2008 was a big year, and not without its share of scandalous moments! Let's take a look back at the stories that caused headlines last year.
If you're expecting Slumdog Millionaire to be a singing, dancing, a "wrong side of the tracks" Bollywood love story then you’ll be disappointed. This movie is gritty, scary, dark and at times, very 'in your face'.
2008 was a big year, and not without its share of scandalous moments! Let's take a look back at the stories that caused headlines last year.
If you're expecting Slumdog Millionaire to be a singing, dancing, a "wrong side of the tracks" Bollywood love story then you’ll be disappointed. This movie is gritty, scary, dark and at times, very 'in your face'.
Sydney Festival's opening night party was a huge success, with an estimated 300,000 people making their way into the city to be entertained by over 600 performers on Saturday night.
 BBC News | Shock at Senegal gay jail terms BBC News, UK - The jailing in Senegal of nine gay men for eight years over "indecent conduct and unnatural acts" has been condemned by an international gay rights group. ... 9 men jailed in Senegal for homosexual acts 9 in Senegal to Be Jailed for 8 Years Senegal: Free AIDS Activists |
Embrace winter in North Dakota Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Berlin’s Lesbian and Gay Street Festival, June 20-21, and Christopher Street Day, June 27, the German equivalent of gay pride events in the United States. ... |
Bishop: 'The church is starting to get it right' Seattle Post Intelligencer - Since his election as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, Robinson has been in the national and international spotlight as the first openly gay diocesan bishop ... |
(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.
Gay café diners in Christchurch are urging the manager of the Crumpet Club on Durham Street to remove a reference to a pie that sounds 'slightly gay' from the menu.
Wellington Central's Labour MP Grant Robertson exchanged vows with his long-term partner Alf Kaiwai at a church ceremony yesterday, reports the Dominion Post.
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