Obama signs bill to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

President Obama has signed a bill to end the ban on openly gay troops in the US military. Two years after he promised to end the controversi...

Parents of gay suicide student will sue university

The parents of a New Jersey student who jumped to his death after his roommate allegedly broadcast his gay sex session are to sue his univer...

Mystery remains over spy’s death

Police are still mystified over the death of British spy Gareth Williams, whose body was found padlocked inside a sports bag in August. Mr W...

Federal inquiry into US gay teenager’s suicide

Federal education officials are investigating the suicide of a 13-year-old California boy who killed himself after suffering homophobic bull...

UN votes to reinstate resolution condemning execution of gays

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to restore a reference to sexual orientation in a resolution opposing the unjustified killings...

Malaysian gay man gets death threats after support video

A Malaysian Muslim man who spoke out about being gay has received death threats and says he fears for his life. Azwan Ismail, a 32-year-old ...

Five years of civil partnerships

Today is the fifth anniversary of civil partnerships in England and Wales. The ceremonies, which give gay couples almost all of the rights o...

London men cleared of stab attack on ‘gay victim’

Two men and two teenage boys have been cleared of stabbing a man they allegedly thought was gay. The group was accused of attacking Ricky Br...

Preacher wins £7,000 after being wrongly arrested for homophobia

A Christian street preacher detained by police for being homophobic has won £7,000 in damages for wrongful arrest. Dale McAlpine, 42, was ar...

US awaits signing of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal laws

America is awaiting the presidential signing of the bill repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. The bill will be passed this week to P...

Australian Catholics told to lobby MPs against gay marriage

The Catholic Church in Australia has advised its followers to call for politicians to resist gay marriage proposals based on the “natural or...

Labour council candidate harassed rival with anti-gay abuse

A Labour council candidate has admitting bombarding his openly gay rival with homophobic abuse. David Bradley, 29, of Bristol, sent 33 text ...

Winona Ryder says Mel Gibson was homophobic

Winona Ryder claims that Mel Gibson was homophobic and anti-Semitic when she met him 15 years ago. The actress told GQ that he had called he...

FIFA boss Sepp Blatter sorry for saying gays shouldn’t have sex in Qatar

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has apologised for saying that gay football fans shouldn’t have sex in Qatar when the country hosts the 2022 Wor...

Gay referee Nigel Owens on reporting homophobic abuse

Rugby referee Nigel Owens has spoken about why he called police over homophobic abuse at a recent game. He was on duty at a Welsh premiershi...

Pair convicted of homophobic killing

A 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were convicted today of the manslaughter of gay man Ian Baynham. Ruby Thomas and Joel Alexander, ...

Baynham killing ‘shows homophobia must be tackled in schools’

The killing of out gay man Ian Baynham shows that work to tackle anti-gay bullying in schools must continue, campaigners have said. Mr Baynh...

USMC Head James Amos: DADT Repeal Could Cause Marines To Lose Their Legs

General James Amos, Commandant of the USMC, says the "distraction" of openly gay soldiers will cause more casualties on the battle...

Quote Of The Day - Kevin Spacey

"Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would l...

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Named TIME Magazine's Person Of The Year

The two runners-up were WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Tea Party. TIME says about Zuckerberg: At 26, Zuckerberg is a year older...