GAY PRIESTS AD BANNED:
The UK's advertising standards body has banned an ice cream ad depicting two priests about to kiss because it "mocks Catholicism".
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.
HOMOPHOBIA “A DEATH SENTENCE”:
Ugandan activist, Julius Kaggwa, has spoken out about the perilous position of gay and lesbian people in his home country.
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.
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.
DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’ RE-INSTATED:
The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' rollercoaster continues with a court reinstating the military ban on gay service members just days after it was suspended.
GAY SOLDIERS ALLOWED TO ENLIST:
The Pentagon has issued an order allowing openly gay soldiers to apply to join the US military, but warns that the policy may be reversed at any time.