Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that the anti-gay slurs ‘punal’ and ‘maricon,’ both roughly translating as ‘faggot,’ constitute hate speech and are not constitutionally protected free speech.

The Supreme Court judges voted 3-2 on Wednesday in a case where a publisher and his colleagues at the Synthesis newspaper had been slandered with both terms in a column by a journalist at a rival newspaper named Intolerance.

Both newspapers are based in the state of Puebla.

Lady Gaga makes her acting debut this year.

The international pop sensation is playing La Chameleon in Machete Kills, the action thriller sequel to 2010's Machete. The film's director Robert Rodriguez, also directed graphic novel-turned movie Sin City and Once Upon A Time in Mexico.

In July 2012, Lady Gaga unveiled a picture of her character wrapped in a wolf's skin and brandishing a smoking gun.

She recently tweeted about her upcoming role: 'I am so excited. Filming was insane'.

New blood donation regulations screening donors based on sexual history rather than sexual orientation have been implemented in Mexico, making it the first country in North America to end its ban on men who have sex with men donating blood.

The new regulations came into effect December 25 and now means any HIV and Hepatitis negative gay or bisexual man who has a history of safe sex and is not a sex worker or injecting drug user may donate blood.

The rule was approved in August and then published in the Official Journal of the Mexican Federation on October 26.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita announced their engagement to the public back in September but the Modern Family star actually proposed to his fiance two months earlier.

He told the story to Ellen DeGeneres earlier this week during a visit to her daytime talk show.

Whether your hemisphere is about to descend into the depths of winter or if you’re basking in spring’s warm sunshine - it’s always important to have a plan as to when and where you’re going to get your next dose of GBT or gay beach time.

Gay beach time is about enjoying the best that summer has to offer, maybe you’ve got a new pair of swimmers to show off, you’re rocking a new pair of sunglasses, or you just fancy topping up your tan by promenading slowly up and down a busy foreshore.

Gay television presenter and fashionista Gok Wan is hosting a new dating show for British television.

The fashion guru will be hosting Baggage, an eight-part series due to air later this year.

In the show, already airing in America and Australia, potential partners are picked by contestants who gradually reveal their secrets and flaws.

Four suspects have been arrested for the murder of a gay American in his home in Mexico.

The fifth and primary suspect Angel Javier Segovia Domínguez is still at large.

Domínguez is being charged with stabbing 64-year old Leo Robert Wicard multiple times in the victim's home in Mérida, Yucatan, prior to partially-burying him in the garden.

Authorities arrested Martín Alejandro Gómez Gómez, 26, Gianri Lorenzo Matos Montalvo, 18, Edward Jesús Gamboa Salas, 36, and David Pérez Moreno, 26, on 25 May (Friday) as accomplices in the murder.

Federación Mexicana de Futbol (Femexfut), the Mexican football association, may take action against two soccer players who shared a gay kiss.

During a match between Puebla and América last Sunday (22 April), in the Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla, América football players Christian Benítez, from Ecuador, and Matías Vuoso, from Argentina, celebrated a successful penalty with a gay kiss.

A multi award winning South African entertainer and a cabaret star have been announced as hosts of the Mr Gay World (MGW) grand finale.

Taking place on 8 April at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, the event will also see performances from a number of acts including a Russian pop star and former Mrs World, a South African soap star and a local performance troupe.

Founded in 2009, the MGW contest is held annually and claims it allows gay men representing their nation to compete to become ambassadors for equality.

The ugly split between Pinal County Sheriff and Arizona congressional candidate Paul Babeu and ex-boyfriend Jose Orozco just got uglier.

Orozco alleges that after their split, Babeu asked him to sign an agreement not to publicly discuss their relationship. When he refused, he says Babeu and his lawyer threatened the Mexican national with deportation.

Orozco, 34, has said he is in the US on a 10-year tourist visa and that Babeu never asked him his legal status despite the lawman's strong political stance against illegal immigration.

A British passenger is missing in the sea off Mexico after going overboard while on a gay cruise.

Another passenger raised the alarm after he saw the 30-year-old man go over the rail on deck 11 of the biggest cruise ship in the world, the Allure of the Seas at 7.10am local time on Friday (3 February). The sighting was confirmed by CCTV footage.

The Royal Caribbean International owned and operated ship was charter by lesbian and gay cruise specialists, Atlantis Events.