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TREATING ADDICTION CAN PREVENT HIV:
Alcohol and drug addiction are major drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic according to presentations at an international AIDS conference in Cape Town.
BIG BROTHER UK’S GAY ROMANCE:
Contestants Charlie Drummond and Rodrigo Lopez have become Big Brother UK’s first gay couple in the show’s ten year run.
T-SHIRT DISPLAY VANDALISED:
A clothing store in the US was vandalised yesterday after it displayed anti-Prop 8 shirts that read “Legalise Gay” in its window.
LESBIAN TURNED AWAY FROM GAY BAR:
A lesbian woman in Torquay, England, is angry about the “disgusting” treatment she received after being denied access to an all-male gay bar.
AFRICAN GAY MEN FACE HIV BARRIERS:
A research review conducted by the University of Oxford has shown that gay men in sub-Saharan Africa are more susceptible to HIV/AIDS than the general male population.
DIRECTORS URGE ACTORS TO STAY IN CLOSET:
Openly gay Hollywood directors Don Roos and Todd Holland have caused a stir after making comments suggesting that gay actors remain in the closet.
TRANSGENDER MURDERS ON THE RISE:
A report issued by an international transgender group has shown that a transgendered person is murdered every three days somewhere in the world.
MISSING MAN’S PARENTS THREATEN TO SUE:
The parent’s of US student Bryce Faulkner have threatened to sue a website which has been set up to find the missing 23 year gay man.
LESBIAN COUPLE WINS IVF BATTLE:
A lesbian couple has won the right to be funded by the UK’s National Health Service for their IVF treatment.
BIG BROTHER GAY SLURS CENSORED:
Gay and racial slurs have been edited out of a broadcast of the US version of the Big Brother reality show.
MAN FORCED INTO EX-GAY TREATMENT:
A 23 year old pre-med student from Arkansas has gone missing after his family discovered that he was gay.
AIDS VACCINE FUNDING STOPPED:
Two South African developed AIDS vaccines have begun clinical testing, despite the government reportedly stopping its funding of one of the research projects.
SHOOTING GAYS GAME RESURFACES:
An online game, which involves shooting nude gay men before they are able to “rape” the player, has resurfaced on a Georgian website.
OSCAR WILDE LAUDED BY THE VATICAN:
The work of gay playwright Oscar Wilde has been praised by the Catholic Church, which previously regarded him as an immoral degenerate.
GUILTY VERDICT FOR HATE CRIME TRANS MURDER:
A jury has found 20 year old Dwight Delee guilty of the hate crime manslaughter in the first degree of a 22 year old African American transgender woman.
HONDURAS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES:
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has condemned the recent murders and arrests of LGBT activists in Honduras.
SAILOR’S MURDER DUE TO OUTING FEARS?:
August Provost, a US Navy sailor who was murdered last month, is thought to have been killed by a fellow gay sailor who feared being outed.
OBAMA SPEAKS ON GAY RIGHTS TO BLACK COMMUNITY:
President Obama has addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organisation for ethnic minorities in the US.
WHITNEY LAUNCHES NEW ALBUM COVER:
Whitney Houston has revealed the cover for her latest album in London this week. The CD is set to be released on September 1.
LITHUANIA’S PRESIDENT SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAW:
Lithuania’s new president has criticised the homophobic law which includes homosexuality as material deemed harmful to minors.