OBAMA ENDS AIDS BAN:
US President Barack Obama has been lauded for ending the controversial ban on HIV positive travellers to the US.
CLERGY: REMOVE GAY DEATH PENALTY:
The Ugandan Clergy has called for a clause imposing the death penalty in a new anti-gay bill to be removed, but has otherwise supported the legislation.
ELTON JOHN TO TOUR SA:
Elton John is to return to South Africa next year for a limited series of picnic-style concerts along with long-time collaborator Ray Cooper.
HEALTH CARE NURSE NEEDED:
OUT LGBT in Pretoria is looking to fill the post of a primary health care nurse responsible for assisting in primary health care matters.
QUESTIONS OVER KENYA’S GAY CENSUS:
Kenya has said that it will carry out a census of its gay citizens despite homosexuality carrying a penalty of 14 years' imprisonment.
OBAMA SIGNS HATE CRIME LAW:
US President Barack Obama has signed a historic hate crime bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity into law.
FILM DIRECTOR SLAMS SCIENTOLOGY:
The director of the 2005 Oscar winning film
Crash has publicly left the Church of Scientology, accusing it of being homophobic.
GAY NEO-NAZI ROMANCE WINS AWARD:
A movie about a romance between two men who are members of a neo-Nazi gang has won the main award at the Rome International Film Festival.
TRANS BOOK TO BE RELEASED:
A new South African book documenting the life stories of a number of transgender South Africans is to be released.