Sometimes it's best to walk away from Twitter.

Singer Azealia Banks is having a second round of anti-gay bigotry. The set up is easy. She remixed the Internet sensation the Harlem Shake. Baauer, the artist behind the hit, didn't appreciate Banks' interpretation. There was a Twitter conversation, and Banks said the following:

Two top-level Russian footballers have sparked outrage after a series of 'gay' holiday pictures have emerged.

Pavel Mamayev, 24, a midfielder for CSKA Moscow, and Alexander Kokorin, 21, a striker from FC Dynamo Moscow, are believed to be in a relationship after ‘intimate’ photographs of them were posted on the internet.

On VK, an Eastern-European social network similar to Facebook, Kokorin posted one of the pictures, saying ‘I love him’.

Other snaps include the two hugging, sharing dinner, going to a basketball game, and having a bath together.

Five-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein was among the gay and lesbian celebrities who took to Twitter on Friday (14 December) to express their shock and outrage over the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school.

'Guns do nothing but encourage paranoid lunacy, arm fools and criminals, and rain grief and destruction down on the innocent,' tweeted Fierstein (pictured). 'And what will the NRA answer? 'If those teachers were armed this never would have happened.' You can't talk sense to the brain dead.'

Red Pepper, a Ugandan daily has published today (7 December) graphic photos allegedly depicting the head of the country’s prime football team ‘sodomising’ a young team player.

A photo depicting Chris Mubiru having anal sex with a young man covered the entire front page of the paper entitled: ‘SMOKED OUT! Uganda Cranes boss nabbed sodomising players – Shocking pictures inside’.

The paper printed five striking photos of the head of Cranes football team allegedly in the process of ‘sodomising’ a young team player.

Amnesty International supporters in the UK have sent 15,000 messages in just 24 hours to Uganda urging it to drop plans to further criminalize homosexuality.

Ndiaye, a famous journalist and employee of UNESCO has been sentenced to a four year prison sentence without parole, for having gay sex and causing grievous bodily harm to Diagne.

Diagne, a 27 year-old male merchant, who was also convicted of committing ‘acts against nature’ (ie gay sex) has been sentenced for a three year prison sentence without parole.

Speaking on Senegalese Radio Ndiaye’s lawyer, Khassimou Touré, criticized the judgement: ‘I am surprised, disgusted, and utterly dismayed by this dramatic decision.

Gay politicians and the media have always had a turbulent relationship.

Many politicians try, usually unsuccessfully, to hide their lifestyle from the press fearing some members of the electorate will consider their sexuality when casting their vote.

After all, as research conducted by the Universities of Exeter and Iowa has shown, candidates considered to be better looking than their rivals have a better chance of being elected.

American journalist Anderson Cooper became the latest high-profile personality to be forcefully dragged out of the closet last month, despite years of contentment of dodging the question.

His sexuality had been one of the worst kept secrets in show business, having featured as one of the cover stars of Out magazine’s ‘glass closet’.

Two Lebanese men were detained last night (16 August) on suspicion of’ indecent acts’ in the Ashrafieh neighbourhood, Beirut.

The men, aged 42 and 22, were reported to having been caught having gay sex in a car.

Lebanese Murr TV (MTV) has publicly outed them, publishing their full names and ages.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Information the two men were handed over to the vice squad upon request from the judicial authorities.

A US store which was once accused of opposing gay marriage has begun selling greetings cards for same-sex newlyweds.

Cards with messages such as 'Mr and Mr' and 'Two very special women' will be available to buy in Target stores nationwide and follows the retail giant's decision to sell Gay Pride month T-shirts.

However, the Minnesota company's latest move in support of gay rights comes just one week after it refused to sell openly gay R&B star Frank Ocean's song Channel Orange which calls on more hip-hop stars to speak out against homophobia.

Italian footballer Antonio Cassano is expressing 'regret'  at the outrage following his statement at a press conference this week in which he said he hopes there are no 'queers' playing on his country's national team.

Cassano now says his comments were misinterpreted.

Gay groups in Sweden are celebrating today after they successfully stopped anti-gay reggae star Sizzla performing in the capital, Stockholm at the last minute.

The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights says the scheduled gig, due to take place tonight (28 March), has been put off due to a backlash from the gay community.

In a statement, the organization said: ‘It should go without saying that gigs should not be booked for this man.’