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Pakistani art journal closed after publishing homoerotic paintings of clergy

Pakistan’s Journal of Contemporary Arts and Culture has been pulped after it published a series of paintings of suggestive scenes featuring Islamic clerics and undressed young men

Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin gearing up for more state marriage fights

Says Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, and Rhode Island are next

Gay Uganda group office vandalized and robbed

The office of the Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG) has been vandalized and robbed potentially putting gay Ugandans at risk

Gay political group Log Cabin Republicans choose interim director

Gregory T. Angelo is currently head of the group's New York chapter

Jamaica paper publish anti-gay hate cartoon for Christmas

One of the Jamaica's most widely read papers has published an anti-gay cartoon designed to inflame hate, say LGBT rights advocates

NFL star Ayanbadejo says American football is not a gay sport

Ravens linebacker and marriage equality champion Brendon Ayanbadejo claims only 3% of NFL players are gay because the sport requires 'higher testosterone'

Celebrity gay fashion designer brutally attacked in Turkey

One of Turkey's most celebrated fashion designers and a gay activist was brutally attacked in Istanbul

David Cameron warned gay marriage is 'toxic' to Tory party

Poll finds majority of Conservative Party members are opposed to equal marriage and believe leader has underestimated Tory opposition

Westboro Baptist Church threaten to picket more funerals

The Westboro Baptists have threatened to picket the funerals of two New York state fire fighters who were shot to death when they attended a house fire on Christmas Eve and of retired US general Norman Schwarzkopf who died yesterday

Majority of Americans still support ban on gay scouts leaders

A new Gallup poll has found majority support for most key areas of gay and lesbian rights but a majority also still support the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on openly gay scout leaders

Dutch Catholics leaving church over opposition to same-sex marriage

A website that allows Dutch Catholics to formally leave the church has seen a massive spike in traffic following a controversial Christmas message by the Pope attacking same-sex marriage

Log Cabin Republicans are against Chuck Hagel as US Defense Secretary

Gay group had suffered backlash for endorsing Mitt Romney for president

Andrew J. McDonald is first gay man nominated to Connecticut Supreme Court

Former state senator has worked closely with Governor Dannel P. Malloy

Third Republican member of US House of Reps publicly supports gay marriage

Charles Bass of New Hampshire wants Defense of Marriage Act repealed

Moldova votes for anti-gay bigot ban

Bill which would see people who discriminate against sexual minorities at work face fines or even jail passes second reading in Moldova parliament

Gay man killed and chopped into pieces in Vietnam

Two men arrested for murder of 26-year-old in southern Dong Nai province, in a suspected money dispute

Majority of Brits now support gay marriage

ICM poll for the Guardian shows strong lead for gay marriage including support from most age ranges, all social classes and voters for all three major parties

New Jersey Democrats warming to putting same-sex marriage to the people

New Jersey Democrats are now divided over whether to put the issue of marriage equality to the people whereas at the beginning of the year the party was united in objecting to having civil rights decided by popular vote

Fox News claims Westboro Baptists are a ‘left-wing’ hate group

Fox News says Westboro Baptist leader Fred Phelps, who thinks Obama is the Anti-Christ, is a Democrat and his church a ‘left-wing cult’

Mexico begins accepting gay blood donations

Mexico this week began accepting blood donations from gay and bisexual men – becoming the first North American nation to do so. From now on sexual behavior not sexual orientation will determine who can donate

Second Republican break ranks on gay marriage following Gingrich comments

New York Rep. Richard Hanna has become only the second sitting Republican in the US Congress to back the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) following comments that same-sex marriage was inevitable by failed Republican presidential race candidate Newt Gingrich