World News

Arab, African states walk out on United Nations session on gay rights

Mar 8, 2012

Belarussian Prime Minister: 'Better to be a dictator than gay'

Belarussian Prime Minister Alexander Lukashenko says it's "better to be a dictator than be gay."

Mar 4, 2012

As British government moves forward on gay marriage, opponents promise a fight

Britain is bracing for a bruising fight over gay marriage this spring.

Feb 20, 2012

Gay Russian flight attendant married woman to keep job, he says

Gay Russian flight attendant Maxim Kupreev said he was forced to get married to a woman to keep his job.

Jan 31, 2012

Arab Emirates ‘cure' video under fire from LGBT activists

Jan 31, 2012

Lesbian's killers to be sentenced this week

Four South African men who killed lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana back in 2006 should be sentenced this week -- if there isn't another delay in the trial

Jan 30, 2012

Movie about 'gay honor killing' riles audiences in Turkey

The story of Ahmet Yidiz, a gay graduate student who was shot to death by his own ashamed father, is shocking movie-going audiences in Turkey.

Jan 28, 2012

UNWTO documents global impact of LGBT travel

Jan 19, 2012

Swedish tourism dept. lets residents, including 'lesbian truck driver,' take over Twitter

Sweden's Department of Tourism is trying a Democratic approach to the agency's @sweden Twitter account; they're letting a new Swedish resident take it over every week, including a woman who described herself as "just you

Jan 17, 2012

Obama on AIDS: "We are winning this fight"

Dec 1, 2011

Nigeria may implement law that would imprison gay married couples

Nigeria is moving forward with a law that would ban not only gay marriage but also any displays of affection between same-sex couples.

Nov 30, 2011

Beautiful new gay marriage ad promotes message of commitment

A lovely new ad chronicling the "meet cute" and eventual marriage of a gay couple in Australia is part of a new push to legalize marriage there.

Nov 27, 2011

Pakistan's banned texting list includes "lesbian," "gay," and "fairy"

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's ban on text messages that use 1,600 supposedly obscene or pornographic words includes the words "lesbian," "gay," "homosexual," and "fairy."

Nov 21, 2011

Vatican not happy with Benetton ad campaign showing Pope kissing a man

The Vatican has gone beserk over a new Benetton ad campaign that shows Pope Benedict kissing Muslim leader Ahmed Tayeb, head of Al Azhar in Cairo. The ads also show other heads of state -- mostly men -- photoshopped into

Nov 18, 2011

Gay penguins to be reunited this spring

Nov 15, 2011

Gay rights activist from Uganda to receive RFK award

Frank Mugisha will be honored on Thursday night for pushing for gay rights in Uganda, a country so homophobic that his group has to meet in secret locations.

Nov 10, 2011

Welsh man claims stroke made him gay

Chris Birch of South Wales was showing off for his rugby teammates by doing a backflip when he landed on his head. And when he woke up in the hospital -- he said he had turned from straight to gay.

Nov 9, 2011

"Magic" Johnson's stunning HIV+ announcement was 20 years ago today

Nov 7, 2011

Publishing house owned by Catholic Church publishes porn

The Catholic Church is trying to crawl out of a scandal over its wholly-owned publishing house Weltbild, the home of pornographic novels like "Call Me Slut!", "Take Me Here, Take Me Now!" and "Lawyer's Whore."

Nov 6, 2011

Ricky Martin set to marry partner in Spain

Nov 5, 2011

Gay social network DList.com to cease operation at year end

Nov 4, 2011

Arrest made in flight attendant's murder

Oct 31, 2011

UK threatens to block aid to anti-gay nations

Oct 30, 2011

Gay man found brutally murdered in Scotland

Police in Scotland are investigating the brutal murder of a gay bartender named Stuart Walker.

Oct 25, 2011