Four South African men have been sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006.
The court found that the men killed Ms Nkonyana because she was living openly as a lesbian.
A crowd outside the court in Khayelitsha, a Cape Town township, cheered and danced at the sentencing.
The Tony Award–winner talks about her favorite gay icon, the silliness of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and what’s really threatening traditional marriage.
US President Barack Obama says he is "still working" on his personal view of gay marriage. A year ago, he said his views on the issue were "evolving".
A church minister in Aberdeen has resigned over the issue of gay clergy. Reverend Peter Dickson, of High Church in Hilton, said he felt "genuine sorrow" at taking the decision. He said that the decision to accept openly gay clergy meant his position was becoming "untenable".
A classmate of New York schoolboy Jamey Rodemeyer has been suspended for chanting that the bullied gay teenager was "better off dead". The student made the taunts at a Williamsville North High School dance attended by Jamey's sister.
An American study says that openly gay men are less likely to be called back for job interviews - particularly in the South and Midwest. The research found that CVs which indicate an applicant is gay are 40 per cent less likely to be granted an interview than those which do not.
Sean Maher made headlines last week when he became the latest Hollywood actor to come out. With a film and TV career spanning 14 years, he is perhaps best known for his role in Firefly and its movie sequel, Serenity. He currently stars in NBC’s The Playboy Club. Laurence Watts caught up with him to discuss the public’s...
Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, the UK's first gay surrogate dads, have been accused of faking the results of clinical trials. The couple, who are parents to five children, including two sets of twins, deny five counts of contravening the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations.
While gay and bisexual men who have had sex with other men are not allowed donate blood, some in Ohio are finding alternative ways to help others in need.
A transgender woman from Carlisle has told how she was subjected to transphobic abuse as she walked through the city centre.
A high school student in Madisonville, Tenn., said he was verbally and physically assaulted by his principal last week for wearing a T-shirt supporting the establishment of a gay-straight alliance at Sequoyah High School.
Russian police detained dozens of anti-gay protesters
A look at hundreds of gay rights supporters in a fight for equal rights dance and cheer during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
From December, gay parents applying for passports for their children will not have to list themselves as 'mother' and 'father'. The Identity and Passport Service said the amendments would be made to accommodate gay and lesbian parents applying for passports on behalf of the children.
Barack Obama has criticised Republican presidential candidates for staying silent when a gay soldier was booed at an Orlando debate. Stephen Hill, who is stationed in Iraq and spoke via a videolink, was booed for asking whether the candidates would reinstate the ban on openly gay troops.
Herman Cain, now surging in polls, thinks it would have been a good idea for the Republican presidential candidates to speak up when a debate audience booed a gay soldier last month.
Brooke, a transgender woman, is a third-generation firefighter and the first openly transgender person to serve with the FDNY, an organization that struggles with claims about lack of diversity.
Serbian police have arrested six suspected anti-gay extremists in connection with attempts to disrupt a Pride march. The march, which was to be held yesterday in Belgrade, was cancelled by police over fears of mass violence.
Gov. Martin O’Malley appears in the first video of the new series that aims to increase public support for marriage equality legislation.
EastEnders actor John Partridge has had a civil partnership. The star, 40, tied the knot with long-term boyfriend Jon Tsouras at the Trafalgar Tavern pub in Greenwich on Friday.
90210's departing gay character Teddy (Trevor Donovan) will marry his boyfriend in a Las Vegas ceremony officiated by an Elvis impersonator.
One of North Carolina's Tea Party favorites has surprised Republicans by saying she won't vote for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage proposed in her state because it goes too far.
If you’re planning on appearing in a pornographic movie, please leave at least part of your military uniform at home.
There are fears that a serial killer may be targeting gay men in Johannesburg, South Africa. Four gay men have been discovered bound and strangled in their homes in the last ten months.
Rocketman, a film biography of Elton John, is being prepared for the big screen and may employ multiple actors to play the chameleon-like musician at various stages of his career.
A gay Tennessee couple allege they were beaten as they tried to attend services at Grace Fellowship Church in Fruitland — and that the assault was prompted by the father of one of them, who happens to be church’s pastor.
Lady Gaga says it's fair to read Jo Calderone, her male alter ego, as a trans man.
Country singer Toby Keith, who once blasted the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against President Bush, now says he doesn't understand why some people are bothered by same-sex marriage, though he worries about gays in the military.
Some people don't want Ricky Martin to visit Honduras this month as part of his world tour, but it's not entirely clear if it's right-wing religious leaders or government officials objecting.
The star of HBO's Hung discusses exploring his sexual identity when he was young, poor, and homeless after first moving to Los Angeles.
Four gay men in Johannesburg, South Africa, have been brutally murdered in the last 10 months.
Work will begin on Spain's first gay and lesbian retirement home in the coming weeks. The December 26th Foundation in Madrid is named after the 1979 date when General Franco's anti-gay law was repealed.
The president told ABC News that he is "still working" on his stance on same-sex marriage and that his gay friends are playing a role in his decision-making.
Antigay North Carolina state senator James Forrester, accused of falsifying some of his medical credentials, is blaming the whole thing on the gays.
The government has tabled amendments to remove convictions of gay men convicted of now-legal sex acts. The promise to remove such criminal records announced by the Conservative Party before last year's election.
Montana antigay activist Harris Himes, accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme, says he’s the victim of a conspiracy by gay advocates.
A first for any candidate? Bevan Dufty and his daughter Sidney ride the Muni system in a televised campaign ad for his San Francisco mayoral bid.
The AIDS Institute said the House's proposal for 2012 HIV/AIDS spending will impede prevention by banning federal funding for needle exchanges and resurrecting abstinence-only programs.
Just before announcing his candidacy for president, the Texas governor held a controversial prayer rally in partnership with the American Family Association, an antigay "hate group" as determined by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Following on the heels of the United States, which in June began issuing gender-neutral passport applications and citizenship forms for children of American parents born out of the country, passport forms in the U.K. are being updated to include options for same-sex parents.
The CEO of Fifteen Minutes Public Relations, who has helped celebrities ranging from Chaz Bono to Chely Wright tell their unique stories, has named Bill Harrison as his replacement.
The conservative Web publication The Blaze has stirred up reader anger by describing a joke Michael Moore made at Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University Friday.
President Barack Obama blasted GOP presidential candidates for the now infamous booing incident of a gay soldier at a Republican debate while touting his LGBT rights accomplishments at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th annual national dinner Saturday.
The Associated Press reports that several men were detained Saturday after they hurled tomatoes at rally attendees and "[unfurled] posters with pejorative remarks about homosexuality."
Two of the leading operatives for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act are a political odd couple that no one could have predicted back in 1996 when one of them was helping to write the bill.
"I think that it just fundamentally goes against everything we know,” the thrice-married presidential candidate said Friday during a campaign appearance in Iowa.
Pastor Tom Brown of Word of Life Church is on a mission to ensure that city workers in domestic partnerships don’t retain equal health insurance benefits — and to oust local lawmakers who believe otherwise.
National figures released earlier this week show a greater willingness from gay and lesbian couples to stand up and be counted.
Bryan Michael Egnew, who committed suicide last month, had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after he came out; as a result, advocates are calling on Mormon leaders to better serve and accept gay church members.
