James Franco responds to gay jokes: ‘I wish I was gay’
Outspoken equal rights advocate and Hollywood actor James Franco has responded to rumours and jokes about his sexuality, saying "I wish I was gay" because being gay is "awesome."
US radio host celebrates launch of ‘gay free alternative to the Boy Scouts’
A US radio host has commented on the recent launch of a new scouting organisation, created after the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay members, to celebrate the launch of a "gay-free alternative to the Boy Scouts".
Fox TV presenter sacked for saying people who ‘choose to be gay will have to answer to the lord for their actions’
A Fox television sports commentator has been sacked after appearing just once, after footage surfaced of him saying that being gay "is a choice", and that gay people "will have to answer to the lord for their actions";
India: Archbishop of Mumbai says being gay is ‘not a sin’
In a recent letter to LGBT activist groups in India, the Archbishop of Mumbai has said he would advise priests to be more sensitive while referring to gay people in public sermons, affirming "to say those with other sexual orientations are sinners is wrong."
Man urinating in public spits on a motorway services manager and calls him ‘gay’
Police in Worcestershire have fined a drunken man £370 after he urinated in front of women and children at a motorway services, then spat on a manager and called him "gay" when challenged.
London HIV charity marks 25 years of nutrition services for people living with HIV
London HIV charity The Food Chain is marking 25 years of nutrition services for people living with HIV with a 25km walk.
Exclusive: The Proclaimers say ‘it is vital’ that Scotland legalises equal marriage
Scottish rock band The Proclaimers have urged the Scottish Parliament to back equal marriage in a video recorded as part of the Equality Network’s It’s Time campaign.
Lib Dem President tables motion drawing attention to ‘deplorable’ LGBT treatment in Russia
Liberal Democrat party president, MP Tim Farron, has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) which asks that the House of Commons take note of the situation LGBT people face in Russia, following the passage of anti-gay laws.
Prison Break star Wentworth Miller: ‘I tried to kill myself at 15 because I was gay’
British-born American actor Wentworth Miller, who came out as gay in a letter sent to the St Petersburg International Film Festival last month, has revealed that he attempted suicide at 15 by swallowing a "bottle of pills" because he was gay.
Guyana: Judge rules that crossdressing is legal unless it’s done for an ‘improper purpose’
A judge in Guyana has stirred controversy among human rights and trans activists by ruling on a 120-year-old law over crossdressing, stating it is only a criminal offence if it is done for an "improper purpose."
