Debbie Reynolds, who plays Liberace’s mother in the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, socialized a lot with the late entertainer when both were doing stage shows in Las Vegas in the 70s and 80s.

Reynolds, 81, turned to the stage after her movie career starring in such films as Singin in the Rain and Yhe Unsinkable Molly Brown had cooled a bit. But like Liberace, she found Vegas audiences more than welcoming.

Close to completing the rigorous requirements to become an Eagle Scout, 16-year-old Pascal Tessier cheered the decision by the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday (23 May) to repeal its ban on gay members.

'Just a few hours ago, I was thinking that today could be my last day as a Boy Scout,' the teen from Kensington, Maryland said in a statement after the vote. 'Obviously, for gay Scouts like me, this vote is life-changing.'

A Blackburn Rovers soccer player is being charged with making a homophobic gesture at a football match.

Sussex Police said Colin Kazim-Richards, 26, was charged under the Public Order Act over a gesture allegedly made towards Brighton fans at a Championship game.

The alleged incident took place at Brighton and Hove Albion’s Amex Stadium.

The London-born footballer is currently on loan from Galatasaray, a Turkish football team.

Kazim-Richards is summoned to appear before magistrates in Brighton on 22 August.

While John Kerry, US Secretary Of State is visiting Ethiopia, local LGBT activists say US aid money sponsors organizations whose anti-gay stance led to recent attacks on Ethiopian gays and call for the death penalty against homosexuality to be passed in the country.

Kerry's three-day visit begins Friday (24 May) in Addis Ababa, where he will meet with senior Ethiopian officials to discuss ‘bilateral issues’ and celebrate the 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union.

An Australian film about a teenager dealing the the death of his older brother and his 'ambidextrous' sexuality is seeking crowd-funding.

Teenage Kicks tells the story of 17-year-old Miklos Varga, whose plans to move out of from his family home with his best friend fall apart after the sudden death of his older brother.

The feature length film, made by writer-director Craig Boreham and producer Annmaree J Bell, is being adapted from a short-film called Drowning by the same team.

Gay rights advocates in India and around the world are mourning the death of 'committed, passionate, inspiring, nurturing, visionary' activist Shivananda Khan, who passed away on Monday (20 May).

'[Khan] forged a pioneering path across the decades in helping achieve rights and equality for LGBT individuals and communities in diverse geographies and sociocultural environments from Europe to Asia and the Pacific,' said a statement from the organization he helped found, Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM).

A famous far-right historian and anti-gay marriage activist has shot himself inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, at around 4pm local time today (21 May).

Dominique Venner, 78, committed suicide in front of several tourists in the renowned French temple of Christianity.

Police confirmed the suicide, but Venner’s reasons are still unknown.

The cathedral was also evacuated. A letter was found on Venner’s body, but its content has not been revealed.

Gays marrying will lead to a lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial insemination, a former Tory chairman has warned.

Lord Tebbit, 82, also told the Big Issue magazine the legislation in England and Wales could also allow him to marry his son to escape inheritance tax.

A pub landlord is furious after he was fired five months after he decided to turn a ‘thriving’ pub gay.

James Iannone, 37, moved into the Grinning Rat in Ipswich, in Suffolk, England, after taking on the running of the pub in January.

The pub chain has now told him he has to leave as they had hired a new landlord, the Ipswich Star reported.

A transgender woman is recovering in hospital in Hobart, Tasmania after she had a heart attack on the football pitch.

Martine Delaney is a reserve striker for Tilford Zebras' women's team who play in the state's women's league.

Delaney, 55, was saved by teammate Kate Chambers who performed CPR at the KGV Oval in Glenorchy.

An 18 year old Florida schoolgirl is being treated like a pedophile after the parents of her 15 year old girlfriend went to school authorities and the police.

Sebastian River High School student Kaitlyn Hunt was charged with two felony counts of ‘lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 – 16 years of age’ in February over her consensual relationship with her unnamed girlfriend who was a member of the same school basketball team.