Figures released today by the Metropolitan Police show a 13.5 per cent rise in homophobic hate crimes reported across London.
A gay pre-med student from Arkansas has been "forced" into therapy to cure him of homosexuality. According to his friends, Bryce Faulkner, 23, was preparing to come out to deeply religious family when his mother discovered emails to his boyfriend.
The Campaign for Homosexual Equality has been disaffiliated from human rights organisation Liberty, allegedly over a motion which called for a time limit on reporting child sex abuse.
Taleon Goffney, a gay porn actor well known for making movies with his twin brother, has been sentenced to three to eight years in state prison for two burglaries he committed in February 2008 in South Philadelphia.
As far as censorship goes in Samoa, it's not okay to portray gay characters in a film if they're male and fighting for their rights, but it's a very different story if they're half naked lesbians being axed to death.
The owners of gay nightclub Cube in Canberra are being sued by the partner of a 23 year old man who was stabbed to death in a fight outside the venue three years ago.
(Russia) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “Bok o Bok” which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg from today and last until Sunday finally did not open after Fire Department Inspectors closed the place due to problems with fire security. In a phone interview to Project GayRussia.Ru, Organiser of the festival Irina Sergeeva said that the clubs “The Place” and “Sochi” where the screenings of the films were supposed to take place, were closed due to fire security reasons.
(USA) - As part of Bibi's outreach to our communities, Bibi|SF will be hosting talks on various issues affecting queer South West Asian, North Africans (aka Middle-Easterners). Its first engagement is with Arsham Parsi of the IRanian Queer Organization on Thursday, June 26 at the SF LGBT Center.
(USA) - Gay human rights activists in San Francisco staged a speak out at the Russian consulate on May 16, in conjunction with IDAHO events around the planet. Before showing up at the consulate, the group sent emails to the staff explaining their reason for coming -- to press the government to grant parade permits to Moscow's Gay pride event.
 Advocate.com | Lithuania president slams anti-gay censorship bill The Associated Press Critics said the text violated the freedom of speech and international standards of human rights. Gay rights activists called it homophobic. ... Lithuanian President Against Gay Speech In Schools Ban Lithuania approves Bill 'to protect' children Lithuania: Parliament Enacts Homophobic Censorship Law |
 guardian.co.uk | Episcopal Bishops Give Ground on Gay Marriage New York Times Over two days of debate, some bishops said they felt compelled to act because of their pastoral responsibility to gay couples who were increasingly coming ... Clash over gay bishops, blessings ripples across the Atlantic The Episcopal Clergy Vote is an Important One for Gays Episcopal Church leaders vote to lift ban on ordaining gay bishops |
Wannabe games vie for Olympics-level recognition Canada.com This created the first World Outgames and the sanctioning body of the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association. Both the Gay Games and the World ... |
At a civic reception in Wellington today, the city's LGBT-friendly Mayor Kerry Prendergast will officially launch the website for the second AsiaPacific Outgames, planned for the capital in March 2011.
Two unique parties in Wellington this Saturday will feature gender-bending fun, DJs and prizes.
After a popular Outtakes Film Festival recently in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch, the Reel Queer team tell GayNZ.com they're all set to do it again next year.
See Oscar Wilde once said, ‘We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars’ and in a heavenly way the gay playwright found praise today from an unlikely source - the Vatican. In its second U-turn in a week, the official mouthpiece of Pope Benedict XVI, L’Osservatore Romano, wrote that [...]
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The New Zealand Blood Service is defending donor rules after claims by a gay community that they are "unnecessary and unfair". 
A Northland support network is considering dishing out free condoms at travellers' hostels and other places people meet - and sleep - together. 
John Key has been getting into the groove at Auckland's Big Gay Out at Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier. It wasn't the Prime Minister's first visit to the event so the flair aair and frivolity did not come as a shock. 
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