EastEnders is to screen a storyline involving a Muslim character who has a gay affair. New character Syed Masood, a Muslim property developer who has a girlfriend, is to fall for openly gay Christian Clarke. But the Muslim Public Affairs Committee say that the BBC should have a "normal friendly Muslim character."
An Irish civil servant who was exposed by journalists for running a gay escort service has avoided jail. Eugene Leech, 48, given a six-month suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to controlling or directing the activities of prostitutes for gain on dates between May and July in 2005
It's here! The Brisbane Pride Festival starts now, with a huge list of the events across Brisvegas, attracting over 50,000 people each year. Itâs a celebration of diversity, community and fun.
After sitting through the forgettable Angels and Demons, I was beginning to think that Hollywood had lost the art of story telling. State of Play reminded me that when Hollywood gets it right, it does so brilliantly.
This week the gay marriage ban in California was upheld, but that hasn't stopped gay school student Sergio Garcia from being voted in as Prom Queen of Fairfax High School in Los Angeles.
ABC News | Gay killings on rise in Iraq? United Press International Amnesty International wrote Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asking him to take "urgent and concerted action" to protect homosexuals from violence. A government source said Asaieb al-Haq, a little-known Shiite militia that appeared after the Mahdi Army ... Tortured and Killed in Iraq for Being Gay Gay men tortured and killed in Iraq No more gestures to Saudis: Iraq's Maliki |
New York Times | Woman wanting to give Obama a letter opposing gay marriage is ... Tips-Q GLBT News, NY Nick Ut/Associated PressSecret Service agents remove Brenda Lee from near Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport after she tried to give President Barack Obama a letter on Thursday. She was later released. LOS ANGELES -- A writer for. ... Los Angeles Gay Community Takes on Brenda Lee! Writer removed from near Air Force One at LAX OC woman removed from Air Force One press area |
The Associated Press | Aviator hopes gay ban will end soon enough for him The Associated Press ... service in flight, including one for heroism the night US forces captured Baghdad International Airport in 2003, Fehrenbach is in the process of getting kicked out of the military a year after an acquaintance told his bosses he was gay. ... Gay local Air Force officer plans to fight discharge from service |
An attempt by the lawyer of an Auckland man charged with infecting young men with HIV to have her client remanded at large with restrictions on his contacts and activities has just been denied in the District Court.
The 40 year old man charged with infecting three young men with HIV, and who tried to avoid police yesterday, has been granted interim identity suppression in the Auckland District Court.
"It's not just the money you give us, it's also the support you've all given, which makes all the difference. Thank you so very much," said Hospice NZ Chairman Wilf Martley tonight as he accepted a $30,000 cheque from the Heroic Gardens crew.
Though she has a slim record on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues, federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor is winning support from some gay groups to be the next associate justice on the US Supreme Court.”We applaud President Obama for choosing Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become our nation’s next US Supreme Court Justice,” said Joe Solmonese, [...]
The California Supreme Court failed to protect gay couples’ fundamental right to marry when it upheld Proposition 8, forcing same-sex couples to appeal to the federal courts to remedy the injustice, two prominent lawyers said today in announcing a lawsuit on behalf of two gay couples.Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, a renowned conservative, and [...]
Gay rights advocates Wednesday blasted two veteran attorneys for filing a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved same-sex marriage ban, saying the move is premature and could be disastrous for the marriage movement.While they knew of the objections, attorneys Theodore B. Olson and David Boies - who opposed each other during the [...]
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