HEADLINES
40 ARRESTED DURING MOSCOW PRIDE:
According to reports from Moscow, 40 people, including a leading UK gay rights activist, were arrested for attempting to hold a peaceful Pride march.
GAY CANNES MOVIE CAUSES STIR:
Chinese director Lou Ye has disregarded his five year ban from filmmaking by producing the explicit film Spring Fever.
CITY OFFICIALS BAN LATVIAN PRIDE:
The Baltic Pride March set to take place in Riga, Latvia, this Saturday has been banned by the city’s council.
UK APPRENTICE BRANDS TOWN GAY:
During a recent episode of the British Apprentice series, Sir Alan, the UK’s version of Donald Trump, set the task of regenerating a fading seaside town.
MEGAN FOX ON BEING BISEXUAL:
In a new interview with Esquire magazine the stunning Megan Fox talks about her beauty, fame and bisexuality.
PORN STUDENT APPEAL REJECTED:
Gay adult film performer John Gechter’s attempts at appealing his one year suspension from Grove City College have been rejected.
NEW YORK GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASSES HURDLE:
The New York State Assembly has passed a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in the state after a four hour debate.
TATCHELL TO ATTEND MOSCOW PRIDE:
Despite threats of violence and arrests, British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell will attend Saturday’s Slavic Pride Parade in Moscow.
MISS USA OFFICIAL RESIGNS:
Co-executive director of the Miss California USA pageant resigned her post on Wednesday after Carrie Prejean was allowed to keep her Miss California title.
PERU BANS GAY POLICE:
New regulations in Peru will ensure that any police officer who has sexual relations with someone of the same gender will be indefinitely suspended.
MISS CALIFORNIA KEEPS TITLE:
Carrie Prejean is being allowed to keep her titles as Miss California and runner up to Miss USA despite breaking pageant rules.
RUSSIAN LESBIANS DENIED MARRIAGE:
Two female gay rights activists have been denied permission to marry each other in accordance with Russian law.
OBAMA CAN OVERTURN GAY BAN:
Military law experts say that the US president has the legal authority to stop gay personell from being discharged from the military.
SA PLAYWRIGHT HAS SUCCESS IN US:
A theatre in California will present the third US production of Ashraf Johaardien’s play, Happy Endings Are Extra, in as many years.
CHILDREN WITH SAME-SEX PARENTS NOT DISADVANTAGED:
A leading expert says that children raised in same-sex families do just as well as children living with heterosexual parents.
BOY GEORGE FREED FROM PRISON:
Pop singer Boy George has been released from Edmunds Hill prison in Suffolk four months into his fifteen month sentence.
GAY OLYMPIC ATHLETES TO GET PRIDE HOUSE:
For the first time in Olympic history gay and lesbian athletes will have a place to go to relax and watch events.
LEBANESE GAYS STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS:
Gays and lesbians in Lebanon have taken to the streets to demand LGBT equality in a region which is extremely anti-gay.
BOTSWANA’S OWN MISS CALIFORNIA:
Sumaiyah Marope, a business student from Gaborone, has been crowned Miss Botswana 2009 despite her anti-gay comments.
UK AGAINST BURUNDI’S ANTI-GAY LAWS:
Britain's international development minister Ivan Lewis has spoken out against Burundi’s decision to adopt a law which criminalises gay sex.