Lady Gaga has knocked Oprah Winfrey off the top spot on Forbes’ annual list of the 100 most powerful celebrities. The singer and gay rights campaigner won the top spot for her social media power. Forbes editor Dorothy Pomerantz told Reuters: “She can use Twitter and Facebook to work the ‘little monsters’ into a frenzy [...]

Four gay and four straight couples are to challenge the UK’s ban on gay couples marrying and straight couples having civil partnerships. The Equal Love campaign, organised by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell and OutRage!, will see the couples registering to hold ceremonies they are not entitled to and taking legal action if they are [...]

US president Barack Obama has become the most high-profile figure to join a campaign to stop gay teen suicides. He recorded a short video for the It Gets Better YouTube project, which aims to encourage bullied gay teenagers that their lives will improve. In the clip, Mr Obama talks about his own experiences of not [...]

Serbian riot police fought running battles Sunday with thousands of far-right supporters who hurled Molotov cocktails and stun grenades to try disrupt a gay pride march in downtown Belgrade. More than 140 people were hurt and more than 200 were arrested, officials said. Thousands of police officers sealed off the streets in the capital where [...]

Gay rights campaigners have called on the Government to legislate for marriage between same- sex couples following yesterday’s Irish Times/Behaviour Attitudes social poll, which shows a large majority of people in support of such a move. It has found that 67 per cent of people believe gay couples should be allowed to marry, while 60 [...]

As reported on February 3rd: According to various reports, a man was arrested last weekend in Malawi for putting up posters that read “Gay Rights are Human Rights”. Peter Sawali, 21, was arrested when police found him placing the posters along a main road in Blantyre. Police are conducting an investigation to find out where [...]

> City council members in Washington DC will vote on gay marriage on 1st December with the general consensus being that it will easily pass with a 10-2 vote. There is, however, worry from some that even if passed, Congress, who have jurisdiction over Washington DC, could decide to step in and invalidate it, though [...]

From Targana Legal News: Boyzone has been honoured by gay rights campaigners here, with a special tribute for late member Stephen Gately. Gately, who died in Majorca, Spain, last month, hit the headlines a decade ago when he went public about his sexuality. His boyband had also supported his decision by including a same-sex love [...]