The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Children, Young People and Families has said that new guidance is being developed for schools on gender and gender identity.
The government has dropped two planned bills and merged several others that had been announced in the draft Queen's Speech earlier this year.
A new system for reporting hate crimes in The Netherlands has found that the vast majority of homophobic attacks are carried out by native Dutch men.
The California State Supreme Court took a step in the right direction voting 6 to 1 on Wednesday to examine the legality of the passing of Proposition 8, which revoked the right for gay and lesbian couples to wed in California.
Due to the demand, we've now added extra Kylie Koaches from Acer Arena back to Oxford Street after each of Kylie's concerts in December.
It's Craig, Daniel Craig and he's back bigger than ever in the 22nd Bond film â€" Quantum Of Solace.
(Russia) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “Bok o Bok” which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg from today and last until Sunday finally did not open after Fire Department Inspectors closed the place due to problems with fire security. In a phone interview to Project GayRussia.Ru, Organiser of the festival Irina Sergeeva said that the clubs “The Place” and “Sochi” where the screenings of the films were supposed to take place, were closed due to fire security reasons.
(USA) - As part of Bibi's outreach to our communities, Bibi|SF will be hosting talks on various issues affecting queer South West Asian, North Africans (aka Middle-Easterners). Its first engagement is with Arsham Parsi of the IRanian Queer Organization on Thursday, June 26 at the SF LGBT Center.
(USA) - Gay human rights activists in San Francisco staged a speak out at the Russian consulate on May 16, in conjunction with IDAHO events around the planet. Before showing up at the consulate, the group sent emails to the staff explaining their reason for coming -- to press the government to grant parade permits to Moscow's Gay pride event.
 guardian.co.uk | The other dramatic change in US elections Manila Bulletin, Philippines - As reported by Zenit International News Agency, the archbishop of Los Angeles said that the California vote banning gay marriages was the result of "an ... Gov. Center filled by Prop. 8 protest Faith groups straddle both sides in California gay marriage debate Around the Nation |
Were the World Mine (2008) New York Times, United States - Were The World Mine was the first feature film from director Tom Gustafson, and won the Audience Award at the 2008 Torino International Gay and Lesbian Film ... |
Museum and Gallery Listings New York Times, United States - ... a lesbian feminist mother who resists the gay mainstream. It’s all here in a fine retrospective. (See above.) (Cotter) INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF ... |
The date for next year's Out in the Square — Wellington's gay and lesbian fair — is set for Saturday 28 February 2009, and the event will now launch Proud '09 — Wellington's pride week, which will take place from 28 February until 7 March.
The NZ AIDS Foundation is marking World AIDS Day 2008 with a range of activities and events across New Zealand.
A new Auckland LGBT community awards night planned for mid-2009 aims to reward people and groups who have made an outstanding contribution in the past year, says the organiser, K' Road drag personality Miss K.
In a letter addressed to “Dear Community,” a high-powered coalition of gay-rights leaders is calling for an end to the scapegoating of African Americans for the passage of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in California. Nine painful, anger-filled and vitriolic days passed before this request for calm appeared, and although the letter is sensible [...]
Vermont state Sen. John Campbell says he’s going to introduce a gay marriage bill when the Legislature convenes in January. Campbell says gay marriage is an important issue for many Vermonters, but he calls it a political land mine. Since 2000 Vermont has allowed same sex couples to be joined in civil unions. In April, a commission of [...]
The long campaign, the hard-fought election and the coast-to-coast street protests are over. The fight has just begun. Even as court challenges to Proposition 8 proceed, about 100 supporters of same-sex marriage assembled Monday at the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center in San Jose to plot their next political steps. Gay rights leaders in [...]
The simple fact of life for the Otago Fertility Service is that it is desperately short of sperm and egg donors. 
As the 48th New Zealand Parliament draws nearer to an end at its dissolution on 3 October ahead of the general election, retiring and outgoing MPs are making their valedictory statements from within the House 
This is the latest craze at our very own Parliament. Yesterday, the most important thing our top politicians did, seven weeks out from a general election, was dedicate a select committee room as the Rainbow Room. 
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