Gay boxer upbeat despite defeat at hands of Tory MP
The Pink Pounder may have lost his latest boxing match, but he won't be throwing in the towel just yet. Charles Jones, a 48-year old architect from London, is considered to be the world's first openly gay boxer.
Euro politicians speak out on gay teen suicides
A new report released by the Council of Europe this week has acknowledged that suicide rates among young LGBT people are "significantly higher" than the general population.
Neo-Nazi who attacked gays loses appeal
The leader of a neo-Nazi group in southern Sweden, jailed for beating five men at a gay rights party, lost his appeal yesterday.
National Socialist Front (NSF) leader Simon Lindberg, had the three month sentence handed down by a district court confirmed by the Court of Appeal.
Isle of Man drafts gender recognition legislation
Transsexual people on the Isle of Man will have their new gender recognised by law under draft legislation.
A person who has had a sex change operation and has a full gender recognition certificate will have their new status legally recognised.
Court rejects sperm donor's request for child access
A gay man in Ireland who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple has lost his High Court bid for guardianship and access to his biological child.
The 41-year old, known only as 'A', signed an agreement that he would not occupy the role of father but would act as a 'favourite uncle'.
Court rules website cannot ask sexual orientation question
A roommate-finding site is prohibited from asking users to disclose their sexual orientation, a US appeals court has ruled.
Arizona-based website Roommates.com came under fire by The Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley and the Fair Housing Council of San Diego, who claimed the site violated the Fair Housing Act by demanding users list their sexual orientation as part of their application form.
It is the latest dispute over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the web.
Kennedy pushes LGB but not T workplace protections
A US Senator has caused outrage among the gay community by refusing to advocate a federal ban on job bias against transsexuals and cross-dressers, despite lending his support to homosexuals.
Edward M Kennedy, who represents Massachusetts, is currently leading the push for a ban on employment bias against gays, lesbians and bisexuals, but will not extend the campaign to include others whose outward appearance does not match their gender at birth.
Kennedy, who has previously campaigned for the gay community, has said it will be an "uphill struggle" to pass the bill.
Gay chatline calls cost NHS Trust £1,000
A health trust employee ran up a £1,000 calling a premium rate gay chat line from work.
The bill was discovered by a telecoms consultant who was reviewing telecommunications at the Havering Primary Care Trust (PCT), which runs GP and dentist surgeries across the borough as well as St George's Hospital in Hornchurch.
He estimated the employee had been calling the line for up to a year during 2006,.
EXCLUSIVE: Trans trucker wins at employment tribunal
A transsexual who claimed she was hounded out of her job as a trucker after she began her transition from her former male gender has triumphed at her employment tribunal.
Vikki-Marie Gaynor, 37, from Wallasey in Wirral, is waiting to hear the exact sum of compensation she will be rewarded following her successful claims of sexual discrimination against Exel Europe, part of delivery giant DHL, and recruitment agency Blue Arrow.
The ex-soldier got her HGV licence through the Royal Corps of Transport.
Met Police criticised for allowing gay hate concert
The Metropolitan Police have allowed a concert by artist Bounty Killer to go ahead, despite his lyrics inciting homophobic hatred and violence.
The Jamaican reggae and dancehall DJ, born Rodney Basil Price, has already had two concerts cancelled in Bradford and Birmingham following protests by the gay human rights group Outrage!
The Met have previously stated that artists would not be allowed to perform unless they sign the Reggae Compassionate Act (RCA).
Irish teachers face dismissal for being gay
Gay and lesbian teachers in Ireland could be sacked if their lifestyle is seen as undermining the religious ethos of schools, a conference was told this week.
Members of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) group at the Irish National Teachers' Organisation conference said that the Employment Equality Act permits schools to dismiss homosexual teachers from religious schools.
Section 37 of the Act states that schools that promote certain religious values can take action to protect their "religious ethos."
Evangelicals attack Ecuador's protection of sexual minorities
A member of Ecuador's National Assembly has caused outrage throughout the gay community by comparing homosexuality to paedophilia and bestiality.
Rosanna Queirolo, a former model, television news anchor and triathlon athlete, won election on a manifesto of environmental protection.
However, since joining the Assembly she has caused controversy by embracing the country's ultra-conservative Christian Evangelical movement.
Scottish campaign aims to stop deportation of gay teenager
A campaign has been launched to save a teenager from Syria being deported to his homeland.
Jojo Jako Yakob, 19, claims he will be executed if he is returned.
He has been held at Polmont Young Offenders in Falkirk, Scotland for the last 12 months after being arrested for possessing a fake Belgian passport. His lawyers say an asylum application for his stay in the UK was mistakenly withdrawn.
INTERVIEW: Pi, mythology and the black male form
A church is not the sort of place one would expect to find a celebration of male sexuality.
But next month, St Pancras Church Crypt will play host to the 'Reverie' exhibition by London artist Charlie Pi, showcasing his interpretation of masculinity and sex.
Known for his paintings of the black male form, the Deptford-based artist will premiere a selection of 50 new oil paintings of black male iconography displayed on unconventional canvases, such as old table tops and bread boards.
INTERVIEW: From soaps to Soviet murder mystery
Tom Rob Smith doesn't believe in stereotypes, particularly the one that says a gay, former TV soap writer can't pen an intense, hard-hitting Cold War thriller.
Child 44 counfounds assumptions about gay writers.
His first novel, it caused a fierce bidding war at the London Book Fair and was eventually sold to 22 countries. It is no surprise that film rights to this powerful piece of fiction have just been snapped up by Ridley Scott.
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