A new book claims that Jessie J is actually 100% lesbian but was ordered by her record company to claim she is bisexual so as not to turn off male fans.

The 24-year-old has become a UK phenomenon with her song Price Tag and is now a judge on British singing talent show The Voice.

Now the author of a new book, Chloe Govan, has said Jessie J has not had a boyfriend since realizing she was a lesbian at 17.

Simon Cowell has denied rumors he is gay.

Tom Bower, author of a new unauthorised biography about the music mogul and television judge, interviewed Cowell and many of his friends, colleagues and enemies. The book, Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell, has been making news in recent days over its revelations.

Music mogul and X Factor judge Cowell is quoted as saying: ‘If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me and my mother wouldn't freak out.’

Gay Australian Arabs have been victims of homophobic violence, verbal abuse or pressure to act straight, a report spanning eight years shows.

Titled We’re Family Too, the report by gay and lesbian health organization ACON will be released on Tuesday (10 Apr). Report author Ghassan Kassisieh interviewed 37 gays and lesbians, their families, as well as community and religious leaders.

Bob Bergeron, a handsome New York City therapist with a thriving practice, had finished several rigorous edits of a book aimed at helping gay men cope with middle age.

He seemed to be an expert on the topic and stated on his Web site: 'I’ve got a concise picture of what being over 40 is about and it’s a great perspective filled with happiness, feeling sexy, possessing comfort relating to other men and taking good care of ourselves. This picture will get you results that flourish long-term.'

A company aiming to bring ‘artumentary’ films to cinema lovers around the world has launched with a biopic on bisexual writer Somerset Maugham.

Revealing Mr Maugham examines how the prolific British author influenced future novelists with his books Of Human Bondage, The Painted Veil and The Razor’s Edge as well as dozens of other classic stories.

When American author Patricia Nell Warren had her novel The Front Runner first published in 1974, it would have been beyond her wildest expectations that it would sell more than 10 million copies. But what’s even more impressive is that the novel has been the inspiration for an international grass-roots movement.

Warren’s novel tells the story of the relationship between an ex-Marine track coach and his Olympic athlete. It’s been translated into 10 languages and is widely acclaimed as one of the most popular gay love stories of all time.

In Rick Santorum’s worst nightmare, a whole platoon of male American soldiers have suddenly announced they are gay.

Well the US homophobe and Republican presidential candidate can relax; it’s only in a book.

‘Love Bomb and the Pink Platoon’ is an adult satirical novel, the debut of author and filmmaker Ryan Gielen, poking fun at the way military chiefs play with soldiers like they’re made of green plastic.

A teenage gay love story, contemporary dance and a good long shower, what’s not to like about the new dance version of At Swim, Two Boys?

Staged entirely in water by dance company Earthfall, it’s a new version of Irish author Jamie O’Neill’s book of the same name, released to widespread acclaim a decade ago.

It tells the story of the burgeoning love between two teenage boys at the time of the Easter Rising in Ireland early last century.

There's just a few more weeks before young revellers head to the historic Brighton Dome for national Student Pride.

As well as the promise of a bar crawl and the chance to rub up against a Calvin Klein model, there will be an opportunity to unleash your political side at a Question Time-style debate.

Motivational speaker, Student Pride patron and former basketball player John Amaechi OBE will be on the celebrity panel.

2012 is the Year of the Dragon - a year of great energy, much opportunity and big possibilities. This is the year to think bigger than you ever have. This is the year to go for a quantum leap in your professional and personal life.

Whether you believe it’s the dawning of a new age and the planets are aligned for good fortune, 2012 is the year to make your breakthrough year. Here’s how:

For those not in the know Tales of the City is the acclaimed eight-book series from gay American author Armistead Maupin. The books follow Ohio born Mary Ann Singleton and her adventures in San Francisco after moving in with the eclectic (and eccentric) occupants of 28 Barbary Lane. These include moody bisexual, Mona, gay-and-sometimes-proud, Michael, and marijuana smoking landlady, Anna Madrigal.