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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: Hollywood Reporter , Variety Asia HONG KONG – Singapore regulators have fined state TV broadcaster MediaCorp TV Channel 5 for what the regulators said was a show "promoting homosexuality". MediaCorp TV Channel 5 has been fined S$15,000 (US$11,072) by the Media Development Authority...

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: AFP , Reuters RABAT -- A Moroccan court convicted Rachid Ninni, the boss of a daily newspaper, of libel Tuesday and ordered him to pay damages of six million dirhams (524,000 euros / 816,000 dollars) to four prosecutors. The court in the capital Rabat also told Ninni, managing editor of the Arabic...

Source: Yemen Times In Morocco, articles published by the Arabic-language Al Massae daily have led to a strong division of the press. According to Said Essoulami, director of the Casablanca-based Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, this controversy shows the difficulties of...

Source: Reuters KHARTOUM (Reuters) - When Ali started blogging that he was Sudanese and gay, he did not realize he was joining a band of African and Middle Eastern gays and lesbians who, in the face of hostility and repression, have come out online. Ali, who lists his home town as Khartoum but lives...

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: Afrol News , AFP via Africasia.com , Kenya Today Dakar -- Gay rights organizations, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Pan-Africa ILGA, condemned the arrest and detention of several gay suspects in the Senegalese capital Dakar at the weekend, demanding the...

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...

Source: AFP via Google SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore has banned the sale of an Xbox video game that features an intimate scene between two female characters, a statement received Thursday said. The "Mass Effect" game, a futuristic space adventure, contains "a scene of lesbian intimacy.....