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Police raid gay party in India, arrest 133 people
Indian police raided what newspapers called a "gay party" at a private villa early Sunday morning and arrested 133 people, including a well-known Bollywood actress.
Puerto Rican Senator resigns after nude photos turn up on gay app
Puerto Rican Sen. Roberto Arango has resigned after nude photos that are apparently of him appeared on the gay iPhone app Grindr.
Last known gay survivor of Nazi concentration camps dies
Rudolf Brazda, the last known gay survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, passed away in France this week at age 98.
Amy Winehouse is dead at 27
CBS racing away from anti-gay, anti-Albus Dumbledore rant from Big Brother contestant
CBS is trying to dodge controversy after "Big Brother" contestant Jeff Schroeder hauled off on J.K. Rowling's fictional Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, who she said is gay.
Croatia gay pride marred by violence
'Gay Girl in Damascus' blog a hoax, turns out to be a married American man
The writer who's been posting as a "gay girl in Damascus" for the past four months now says his blog is a hoax.
'Gay Girl in Damascus' blogger might have been kidnapped
Amina Abdalla, a gay blogger in Damascus, Syria who holds dual Syrian and American citizenship, has apparently been kidnapped by armed men.
63 Congressmen complain to Navy about new rule allowing gay weddings in base chapels
As part of the post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" guidance for sailors, the Navy has sent out a memo saying it will be acceptable for gays and lesbians to use chapels and churches on naval bases for weddings.
Married gay man facing deportation gets reprieve thanks to Obama Administration
An immigration judge has kept a gay married couple together -- for now -- citing the actions of the Obama administration in a different case involving two gay married men.
British Prime Minister David Cameron might ban pre-9pm gay and lesbian kisses on TV
The British Government is considering a plan that would ban gay and lesbian kisses from television shows from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.