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More than one in three Africans living in England don’t know how to talk about sex with a new partner according to a recent survey. Research carried out by BASS Line, which assessed the sexual HIV prevention needs of African people in England, found...
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The launch date for the UK's first full-time FM radio station dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people has been set. Gaydio will launch in Manchester on 88.4 FM on June 18th 2010....
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After five years living in India and New Zealand I was struck on coming to China how effeminate many of the young men look – walk along some of the trendier hutong streets of Beijing or through the university campuses and the gender vibe is very amb...
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Americans' support for the moral acceptability of gay and lesbian relations crossed the symbolic 50% threshold in 2010. At the same time, the percentage calling these relations "morally wrong" dropped to 43%, the lowest in Gallup's decad...
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Two members of a Zimbabwean gay rights association are in custody, their lawyers say. They say the two are facing charges of possessing pornographic material and insulting President Robert Mugabe. ...
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Sir Elton John has performed at a music festival in Morocco in the face of calls for his appearance to be banned. "I thank Morocco, the royal palace and the festival for inviting me," the British star said on Wednesday. "I am proud to be si...
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An openly gay 24-year-old with only $150 in campaign donations and no college diploma has won the Democratic primary for the 45th district of Kentucky's house of representatives. ...
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Self-hatred promotes hatred of others and sows poison everywhere. It is an evil defense mechanism. No group of humans is exempt from this malady. People who suffer from self-hatred are toxic, not only to their family and friends, but to the entire communi...
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A young Iranian actress named Kiana Firouz will attend the London premiere tonight of a film in which she plays a lesbian seeking asylum in Britain because the Iranian authorities are pursuing her. The Home Office rejects her application and sends her bac...
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A judge in Malawi has imposed a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison with hard labour on a gay couple convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts. The judge said he wanted to protect the public from "people like you". ...
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Over 4,000 people turned up and turned Hong Lim Park pink as a show of support for their LGBT friends, family and community, and made it the largest event ever held at the urban park....
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Thousands of gay and lesbian activists - some dressed in drag and others sporting multicoloured flags representing sexual diversity - marched and danced through the streets of Havana on Saturday in a celebration aimed at eliminating homophobia globally. ...
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Human rights and gay activists held a short protest outside Emancipation Park in New Kingston this morning to coincide with today's International Day Against Homophobia....
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City authorities in Minsk, Belarus, banned the May 15 gay pride parade and when a group of 40 people marched anyway, police attacked "like a group of wild dogs" and beat them....
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Some 90% of gay men in the Asia-Pacific region are denied access to HIV/Aids help because of discriminatory laws in many states, a UN-backed report says. Almost half the region's countries criminalise gay male sex and the report says this is worsening...
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Sexual lifestyle personal choice, but health of partner must never be assumed, local groups say...
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A man whose same-sex "marriage" has become a symbol of the struggle for gay rights in Africa has vowed to become a martyr rather than give in to homophobia, campaigners say. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and his partner Steven Monjeza are facing a possibl...
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Melbourne 3000 British actor and gay rights activist Sir Ian McKellen has addressed hundreds of people in Melbourne as part of a rally for same sex marriage....
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A gay couple who were turned away by a Christian bed and breakfast owner because it was 'against her convictions' to let them share a double bed are suing her for damages. ...
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David Cameron was appointed prime minister by the queen this evening, five days after last week's general election. He is expected to be the most gay-friendly Conservative prime minister in history, although there are still many in his party that are ...