Business leaders will meet in London this summer to discuss how to increase workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees around the world.

The Out & Equal summit on 5 and 6 July coincides with the UK capital holding this year’s World Pride – Gay Star News is a partner of both events.

The speakers include:

Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi will open an anti-discrimination photo exhibition in Croatia.

Yes to Diversity, No to Discrimination will feature photographs celebrating diversity across Europe and is the conclusion of a Europe-wide competition by human rights group Amnesty International.

Homophobia in sport and education were among the issues to dominate the debate at Student Pride in Brighton today, with NBA basketball star John Amaechi describing sports bosses as ‘stupid’.

Early estimations suggest over 1,000 students from across the UK, including foreign students studying in Britain, are attending the event at the Dome in Brighton. Gay Star News is one of the media sponsors.

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.

As 2011 draws to a close, the major U.S. professional sports of football, basketball and baseball still have never had an active male player declare that they are gay.

There are still only handful who have even done so in retirement.

Among them is retired baseball pro Billy Bean who played for San Diego Padres, Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Dodgers during the 90s and came out publicly in the 2003 memoir Going The Other Way.