This mystery photo is at least a year old but now its message has gone viral.

It spells out some of the most damaging costs to LGBT youth as a result of homophobia and intolerance.

The photo was reposted in response to President Obama’s appearance on the American daytime chat show The View on 15 May, where he confirmed his support for gay marriage.

One of the young people's placards reads: 'I found death threats in my locker.'

While another reveals: 'I am afraid to hold my boyfriend's hand.'

Wanda Sykes was late arriving to the An Evening With Women benefit in Beverly Hills on Saturday because she spilled red wine on her blouse.

Then when she took the stage to perform some stand-up, she was jokingly irritated by everything from the smoke machine to the interpreter for the hearing impaired audience members.

Then the band scheduled to go on after her was tuning up behind the curtain of the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel while Sykes was on stage and she got really irritated - and it was no joke.

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival opens on Wednesday and will show 120 films from 30 countries over five days at two venues.

Highlights of the recently announced schedule include Rites of Passage, about an Indian woman in the US having gender realignment surgery, We Are Outsiders, about the traditional Indian Hijra (transgender) community and Family Khusreyan Di, a mainstream comedy in which a Hijra saves a village.

Ukrainian capital's first ever gay pride was cancelled yesterday amid fears of attacks from far right thugs.

Police advised pride organizers to abandon the march through the center of Kiev just 30 minutes before it was due to start, claiming 500 ultra-right football hooligans were en route to the rally point with the intention of preventing the event from going ahead.

Two activists were beaten up and tear gassed by a dozen youths in central Kiev after those already gathered for the march were evacuated with police escort.

AIDS-panicked New York and the darkest hour for gay people in Uganda are both profiled in a documentary film festival in north east England.

Now in its 19th year, the internationally acclaimed Sheffield Doc/Fest will be taking over the screens of Sheffield city centre for five days in June.

The festival will include 83 feature documentaries, 10 outdoor screenings and 27 shorts. Many films will be followed by a question and answer session by the filmmaker.

This years program features three films about gay culture, including one European premiere.

A lesbian couple in Colorado who say they were victims of a hate crime have been charged after police were determined they staged the incidents.

Last October the two American women called the police and said ‘Kill The Gay’ had been scrawled in red paint on the front of their house.

The next day, the couple said they discovered a noose hanging on the handle from their front door.

One of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes is: ‘...the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.’

The reportedly only LGBT political party in the world has attempted once again to win seats in the Filipino mid-term polls next May.

As Ang Ladlad filed its petition for accreditation yesterday (18 May), Danton Remoto, chair emeritus for the party-list group whose name means 'coming out', revealed he is also negotiating with two or three parties for a slot in their senatorial slate, reported the Inquirer News.

Moscow under its new mayor has refused to sanction a gay pride in the city for the seventh year in a row.

This comes after several dozen neo-Nazis attacked IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) rally participants in St. Petersburg on Thursday (17 May).

LGBT activists, however, are unfazed by the growing hostility towards homosexuality in the country and vow to proceed with the parade in Moscow, scheduled for 27 May.

Pride London, who are this years host of World Pride, have confirmed the first details of the festival.

A string of cultural and campaigning events are happening in the run up to parade day on 7 July.

Beginning with the Opening Ceremony in Soho on 17 June, the festival aims to celebrate the cultural diversity of the global LGBT community.

The central theme of the whole fortnight will be to call for the global decriminalization of homosexuality, especially within Britain’s Commonwealth.

World Pride organizers say Hillary Clinton's formal acceptance of a gay rights award sends a 'powerful' and 'poignant' message to the world as four men in Iran await execution for sodomy.

Pride London and global LGBT organization Kaleidoscope Trust will honor the US Secretary of State with the World LGBT Award at a star-studded black tie dinner in the British capital for World Pride on 5 July.