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July 5, 2012
Police halt gay pride march in Dominican Republic

Video footage shows police officers arguing with marchers for using the Dominican flag at the gay pride event

Dominican Republic authorities repeatedly disrupted this year's gay pride march.

Video provided by Imagenes Dominicanas shows police officers forbidding marchers from carrying the Dominican flag in the 5th annual Dominican pride on 1 July (Sunday).

According to Imagenes Dominicanas, authorities at the beginning of the route told marchers they could not carry rainbow banners that had been fashioned to look like the country's flag.

Authorities reportedly confiscated the rainbow flags before returning them on condition they be kept out of sight.

July 3, 2012
GSN’s Comment section: Your new forum

Welcome to the new Gay Star News comment section

If I believed a little more strongly in metaphors, I would constantly be pinching myself when I think about Gay Star News.

Just seven-ish months old, we have grown far faster and are now much stronger than even we expected.

Throughout, we’ve achieved our success by responding to feedback from you. And that’s why we are launching a Comment section today.

June 13, 2012
Euro 2012 fans wave rainbow flags at Ukraine versus Sweden match

Despite concerns over homophobia during Euro 2012 soccer tournament, Ukrainians and Swedes both embraced Kyiv gay protest

Swedish and Ukrainian soccer fans delighted a lesbian activist by supporting her rainbow flag demonstration to show solidarity with Ukraine’s gay and trans population.

Human rights campaigners had raised concerns about the safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans attending the European Football Championships in Poland and Ukraine, which both have poor records on LGBT rights, and Amnesty International had even suggested gay fans should stay away.

May 2, 2012
Gay activists arrested in St Petersburg for rainbow protest

17 gay activists were arrested in Russia's second largest city for unfurling rainbow flags

Seventeen gay activists were arrested at a May Day rally in St Petersburg after unfurling rainbow flags.

The campaigners were detained by police in the Russian city yesterday (1 May) at a protest attended by 300,000 people, led by the ruling United Russia party, as well as Communist and nationalist groups.

‘The first activists who unfurled their flags were detained. Some tried to raise posters, they were also detained,’ Yury Gavrikov, a local gay rights leader, told The Guardian.

March 28, 2012
Taiwanese pop diva to raise money for HIV/AIDS

A-Mei Chang Hui-mei will raise money for families hit by HIV/AIDS as she celebrates the 15th anniversary of her singing career

A leading Taiwanese singer will sell 10,000 rainbow flags during the upcoming concerts at home to raise funds for an HIV/AIDS group.

Long-term LGBT rights supporter A-Mei Chang Hui-mei - who has been on her ‘AMeiZing’ world tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of her singing career from September – will be selling rainbow flags and distributing red ribbons during the six concerts in Taipei, starting from Friday (30 March).

March 10, 2012
NBA owner apologizes for 'boyfriend' comment about a male reporter

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban lashes out at reporter

Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is in hot water due to an off color comment he made to a reporter.