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Source: Reuters , Agenzia Italia ROME -- Italy's new minister for equal opportunities has angered rights groups by refusing to back a "Gay Pride" march because, she says, gays no longer suffer discrimination in Italy. Mara Carfagna said in comments published on Monday she would not back...

Source: Express Gay News and Jamaica Gleaner The leader of the Metropolitan Community Churches, a worldwide assembly of gay and lesbian congregants, is calling for an International Day of Action Feb. 14 in response to a bloody attack against three gay men in Jamaica. Rev. Nancy Wilson and leaders of...

Source: Xtra West Homophobic remarks attributed to Sikh leader Balwant Singh Gill in The Vancouver Sun have unleashed a firestorm within the queer community, spotlighting divisions between those who say homophobia is the primary issue and others more focused on what they consider the racist response...

Source: Dispatch (South Africa) SCORES of anti-gay activists protested in Kampala yesterday minutes after Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opened the summit of Commonwealth heads of state. Demonstrators accused western countries of helping to spread the practice on the African continent. The biennial...

Source: Northern Star Lismore, NSW Australia -- A LOCAL gay activist has been the target of anonymous death threats at his Lismore home. Ben Cooper, 20, has received four letters since October 30, the latest on Monday. One letter read: "I know where you live. If you don't stop carrying on with...