Over 100 South Korean LGBT people and allies star in a YouTube video in support of gay rights released this week (Monday 13 May).

Korean Gay Men's Human Rights Group Chingusai organized the recording of You Make me Proud, a song created by Sydney Gay and Lesbian choir to mark IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) in 2012.

The professional sports world has been waiting for a Jason Collins moment – a gay athlete currently playing in a major league to come out publicly. What you may not know is that the subtext is that it was hoped the moment would star an African American male.

The African American community, let alone the sports world, desperately needed an openly gay, current, male, professional player.

Spain’s first openly lesbian politician has asked closeted members of government to come out of the closet.

A member of Spain’s Socialist Party, Álvarez has been openly gay for years, but for the first time this week used her status as an openly lesbian politician to plead for other closeted politicians to come out.

Dave Agema, who serves as a Michigan Republican National Committeeman, said Thursday (28 March) that he would not resign despite furor over an anti-gay article he posted on Facebook this week.

The article states such things as 'part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy lifestyle' and labels gays and lesbians as 'filthy.'

Washington DC is the gayest place in the US, nearly twice as gay as Hawaii.

North Dakota meanwhile is the least gay state, but interestingly, neighbours South Dakota are way up the list in eigth place.

That's according to a poll of all the states carried out by American company Gallup between June and December 2012. Pollers asked if people identified as LGBT to find out their population in each state.

And the results found 10% of people in the national capital, Washington DC, were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

New Jersey high school student Jacob Rudolph came out publicly to more than 300 classmates this month when he stepped up to accept the award for Class Actor during a school assembly.

'Sure, I've been in a few plays and musicals, but more importantly, I've been acting every single day of my life,' he told his classmates at the Parsippany, NJ school. 'You see, I've been acting as someone I'm not ... you see me acting the part of straight Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT.'

Rev Miak Siew from the inclusive Free Community Church in Singapore has responded to 'megachurch' pastor Lawrence Khong's comments that attempts to repeal an anti-gay law is a 'looming threat'.

Rev Siew wrote a piece for LGBT Asia website Fridae arguing that the bible doesn't value the 'traditional family' above all else.

It was seven years ago that Matt Farber launched Logo, a cable channel dedicated to LGBT content that was home to such shows as Noah's Arc and The Big Gay Sketch Show.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Logo would focus less on LGBT-specific interests and more on general cultural and lifestyle subjects.

‘Some people are gay. Get over it!’ That was the message that I delivered at the recent One Young World Summit 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US – an event which brought together 1,300 young delegates from 180 countries to discuss the key issues affecting the world today.

Being black, female and a lesbian shouldn’t have made my life any more complex, it shouldn’t have out me in a position where I would walk through the world being made to feel like an outsider.

All of these things are part of my identity. But they are also words, or rather labels, used to put me into a category. And that means I, and people like me, are singled out from society, made to feel different and less than what we actually are. We are more likely to be mocked or have abuse reigned down upon us for aspects of identity we have no power or control over.

A pink closet will be travelling around the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester to help people come out.

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation are asking people to join them on International Coming Out Day on 11 October and show their support for the mentally and emotionally challenging task that so many people face.

The annual event's aim is to raise awareness of the network of support that is available to the general public when they come out, making it that little bit easier.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) LGBT group released an animated video featuring a personal story of growing up gay in Emirates and calling for a dialogue with the country’s government.

The video, released today (11 September), entitled 'Let's talk', tells the story of a gay boy who grows up in a society that sees him as a sinner and immoral, which leave a profound effect on his self-esteem which he said led him even to several suicide attempts.