Paddick launches personal attack on London rival
The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has branded his Tory opponent a "clown" and questioned his suitability for the job.
Londoners will vote for their next Mayor on May 1st. Henley MP Boris Johnson is the Conservative candidate.
Brian Paddick, formerly the most senior out gay policeman in the UK, is the Lib Dem candidate. Incumbent Ken Livingstone is running again for the Labour party.
'Jesus is a fag' controversy raised in House of Commons
The Northern Ireland Parades Commission is to meet with the organisers of Belfast Pride over a placard displayed at this year's event that outraged Christians.
Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds raised the issue in the Commons earlier this month.
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Goggins, told Mr Dodds that the Parades Commission has written to Pride organisers and asked for a meeting "to discuss the matter further."
Gay man's killer to be sentenced
A 42-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the managing director of a research consultancy specialising in gay and lesbian issues will be sentenced next week.
Tony Hoare, 49, was attacked in September as he walked his two Jack Russell dogs in Charlton Park, south east London.
He was found unconscious and died shortly after being taken to hospital.
Russian activist charged over TV outing
Moscow Gay Pride organiser and gay rights activist Nicolas Alexeyev will be brought before a court after he outed a Russian politician on live television.
The charges arise from comments he made on live TV in June, when he outed politician Alexander Cheuv as a homosexual.
Last week the Moscow prosecutor's office completed their criminal investigation and confirmed there is a case against Mr Alexeyev.
California gay groups fight for protection at school
Two gay rights groups are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by anti-gay organisations that would prevent enforcement of California statutes protecting students from discrimination, harassment and bullying in publicly-funded schools.
Equality California and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network filed a motion to intervene in federal district court in San Diego to defend the California statutes that prohibit discrimination and harassment in publicly-funded schools, including the newly-enacted Student Civil Rights Act (SB 777).
LGBT fire conference attacked by councillor
A local Bristol politician has generated headlines by attacking a highly-successful conference held in the city by the fire authority earlier this year.
Councillor Albert Murphy, known as 'Spud,' branded October's Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender Equality in the Fire Service - An Absolute Taboo? event a waste of money.
The chair of Avon Fire Authority, who hosted the event, has defended the conference and branded the councillor ignorant.
Pope addresses 'family' rally in Madrid
For the tens of thousands who turned out in Mardid yesterday for a celebration of the place of the family, the appearance of Pope Benedict XVI via live satellite link from Rome was the highlight of their protest rally.
Conservative Spaniards took to the streets of their capital city to protest at the legalisation of gay marriage and the loosening of divorce laws enacted by the socialist government.
The Roman Catholic Church campaigned against gay rights but found they no longer have the power they once had.
US state grants civil unions from tomorrow
Thousands of gay and lesbian couples are expected to take advantage of new civil unions which will be legal in the US state of New Hampshire from tomorrow.
Governor John Lynch signed the civil unions bill into law in May. It will come into force on January 1st 2008.
The bill previously passed the state's House of Representatives by a margin of 2 to 1. In April the state Senate approved the bill by 14 votes to 10.
Service with gay clergy may have broken canon law
The Archbishop of Canterbury's recent communion with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) clergy was so secret that the Bishop of London did not even know about it, despite it being held within his diocese, The Times claims.
The communion took place on the 29th November 2007 with 80 LGBT priests, monks and nuns by the Clergy Consultation support group.
Canon law states that only a bishop can authorise services that take place in his diocese.
Gay DJ Kevin Greening dies
The gay former BBC Radio 1 DJ Kevin Greening has died, his agent said tonight.
The 44 year old died in his sleep last night, although no details relating to the cause of death have been made public.
Greening co-presented Zoe Ball's breakfast show on Radio 1 between 1997 and 1998. He later worked on Radio 5 Live and Smooth Radio.
Huckabee says gay people chose their own behaviour
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee who is currently on the campaign trail for the Republican nomination for US President, has been challenged by NBC's Meet the Press on his stance on gay rights.
"I don't know whether people are born that way. People who are gay say that they're born that way. But one thing I know, that the behaviour one practices is a choice," he told host Tim Russert.
Sir Ian McKellen and Kylie on Queen's New Year honours list
Sir Ian McKellen, the actor and founding member of the gay rights charity, Stonewall has been made a Companion of Honour.
Sir Ian joins the exclusive order of the 65 leading figures in the arts, science and industry, founded by George V. He was recognised for services to drama and to equality.
The Lord of the Rings star said: "I am honoured to join an Order which includes such distinguished practitioners in the arts."
Spanish clerics to face investigation over gay "cure" speech
Two Spanish clerics, one Protestant, the other Catholic are under fire by gay rights organisations for their homophobic views.
Protestant minister Marcos Zapata is to face an investigation by the Galicia regional government into the organisation he runs that claims to helps troubled youth. It is claimed that he recently hosted a seminar called "How to Raise Heterosexual Children". According to media at the seminar, Senor Zapata likened homosexuality to alcoholism and claimed it was an illness.
Uruguay's President grants legal rights for gay couples
Uruguay has become the first Latin American country to to recognise same-sex civil unions after President Tabare Vazquez signed the law that had been passed earlier this month.
The law grants cohabiting couples who have lived together for more than five years the same rights as straight married couples. The text states that "two people — of any sex, identity, orientation or sexual option — who maintain an emotional relationship sexual in nature, that is exclusive, stable and permanent, without being united in matrimony."
Legal drug that turns into GHB on rise in gay club scene
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs may recommend reclassifying gamma butyrlactone (GBL) to a class-C drug after a rise in use in the club scene.
Unlike, gamma hydroxybutyrate, (GHB), which is illegal, GBL is perfectly legal and turns into GHB once in the blood stream. Both drugs are increasingly used in the gay club scene but while GHB is sold by drug dealers, illegally, GBL is found in products such as nail varnish remover.
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