Singer Boy George has been sent to jail for falsely imprisoning a male prostitute in his east London flat.The judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court said the star, real name George O'Dowd, has used "gratuitous violence."
Author, dramatist and free-speech barrister Sir John Mortimor has died at the age of 85 after a long illness. Sir John famously defended the publishers of Gay News in 1976 after they were accused of blasphemy for publishing a poem that appeared to imply that Jesus was gay.
An HIV-positive grandfather from Melbourne who preyed on "vulnerable" gay men when he tried to infect them with the virus has been sentenced to nearly two decades years in jail.
 Voice of America | Activists Express Concern Over Sentencing of Gay Men in Senegal Voice of America - Joel Nana of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in Cape Town says the ruling was a big step backwards in the fight for gay rights in ... Senegal jails nine men for having gay sex UN Deplores Jailing of Gay Men in Senegal |
Dean ending 30-year political career The Associated Press - He said by then, Obama should have closed the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay that has been the source of international criticism, improved health care ... |
 Dallas Voice | City pastors share ideas for Obama invocation Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Obama simultaneously angered many liberals who frown upon Warren̢۪s views on gay marriage. Then, a week before the inauguration, Obama asked the Episcopal ... Gene Robinson, Rick Warren & Marian Anderson Meet Dave, Queerty's Eyes and Ears At Obama's Inauguration |
(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.
The team putting together Auckland's Big Gay Out family fun day in Coyle Park is seeking volunteers to give an hour or two of their time to help out at the event.
Photo: Seashel Pictures Mark Duplass (left) and Joshua Leonard in “Humpday.” If there’s an early candidate for Sundance breakout hit, that would be Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton’s third feature “Humpday,” a subtle and intelligent picture that blends dudely comedy and adult relationship drama. It premiered here on Friday afternoon to a packed house that surfed along with [...]
Four San Diego firefighters are scheduled to be back in court Friday to argue for a second time that they were sexually harassed at a gay pride parade. A jury deadlocked in the first trial in October 2008 after deliberating for four days. See Firefighters Back in Court with Gay Pride Parade Lawsuit News 8 KFMB, CA - Published [...]
Tommi Avicolli-Mecca writes in Beyond Chron: “Back in August 1988 when I was managing editor of the Philadelphia Gay News, an historic thing happened on a daytime soap called As The World Turns: a character (an interior designer, no less) came out as gay. “These days, that would be cause for a big yawn, but back then [...]
Grant Robertson says he swelled with a combination of pride and "sausage rolls from the school canteen" when he saw David Lange on television arguing against nuclear weapons in the Oxford Union debate in 1985 
They met when playing together in New Zealand's first gay rugby team the Krazy Knights and today the happy couple will tie the knot in a public display of love. 
The white supremacist convicted of killing a Korean backpacker near Westport is appealing against his 21-year non-parole imprisonment term. 
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