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23 August 2010Proposed film may test Greek attitudes to gay marriage 5 A new screenplay about gay marriage by a Greek-based British author is expected to be shot next summer by a consortium of UK production companies. -
23 August 2010New biography alleges Vivien Leigh was an ‘adulterous bisexual’ 24 A new biography of British movie star Viven Leigh alleges she was an adulterous bisexual with a fondness for "rough trade". -
19 August 2010Liverpool’s gay arts festival Homotopia returns for seventh year 3 Liverpool's seventh Homotopia festival will take place this November. -
30 July 2010Author Anne Rice ‘quits’ being a Christian over attitudes to gays and women 22 Anne Rice, the author of Interview with a Vampire, has "quit" Christianity over the faith's "hostile" attitudes to gay rights, women and contraception. -
30 July 2010Theatre review: Bent 2 Bent, at the intimate Tabard Theatre in Parsons Green, west London, tells the story of a young gay couple sent to a concentration camp after witnessing the murder of a German SA officer. -
21 July 2010Australian film festival bans gay zombie porn film 16 An Australian film festival has banned a film about gay zombies engaging in necrophilia. -
16 July 2010John Barrowman to host charity gala West End Bares 3 Gay actor John Barrowman is to host the Broadway charity gala West End Bares in London. -
9 July 2010Artist’s award-winning floral tribute to homophobia victims 9 An artist who plants pansies at the site of homophobic attacks has won a Royal Horticultural Society gold medal and was awarded best conceptual garden at Hampton Court this week. -
5 July 2010Theatre: Love the Sinner + This new play by Drew Pautz begins with a contemporary argument and one familiar to the readers of this publication; how to reconcile the evangelical beliefs of African Anglicans and the more tolerant approach made by the Church of England to the subject of homosexuality. -
30 June 2010India’s first online gay bookstore opens 1 A lesbian has opened India's first online gay bookstore. -
28 June 2010Competition: Win a L Word season six box set 2 The Critically acclaimed drama, The L Word is back for its sixth and final ever season, as the dramatic lives of a group of lesbian friends unfold against the glamorous backdrop of West Hollywood. -
17 June 2010Irish artist paints Pope conducting a gay marriage 121 An Irish artist is expecting outrage after painting a picture of the Pope conducting a gay marriage. -
10 June 2010Major Polish museum to hold exhibition on gay love 6 A museum in Poland's capital city Warsaw is to hold an exhibition on gay love. -
7 June 2010EM Forster ‘stopped writing because he had gay sex’ 21 The novelist EM Forster stopped writing in his forties because having gay sex killed his creative drive, a scholar claims. -
28 May 2010Cult gay director John Waters has new book out 2 John Waters, director of Hairspray, Serial Mom and a whole host of lesser-known trashy and camp underground epics of the 1970s inclding Multiple Maniacas, Desperate Living and Pink Flamingos, has a new book out this week. -
27 May 2010Gay superhero comic up for major award 6 A new comic called Spandex, about a gang of gay superheros, has been nominated for an Eagle Award, the comic world's equivalent of an Oscar. -
25 May 2010BBC to screen life story of Britain’s ‘first modern lesbian’ ths weekend 26 This weekend, BBC2 will screen The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, starring Maxine Peake in the title role. -
23 April 2010First gay film festival begins in India 2 India is celebrating its first gay film festival this week. -
22 April 2010Theatre review: Stiffed! 1 A concise play at just 75 minutes, Stiffed! is a showcase of the most memorable moments of the expenses scandal, selected with the sharp eye of someone who saw it all unfold close up.
