HEADLINES
GAY PENGUIN BOOK IS MOST-CONTROVERSIAL:
Children’s book And Tango Makes Three, about a male penguin couple, has returned to the top spot as America's "most challenged book".
WHITE HOUSE BARS GAYS FROM MILITARY EVENT:
Despite the pending repeal of ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ gay military families have been barred from a Michelle Obama event at the White House.
SCHOOLS SLAMMED FOR BLOCKING GAY SITES:
A number of US high schools have been criticised for unconstitutionally blocking students from accessing LGBT websites.
GAY STUDENT MAY BE CHARGED FOR FALSE CLAIMS:
A gay US student may be charged after he allegedly falsely claimed to have been a victim of a hate crime attack.
BIGOTS IN TIZZ OVER BOY’S PINK NAIL POLISH:
US conservatives are up in arms over a promotional e-mail which features a fashion designer who paints her son's toenails pink.
UGANDAN BISHOP CALLS FOR GAY RIGHTS:
Retired Anglican bishop Christopher Senyonjo has called for the global decriminalisation of homosexuality, defying his colleagues in Uganda.
BRITNEY AND RIHANNA TEAM UP:
Pops fans are deliriously happy after Britney Spears and Rihanna teamed up for a remix version of Rihanna's hit song S&M. Listen to it here!
RUGBY HUNK AUCTIONS SHIRT TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA:
English rugby hunk Ben Cohen has auctioned the shirt off his back to raise money for his campaign against homophobia.
EASTENDERS TO HAVE FIRST GAY WEDDING:
Popular British soap EastEnders is set to air its first same-sex wedding between the characters of Christian and Syed.
WARSAW PRIDE LOBBIES FOR FREE VISAS:
The organisers behind Warsaw Pride are lobbying to secure free visas for LGBT people from Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine.
CATHOLIC GROUP BLAMES ABUSE ON HOMOSEXUALITY:
A US Catholic group has placed a full page ad in the New York Times claiming that sexual abuse in the Church is due to homosexuality.
ZIM: HARASSMENT OF GAYS & LESBIANS CONTINUES:
Zimbabwe activists say that lesbians and gays are once again being harassed by law enforcement agents and community leaders.
GLEE, MODERN FAMILY & PROJECT RUNWAY SCOOP GLAAD AWARDS:
The most gay-friendly comedy and reality television shows were honoured at the second 2011 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
UK: DECADE-LONG CELIBACY TO DONATE BLOOD:
Gay men in the UK will finally be allowed to donate blood, but only if they've been celibate for at least a decade.
PINK LOERIE ART COMPETITION LAUNCHED:
The Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival has launched a regional LGBTI fine art competition set to form part of this year’s event in Knysna.
PROFESSOR: GAYS CAUSED FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE:
An Italian academic is under pressure to resign after he claimed in an interview that gays were the cause of the collapse of the Roman Empire.
UGANDAN STUDENTS ‘PAID TO BE GAY’:
Supporters of Uganda's anti-gay bill are moving to revive the bill while a university group claims that students are being paid to ‘become gay’.
CHRISTINA’S ‘BEAUTIFUL’ MOST INSPIRATIONAL GAY SONG:
Christina Aguilera's song Beautiful is the most inspirational pop song for gay people according to a new poll.
GAY ‘CAVEMAN’ DISCOVERED:
Archaeologists have uncovered the 5,000-year-old remains of what they believe was a gay or transsexual person in the Czech Republic.
ALMOST 9 MILLION LGBT AMERICANS:
A new study suggests that there are around nine million LGBT people in the US, but at least 19 million have had same-sex sexual experiences.