When Madonna performed in St Petersburg last week, she told fans at her MDNA concert to ‘show your love and appreciation to the gay community.'

She then added: 'We want to fight for the right to be free.'

Now a group of 10 anti-gay Russian activists want her to pay. They filed a $10 million lawsuit in a St Petersburg court on Friday (17 August) against the singer. They claim she insulted their feelings by flouting a city law adopted in March that imposes fines for spreading homosexual 'propaganda.'

Madonna will be prosecuted for speaking out for gay rights during her concert in St Petersburg last night (9 August).

The Material Girl faces a fine of 5,000 Rubles ($156) after telling fans at her MDNA gig to ‘show your love and appreciation to the gay community.’

‘We want to fight for the right to be free,’ she added.

The organizers of the queen of pop’s world tour could also be ordered to pay up to 500,000 Rubles ($15,700), according to the Gay Russia website.

Lesbian singer from the Gossip has told a German magazine that she wants to write a song for Madonna - and to offer her some fashion advice.

‘I really want to do that [write a song for Madonna]!’ Ditto said, as reported by Yahoo!

‘And while I'm on it I would like to style her too.’

Pink wristbands will be available during Madonna’s concert in St Petersburg today (9 August), to show support for the city’s persecuted LGBT community.

Gay Star News is getting ready for the fifth annual Pink Lake and we are hoping the promise of non-stop parties, sunshine and crystal clear waters will make you want to join us.

We’ll be heading into the mountains of southern Austria from 23 to 26 August for an extended weekend by the 17km long Lake Woerthersee, next to the borders of Italy and Slovenia.

Weather forecasters promise sun-fueled 30C temperatures on land and, even more surprisingly, 26C warmth in the water.

Pop star Jennifer Lopez is suing US magazines for claiming her dancer boyfriend Casper Smart was spotted at a gay sex club.

In its report, Star Magazine included photographs of Smart outside a peep show in New York and claimed it was a ‘well-known cruising spot’ or gay men.

In Touch also ran a similar story, saying he was ‘caught’ with an ‘exotic masseuse’ the day before J-Lo’s birthday.

A Welsh footballer has sparked outrage after allegedly tweeting homophobic abuse about Olympic divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield.

Port Talbot Town Football Club midfielder Daniel Thomas denied posting the offensive comments on Twitter following the athletes missing out on a medal in yesterday's 10 meter platform event in London.

In a statement, the football club claimed the tweet was a 'misguided prank' as a result of Thomas leaving his phone unattended.

Janet Jackson has announced her first venture into film production will be a documentary about transgender people around the world.

The star will executive produce the film called Truth, as well as conduct on-screen interviews, reported Q News.

In a statement, Jackson said: 'I've been fortunate to make friends and learn about very different lives.

A marriage equality video which shows a British soldier proposing to his boyfriend has been entered into a short film competition, voted for by the public.

The video from pro-gay campaign group Coalition for Equal Marriage went viral on YouTube when it was released in April and has now been viewed over 795,000 times.

The Sun newspaper has learnt one of Canadian pop star, Justin Bieber’s songs, was written about a gay love affair.

Justin Bieber recorded the track, Bigger, for his debut record, My World in 2009.

A lesbian is hoping to persuade her English town to use a pink Olympic torch to raise awareness of gay rights.

Lorna McArdle, 43, will be Reading's first torchbearer on 10 July as it makes it way around British towns and cities, local newspaper Get Reading reports.

She hopes a sea of pink clothing and decorations will greet the flame when it comes to southern English borough.

McArdle, former chairwoman of Reading Pride, says her aim is to help bring a new diversity and acceptance of sexuality within the community of Reading.

US President Barack Obama was into the fourth year of his term before he publicly endorsed gay marriage.

But if Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine were the nation's chief executive, it would only take a single day.

Levine, promoting his group's new album Overexposed, was asked by MTV what he would do if he were president for a day.

'First I'd make gay marriage legal because that's just archaic and ridiculous,' he said. 'That's the first thing I would do. If I'm only going to be be president for a day, you gotta get in and out and make some changes.'