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April 22, 2013
Seven quick ways to save the world on Earth Day 2013

In honor of Earth Day, GSN suggests some of the ways in which you can reduce your carbon footprint

1 Recycle your e-waste

Instead of leaving old electronic devices to get dusty in the corner, you can make money off of them while de-cluttering your living space and saving the planet at the same time.

Websites like Cash in Your Gadgets offer e-waste recycling.

2 Turn off the lights

Even if it’s just for an hour a week, turning off your lights can help to reduce the amount of energy used in your household significantly.

March 19, 2013
Man victim of robbery and male rape in Manchester

A 21-year-old man was left 'devastated' after being attacked by a man in the northern English city's center

A young man was robbed and raped in Manchester city center on 16 March.

The 21-year-old victim was walking home at around 3am when a man threatened him with a bottle, demanding his mobile phone and cash. 

After giving away his valuables, in the busy area near London Road, Piccadilly, the man was then raped.

Manchester Police Detective Inspector Damian Simpson said the 21-year-old was left ‘devastated’ by this attack.

December 14, 2012
Brazil teen strangles 'vermin' student who wanted gay kiss

A 15-year-old strangled to death a student, in Campo Grande, Brazil, stating: ‘for me, gays are vermin’. Friend joined murder plot

Two teens have been arrested in connection with the murder of Lawrence Corrêa Biancão, a 20 year-old student, in Campo Grande, in the south west of Brazil.

The two confessed to the crime and stated that their motivation was theft and homophobia.

‘He wanted to kiss me and I wanted to kill him’, declared the boy who killed Biancão to daily Campo Grande News.

December 4, 2012
NYPD come out in force with It Gets Better video

The New York Police Department cops tell gay kids It Gets Better in video for the Trevor Project

New York police have spoken about the difficulties they had growing up and coming out gay, but assured other kids in the same position, It Gets Better.

The NYPD joined countless vloggers and public figures like Pixar, Disney, President Obama and Adam Lambert who have recorded an It Gets Better video for The Trevor Project.

The project founded in 1998 aims to provide Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBT teens whilst the video series reminds teens of the light at the end of the tunnel.

November 7, 2012
Thugs break teen's ribs in suspected anti-gay attack

Police have released CCTV images of two men they are searching for in connection with the beating of a 19-year-old student in Plymouth, England

A teenager was left with two broken ribs after a suspected homophobic attack in Plymouth, England.

The 19-year-old student and his friend were leaving the Dog and Duck pub in Mutley Plain at around 3.10am on October 6 when a man began hurling anti-gay abuse at him.

After calling him a 'fag' and 'batty boy' he was hit violently on the head.

Detective Constable Louise Steele, of the Plymouth Diverse Communities Team, said the victim's friend tried to protect him as two attackers kicked the teenager while he lay on the ground.

August 17, 2012
Heathrow Airport hotel worker gets life for double murder

UK receptionist murdered hetrosexual man he had 'developed a crush on'

A male Heathrow Airport hotel worker who murdered a hetrosexual man he had ‘developed a crush on’ has been jailed for 26 years.

Atilla Ban, a receptionist at Heathrow Airport's Radisson Edwardian Hotel, murdered colleagues Tibor Vass and Alice Adams in August 2011 before hiding in the divan bed that Vass’s body was found lying on.

Ban, 32, evaded police detection throughout the investigation.

June 28, 2012
Lesbian TV star Heather Peace blasts Catholic extremists over gay marriage

BBC Lip Service star Peace says Catholic stance is ‘embarrassing’ and she wouldn’t want to marry in church

Heather Peace, star of lesbian BBC TV drama Lip Service, has labeled the Catholic Church’s opposition to gay marriage as ‘embarrassing’.

Peace, 36, who is engaged to her partner Ellie, said she doesn’t want to get married in a church but was ‘ferocious’ for same-sex marriage equality.

The English actress plays gay police detective Sam Murray in the BBC3 drama about 30-something lesbians living in Glasgow, Scotland.

June 6, 2012
South African activists turn detective to solve eight gay murders

OUT Well-Being investigating ‘serial killer’ murders in Gauteng Province after police fail to solve mystery

Gay campaigners in South Africa have turned into sleuths to help solve the mystery of a series of murders of gay men in Gauteng Province.

The string of killings began with the killing of Manolis Veloudos in April 2010. Seven more gay men were killed under similar circumstances, culminating with the murder of Rulov Seneval in February 2012.

March 5, 2012
Lesbian court battle could redefine law on sperm, egg donors

Feuding lesbians in Florida spark global debate on motherhood

A lesbian who took the biological daughter of her partner to Australia has sparked a global debate on the question of motherhood and egg donors.

The American women, known only in the court papers as their initials, are both in their 30s and were police officers in Florida.

One partner donated an egg that was fertilized and implanted in the other, who gave birth in 2004, nine years into their relationship.

The couple separated two years later, and the birth mother eventually left without a trace taking the child with her.