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April 29, 2013
Paul O'Grady calls David Cameron 'Sheriff of Nottingham' over bedroom tax

Gay comic has said the UK Prime Minister David Cameron steals from the poor to give to the rich

Gay chat show host and author Paul O'Grady has likened David Cameron to the 'Sheriff of Nottingham', as he robs from the poor to give to the rich.

The English comic said the British government was bleeding the people dry, attacking the much lambasted 'bedroom tax'.

The tax, aimed at cutting housing benefits for people with one spare bedroom in their property, has already triggered mass demonstrations across the country.

April 19, 2013
Trans Vietnam Idol finalist stars in 'Normalize Condoms' campaign

Huong Giang wears dress made of 2,000 condoms as part of publicity campaign funded by USAID

Transgender Vietnam Idol finalist Huong Giang is the latest celebrity to wear a dress made of 2,000 condoms for a safe sex campaign.

Giang told Tuoitre News Vietnam she is happy for her name to be associated with condom-use and wants to send the public, particularly young people, a message about safe sex.

March 13, 2013
Ecuador preacher punished for calling gay people ‘sinners’

Former presidential candidate Nelson Zavala is appealing after he violated the electoral code by discriminating against LGBT peopel

A former Ecuadorean presidential candidate Nelson Zavala is appealing his charges after he was fined for calling gay people ‘sinners’.

Nelson Zavala, an evangelical preacher who says he can ‘cure’ gay people, has had his political rights suspended for a year and fined for his homophobic fines.

The ruling bars Zavala from standing as a candidate, or being involved with a political party or movement.

He was also fined $3,000 (€2,300).

March 11, 2013
Anti-gay German mayor loses seat to gay candidate

Sven Gerich, of the pro-same-sex marriage party Social Democratic Party, won with a small majority of 50.8%

An anti-gay German mayor has lost his seat to openly gay candidate Sven Gerich, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

In a nail-biting election deciding the mayor of Wiesbaden in Hesse, Gerich won with 50.8% of the vote over the incumbent Helmut Müller’s 49.2%.

Müller, of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party who opposes same-sex marriage, has been mayor of Wiesbaden since 2007. Just two weeks before, preliminary results showed Müller had been leading with the vote.

February 22, 2013
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa apologizes to LGBT people for 'fag' comment

'Our commitment is to defend everyone's dignity and equality'

Rafael Correa, elected to a third term as president of Ecuador this week, made a public apology to his country's LGBT citizens for past comments he has made about them.

Correa had spoken out against gay marriage in the past and had used inappropriate words offensive to LGBT groups last summer.

February 22, 2013
Vietnamese government halts reversal of gender recognition

Government steps in to stop local authority from reversing recognition of intersex person's gender

Vietnam's Ministry of Justice has ordered the local government in Binh Phuoc province to halt their decision to reverse their recognition of intersex teacher Pham Le Quynh Tram's gender.

The halt was demanded while the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health wait for Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's decision on the matter, Tuoitre News reports.

February 7, 2013
Diane Rodriguez could become South America's first trans legislator

If elected, the 30 year-old LGBT rights activist and psychology student could become the first transgender individual in Ecuador's Congress, and South America's first trans lawmaker

Ecuador could receive its first transgender lawmaker this month.

Diane Rodriguez, a psychology student and trans rights activist in her home town of Guayaquil, is vying for a Congressional seat in the leftist Ruptura 25 party during the presidential and parliamentary elections held on 17 February (Sunday).

If elected, it is believed Rodriguez would be the first transgender individual to hold public office in Ecuador, where 85% of the population identifies as Catholic. It is thought she would also be the first openly transgender lawmaker in South America.

January 28, 2013
Vietnamese intersex woman 'deeply shocked' at decision to revoke gender recognition

Pham Le Quynh Tram says she will appeal authorities' decision to revoke legal recognition of her female gender

An intersex woman in Vietnam who successfully lobbied authorities to change her legally recognized gender from male to female in 2009, is 'deeply shocked' over an announcement last week that the decision will be revoked.

January 11, 2013
2,000 visit same-sex love photo exhibition in Hanoi

Exhibition is latest success in equal rights group iSEE's work supporting LGBT people in Vietnam

A photography exhibition celebrating same-sex love has attracted thousands of visitors in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The exhibition entitled Open - Equal - Love features work by Vietnamese photographer Maika Elan (see some of her photographs on a New York Times blog) and was organized by Vietnamese LGBT rights campaigners Institute of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE).

December 27, 2012
Gay man killed and chopped into pieces in Vietnam

Two men arrested for murder of 26-year-old in southern Dong Nai province, in a suspected money dispute

Two men have been arrested for the murder of a gay man in Vietnam who was reportedly killed and chopped into pieces.

According to the country's Tuổi Trẻ newspaper, 23-year-old Tran Tu Dien, of Bac Lieu province, and Ngo Van Tam, 20, of Tra Vinh province, were arrested by police in southern Dong Nai province yesterday (26 December).

May 22, 2012
Cuba's first daughter meets LGBT leaders in San Francisco

Gay rights activist Mariela Castro has been granted a visa to visit the US, sparking fury among some Cuban-American lawmakers 

Mariela Castro will meet with leaders and members of the LGBT community in San Francisco this week.

The daughter of current president Raul Castro and niece of former president Fidel Castro is scheduled to be interviewed at the San Francisco LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street on Wednesday (23 May) from 6pm to 7:30pm Pacific Time.

March 13, 2012
Ricky Martin to play Che in Evita

Gay Grammy winner will portray ‘everyman’, not the revolutionary

Out Latin pop singer and actor Ricky Martin will play the role of Che in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita.

The production is scheduled began previews on 12 March with an official opening 5 April at the Marquis Theatre in New York City.

Last year, a group of Cuban exiles in Miami protested Martin’s casting for the role of Che. The group, Vigilia Mambisa, is known for boycotting any musical artists that would perform in Cuba.