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Source: Hounslow Guardian , Press Association , PinkNews.com , SkyNews Kevin Greening, a popular morning DJ on England's Radio One network, died after taking a cocktail of cocaine, ecstasy, and GHB, which was followed by a bondage sex session involving a sling, mask, gaffer tape and cling film, an...

Source: Monsters & Critics , AFP Two men were jailed for five years each today after being found guilty of a £50,000 ($100,000 USD) blackmail plot against a member of the royal family. Ian Strachan and Sean McGuigan demanded the money for a set of recordings featuring "scandalous" remarks...

Source: Times (London) and Sunday Mirror A gay BBC radio presenter spiked a man's champagne after a party and forced him to submit to a sex act, a rape trial jury heard yesterday. Nigel Wrench, 47, who fronted the PM show on Radio 4, is said to have used the drug Temazapam on the 26-year-old. The...

Source: Times of India The character of a homosexual was often used in films either to provide the fun quotient or as an effort to deal with a sensitive subject. This was because homosexuals were treated as queers. Now the scene is all set to change. Increasingly, the society has begun accepting them...

Source: Sify.com [Ed. note: Trying to make sense of the Bollywood gossip that makes its way onto US search engines is a bit of a stretch for us. Last week, there was a flurry of stories about an actor named Harsh Chhaya [see Qnews summary ], a fellow said to have a "serious" yet "experimental"...

Source: Globe and Mail Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman are all about division of labour. Like a tall, handsome version of Jack Sprat and his wife, the co-hosts (and real-life romantic partners) on CBC Television's new flagship daytime chat show, operate on a system in which one partner picks up...

Source: BBC News , ITN News Actor Stephen Fry has lashed out at the way straight actors are praised for playing gay characters. The TV star has voiced his opinion on the way male stars who are heterosexual, are lauded as "brave" when they share an intimate moment on screen with other men. "Straight...

Source: Mid-Day and Sify Harsh Chhaya The big Bollywood news of the day is that a much-anticipated role in a much-anticipated film is to be played by an actor far from type-cast for the role. Actor Harsh Chhaya is to play a gay fashion designer in Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film, 'Fashion'...

Source: NME.com , Times (London) , Guardian , and Press Association A man has been arrested following the death of popular British radio DJ Kevin Greening. The man, in his 50s, was held at the address in Wandsworth, south London, where Greening's body was found at the weekend. related in Qnews :...

Source: BBC News and The Press Association Sir Ian McKellen has spoken of his happiness at becoming a Companion of Honour for services to drama and equality. "I am honoured to join an Order which includes such distinguished practitioners in the arts. "It is particularly pleasing that 'equality'...