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Source: News Letter , BBC , Press Gazette , Brand Republic   Free Presbyterians, including former First Minister Ian Paisley, have vowed to go to jail if necessary, in the dispute over a newspaper ad placed by one of their churches condemning homosexuality. The ad was published in the Belfast News...

         ::    Florida governor Charlie Crist should expect a few uninvited guests outside his wedding in St. Petersburg later this month. The group Impact-Florida , which organized protests on Nov. 15 of the state's anti-gay Amendment 2 , has invited...

Source: Scotsman , Daily Record , Wikipedia   The UK "Dennis the Menace" from Beano magazine. Strip via PlaytypusComix The longtime editor of a popular British children's comic magazine, Beano , complains on press tours to promote a new book about the magazine that he had to tone down...

Source: The Guardian , QueerBlog.it , Milano 2.0     Fabrizio Caiazza, a Milan traffic cop, won Gaydar's "Sex Factor" contest, but was disciplined by superiors for appearing in uniform photo: via QueerBlog.it A Milan traffic cop who beat out 46,000 contenders to grab the top prize...

Source: AFP , Angelicuss TV preview Gay folks in Romania will their own online TV channel, starting October 1, AFP reports. The web-only TV channel will be dedicated to "the life and problems of the gay community," its creators said Monday. The channel, dubbed Angelicuss TV, will be launched...

Source: PinkNews Kiev, Ukraine -- Kiev's public prosecutor is targeting a well-regarded gay newspaper under laws banning the distribution of pornography, while newspaper kiosks across the city openly sell explicit erotic heterosexual magazines. Since 2003 Nash Mir, the oldest Ukrainian LGBT human...

Source: Guardian and PinkNews One of England's most senior bishops has argued that the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships, using the bonds between Jesus and John the disciple, and David and Jonathan as examples. The Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, a conservative evangelical, expressed...

Source: Edinburgh Evening News and Press Association David Lyle (left) with his partner in image from GayDar site. photo: Evening News A senior Edinburgh policeman has defended his participation in an online competition to find the world's sexiest gay man. Chief Inspector David Lyle, of Lothian and...