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Man arrested for threatening to bomb Puerto Rico gay pride

A Puerto Rico gay activist was told on Twitter to be careful at a gay rally as it could end like the Boston Marathon

LGBT students say Italy's high schools are worst place to be gay

A study by LGBT association Gay Center shows 40% of straight students refuse to have gay friends

Michael Douglas as gay Liberace named his 'greatest performance'

Following its screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Behind the Candelabra, the gay Liberace biopic has received nothing but praise

Oklahoma tornado, killing up to 91, blamed on gay Jason Collins

Westboro Baptist Church is believed to be getting ready to protest the funerals of those killed by the 200mph winds

Tom Joyner’s anti-gay message to black community

The leading African American DJ and how he dismissed gay, black NBA star Jason Collins which reporting a totally separate black issue – a rape by three athletes

Lesbian astronaut Sally Ride awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space and the first known LGBT astronaut

London Pride gets ‘go’ with parade, party and rally

Lesbian tennis superstar Martina Navratilova to launch week of events. Summer Rites music festival added. Gala dinner with London mayor

‘Gay marriage bill will lead to lesbian queens, fathers marrying sons’, Lord Tebbit says

'I quite fancy my brother!', top Conservative peer says England and Wales same-sex marriage bill could allow him to marry his son

'Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage,' says Valentine Vu

Gay Vietnamese-Canadian fashion design lecturer who lives in Ho Chi Minh City argues Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage

Dubai forces Rhea Litré to perform out of drag

Authorities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have forced US artist Rhea Litré US to perrform out of drag

UN congratulates Vietnam on LGBT rights progress

UN's resident co-ordinator in Vietnam praises the Southeast Asian nation's LGBT rights achievements in the last year

Gay marriage will create another 'stolen generation', says Australian Christian Lobby

Australian Christian Lobby equates gay marriage to the removal of aboriginal children from their families, stolen generation representative calls for apology for 'disrespectful' and 'dehumanizing' comments

Chinese 'Groupon' site offers gay couples free trip to Canada to marry

China's biggest group deals website, Meituan, is offering a free trip to Canada for a gay couple to marry

New Yorkers march to remember gay man murdered last week

Protestors promise to remember the name of killed gay man Mark Carson

Archie Comics gay kiss issue inspired by attempted boycott by One Million Moms

Riverdale teen Kevin Keller will lock lips with boyfriend in Pop Tate’s diner

Gay marriage bill still on track despite fight in UK parliament

British MPs have rejected amendments that would have watered down or delayed gay marriage proposals

Lesbian country singer Chely Wright gives birth to identical twins

Twin boys arrive early but are healthy and thriving

Gay soccer pro Robbie Rogers hopes to be back playing soon - in Los Angeles

Tells GSN: 'Hopefully it works out ... it should be sorted out in the next few weeks'

Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers

The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to allow openly gay and lesbians to become ministers

Obama to male grads: 'Be the best husband to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner'

Morehouse College speech calls on grads to have empathy for all minority groups

Ex Australia's PM Kevin Rudd goes from 'dinosaur' to backing gay marriage

In an unforeseen shift of opinion, Australian MP Kevin Rudd has thrown his full support behind changing federal legislation on same sex marriage

LGBT people in Britain have worse health than straights

Higher rates of bullying, suicide and self-harm, drug and alcohol use, smoking, and social isolation in old age revealed in study

Landlord fired five months after turning pub gay

Pub manager claims he was forced to leave his home and place of work after he chose to give Ipswich their gay pub back

Ukraine lawmakers demand ban on Kiev gay pride

62 Ukrainian parliamentarians signed a petition demanded from Kiev's mayor to ban a planned gay pride parade later this month

London Gay Men’s Chorus pays musical homage to your heroes

Those who make a difference to the LGBT community will be immortalized in a comic strip themed concert by the acclaimed London Gay Men’s Chorus

Trans people left behind in England and Wales equal marriage bill

Married transgender people will need their husband or wife’s permission before they can have their gender recognized

MPs should vote for straight civil partnerships, gay activist demands

Veteran gay activist Peter Tatchell says UK government is ‘inconsistent, hypocritical and wrong’ by offering same-sex marriage but not straight civil partnerships

Labour abandons support for 'wrecking' gay marriage amendment

Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Yvette Cooper tells opposition party MPs to not vote for Tim Loughton's opposite-sex civil partnerships amendment

Church of Scotland to debate gay ministers

Four years after the first openly gay reverend in a same-sex relationship was appointed to a new parish by the Church of Scotland, the governing body will decide whether to allow ministers in same-sex relationships

Twitter: 18 amazing arguments in support of gay marriage

As members of parliament vote on the bill, the case for gay marriage gains support via twitter