosexuality" in parts of the country.