I did a double take when I first saw it. A teen girl was expelled and arrested for having a relationship with another girl. I hunkered down in full fury mode reading the case.

Then, my racing mind came to a screeching halt as it read the magic number… 18. A legal adult had been with a legal minor. Things just got complicated.

On 22 May, we celebrate the first openly gay man to be elected to US office.

That man is Harvey Milk. Assassinated at the age of 48, he inspired hundreds of thousands to live their lives openly and to fight for what they believe in.

If he was alive, he would have been 83 today.

Here are eight quotes from the man that made history:

‘My name is Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you.’

Hong-Kong-based corporate social responsibility (CSR) advisors Community Business are running a conference tomorrow to help corporations with offices in Asia to engage straight allies to make better working environments for LGBT employees.

An English nature reserve believed to have inspired the children’s book Wind In The Willows has been exposed as a gay sex cruising hotspot.

The riverside enclave in Berkshire, home to the characters of Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger in the Kenneth Grahame novel, is noted as a popular place in The Cruising Gays City Hookup Guide.

We chat with Scout Leader Matt Mills and find out just how progressive and inclusive Scouting UK is.

Plus Amy talks about her one woman show Unhappy Birthday. We cover all the latest GayStarNews including another horrific homophobic attack in London, the gay marriage debate rages on and trouble with teen lesbians in Florida.

A new report launched today reveals that in Britain LGBT people have worse health than straights.

British LGBT people have higher rates of physical and emotional bullying; suicide and self-harm; drug use; alcohol use; smoking in adulthood; and social isolation and vulnerability in old age.

The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) published by the Department of Health does not contain health data relating to LGBT communities because of the lack of monitoring. This means that the specific health needs of LGBT people are often ignored.

Most Britons back same-sex marriage legislation with only a third against.

That's the result of a new poll by YouGov.

It indicated ongoing support for the legislation going through the UK Parliament for the change in England and Wales. Separate legislation is being developed in Scotland.

The survey found 54% of Britons support same sex marriage legislation, with 36% opposed. Among Conservatives, more people oppose the measures than support them but the margin is narrow (48% to 45%).

The culture of the Police Service in Britain is developing into one where you can be as comfortable at work as you are at home – that is the strategic aim. It is worth noting that there are eight local police forces listed in the Stonewall Top 100 Index of gay-friendly employers and LGBT officers are included in the majority of UK police forces. It hasn’t always been this way.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said ending homophobia is ‘critical’ to the UN’s work and called for an end to anti-gay laws and better education.

His comments were delivered today (17 May) at an event in The Hague, The Netherlands, to mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).

The speech was delivered on his behalf by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in the presence of the new Queen of the Netherlands, Máxima.

An anti-gay Twitter account is calling for a ‘Straight Pride’ on the social networking site.

For the past four days, ‘Straight Pride UK’ has tweeted messages about the need for a heterosexual march on 20 May to protest the upcoming debate on same-sex marriage in the House of Commons.

‘Being straight is not easy under the circumstances of our society. Straight people are being persecuted every day by political correctness,’ they write.

Assaults on the LGBT community and incidents of homophobic hate speech have both risen sharply in France over the last year.

The number of calls to SOS Homophobie’s helpline were up by 27% on the previous year.

Homophobic hate crime spiked last year in the run-up to the French parliament's approval of a Bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.

Incidents doubled in October and November when compared with the previous year, and tripled in December.

People think gay actors are less masculine – but they are still just as good at acting, scientists have proved.

The US research asked 'Can a gay man play it straight?' and looked at perceptions of an actor’s masculinity and performance.

College students were given biographical information on a male actor, including sexual orientation, and shown a video of the actor’s performance.

They were then asked to rate the actor’s performance and the likelihood of casting the actor in their own productions.