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• Human Rights Watch apologises to Peter Tatchell

  Author: Muraad Kareem

  "Inappropriate, disparaging, inaccurate, condemnatory and intemperate personal attacks,"acknowledges HRW...

• Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage

  Author: Administrator

  STOCKHOLM — Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her longtime girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage....

• India's first online gay bookstore opens

  Author: Administrator

  Queer Ink, run by Shobhna Kumar, is based in Malad and will sell around 200 titles ranging from novels and academic texts to children's books. However, it will not sell erotica....

• Hate Crime Murder: Attacker Thought Beating Victim Was Gay

  Author: Administrator

  NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A New York City man accused of committing murder as a hate crime when he mistook two brothers for a homosexual couple has been found guilty after seven hours of jury deliberations....

• Gay Group: Don't Trust McDonald's Commercial

  Author: Administrator

  "They were looking to portray themselves as an advocate of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community or an ally ... when it was completely counter to what their actions here in the U.S. were," said Justin Nelson, the president ...

• Thousands march in Mexico City gay pride parade

  Author: Administrator

  MEXICO CITY — Thousands of people took part in a gay pride parade, celebrating Mexico City's historic decision six months ago to become the first city in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage....

• European human rights court rejects gay marriage bid

  Author: Administrator

  European nations are not legally obliged to allow same sex marriages, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled....

• Gay rights activists detained in Russia

  Author: Administrator

  Several gay rights activists were arrested on Saturday for holding a banned rally outside the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg. Protestors had hoped to outwit authorities by only revealing the site at the last minute....

• Tens of thousands rally for gay rights in Paris

  Author: Administrator

  PARIS — Tens of thousands of people marched and danced through the streets of the French capital Saturday to support gay pride and call for further gay rights....

• Biggest European online sex survey for gay and bisexual men is launched

  Author: Administrator

  The European Gay and Bisexual Men’s Internet Sex Survey (EMIS) which is available in 25 languages and 31 countries, has been launched online and is available to complete until Tuesday 31 August. ...

• Support for gay rights improves, but schools and religion still a problem

  Author: Administrator

  The lack of acceptance for gay people under youngsters, orthodox Christians and Muslims, the low-skilled and some immigrant groups is still cause for concern, according to a new report from the government's social policy unit SCP....

• Syria cracks down on gays, at least 25 men arrested!

  Author: Administrator

  Syrian authorities have raided more than four different private gay parties over five weeks between March and April, arresting more than 25 men on their last raid. Indictments have been officially submitted against them; most of the arrested guys are char...

• Radio station for gay listeners goes on air

  Author: Administrator

  Britain's first FM radio station dedicated to gay and lesbian listeners went on air this week, promising to go beyond the traditional diet of high-energy pop from scene icons such as Kylie Minogue and Madonna. ...

• Sacramento gay Pride Festival also sends message

  Author: Administrator

  Sacramento’s annual gay Pride Festival unfolded Saturday on one of the capital city's most prominent streets, having outgrown its former location, a park in the corner of the grid....

• Photo released of gay-bashing suspects

  Author: Administrator

  Assault victim believes at least one attacker may by linked to UFC event. Vancouver police have released photos of the suspects in an assault against a gay couple last weekend now being investigated as a hate crime....

• Thousands celebrate Gay Pride in Berlin

  Author: Administrator

  An estimated 600,000 people partied in the streets of Berlin on Saturday, celebrating gay pride and marking the annual Christopher Street Day. The festivities included a colorful parade through the heart of the city....

• President Obama vows to push ahead with gay rights agenda

  Author: Administrator

  President Obama addressed an LGBT audience at the White House last night, assuring them that he is fully committed to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and to other issues including same-sex visitation rights in hospitals and the repeal of the Don'...

• Outing case: Cries of 'hypocrite' for pastor, magazine

  Author: Administrator

  A Minneapolis gay magazine story allegedly "outing" a minister based on comments he made during a therapy session is generating a flood of controversy, both about the minister and the magazine's reporting techniques....

• US and UK failing to take Iraq's gay pogrom seriously

  Author: Administrator

  Last week, 12 Iraqi police officers burst into a house in Karbala, beat up and blindfolded the six occupants and bundled them off in three vans, taking the computers they found with them. The house was then burned down by unknown people....

• Gay men better at remembering faces

  Author: Administrator

  A new study by York University researchers has shown that gay men can recall familiar faces faster and more accurately than their heterosexual counterparts because, like women, they use both sides of their brains. ...