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May 21, 2013
Michael Douglas as gay Liberace named his 'greatest performance'

Following its screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Behind the Candelabra, the gay Liberace biopic has received nothing but praise

Michael Douglas performance as Liberace is being named is greatest ever perforamance.

Douglas, who stars in Behind The Candelabra with fellow Hollywood actor Matt Damon, is being applauded by the critics.

The Telegraph's Robbie Collin regards Michael Douglas’ extraordinary portrayal of Liberace as 'one of the greatest performance the actor has ever given.'

May 17, 2013
Daniel Radcliffe had ‘step-by-step instructions’ on gay sex

While shooting his new film Kill Your Darlings, the 'Harry Potter' star reveals he did not stay a novice for long

Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he was given ‘step-by-step instructions’ in filming a gay sex scene.

The ‘Harry Potter’ actor will play famed American poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings.

Speaking to Graham Norton on BBC1, he said: ‘I was doing a gay sex scene and the director (John Krokidas) was giving step-by-step instructions.

‘And the favorite note I have ever had was when we were kissing and the director shouted, “Not like that. Crazy sex kissing!”

May 17, 2013
Indian TV show talks about gay roles in Bollywood

On the release of Bombay Talkies featuring gay characters movie talkshow The Front Row with Anupama Chopra discusses portrayal of gay characters in Indian cinema

Indian film talkshow The Front Row with Anupama Chopra discusses alternative sexuality in Bollywood this week.

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival director Sridhar Rangayan, openly gay filmmaker Onir, director Karan Johar and actors Randeep Hooda and Saqib Saleem were guests on the show, broadcasting tonight at 8.30pm.

The guests discuss the recently released Bombay Talkies, an anthology of four short films including one, directed by Johar about a gay relationship.

May 15, 2013
Indian gay film festival invites Iris Prize to join jury

Iris director Berwyn Rowlands says he is delighted to join the acclaimed representatives of LGBT film at the Kashish festival in Mumbai

India’s premier LGBT film festival has invited the director of Cardiff’s Iris Prize festival to take part in judging this year’s films.

Berwyn Rowlands will sit on the five strong jury at Kashish – also known as the Mumbai Queer Film Festival. It will be held from 22 to 26 May.

May 14, 2013
Gay Indian film-maker Onir clashes with fellow director over Hamlet

Onir says he is 'very disappointed' fellow director Tigmanshu Dhulia didn't call him to say he's making his own version of Hamlet

Indian film director Onir said he would be 'very disappointed' if fellow film-maker Tigmanshu Dhulia goes ahead with his version of Hamlet.

Onir announced three years ago that he plans to make an Indian film version of Hamlet called Vedaa, and he is upset Dhulia is going ahead with his own version.

'As a colleague and a fellow-filmmaker I’d at least expect him to speak to me about it,' said Onir, DNA India reports.

May 13, 2013
Bristol to host Europe's largest gay rugby event

Gay rugby tournament the Union Cup 2013 will see 550 players from over 20 teams compete in Bristol, pumping £25,000 into the local economy

Bristol, UK will be hosting Europe’s biggest gay rugby tournament, the Union Cup 2013 on 23 – 26 May.

This year 550 gay rugby players from teams including Stockholm, Berlin, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Dublin will travel to Bristol to compete, bringing an estimated £25,000 to the city's local economy.

Tournament director David Arid said: ‘The idea of a gay and gay-friendly rugby club is to provide an accepting environment in which players can develop their sporting potential without fear of prejudice.

May 11, 2013
American Family Association spokesman refuses to say whether he has same-sex attractions

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association has refused to comment on whether he has ever experienced same-sex attraction in a live radio interview

American Family Association issues analysis director Bryan Fischer has refused to comment on whether he had ever felt sexually attracted to another man.

Fischer was speaking on The Alan Colmes show on Fox News Radio about his belief that homosexuality is a choice and Colmes asked him when he chose to be heterosexual.

‘Have you ever had a gay impulse?’ Colmes asked Fischer.

‘I am not going to talk about that,’ Fischer said.

‘I’m not going to go there. Give it a rest.’

May 10, 2013
Veteran activist to lead Birmingham Pride gay marriage parade

Support same-sex marriage at Birmingham’s equal love-themed parade in the Midlands of England

Veteran LGBT human rights activist and gay marriage campaigner Peter Tatchell will be leading Britain's Birmingham Pride Parade on 25 May.

The parade is supporting the pending same-sex marriage bill, to legalize gay marriage in England and Wales, due to resume its progress through parliament on 20 May.

May 10, 2013
X Factor’s Lloyd Daniels strips off for naked gay comedy

British singer Lloyd Daniels turns to acting and gets his kit off for gay lust and love production, and admits he wants to be a naturist

Former British X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels is stripping off for an acting job on sell-out gay comedy play Up 4 A Meet?.

And the boy next door who won gay and straight hearts whena appearing on the talent show has confessed he would like to be a naturist.

The 20-year-old singer, who is a regular performer at London's top LGBT nightclub G-A-Y, will play gay dating app user Scott in the production.

May 8, 2013
Indian director: Gay kiss in Bollywood film 'stunned audiences'

Director Dibakar Bannerjee says he has had the time of his life making the LGBT friendly anthology film

The director of a new Indian anthology film has praised Karan Johar for choosing to break the mould and show a gay kiss in a Bollywood film. 

Director Dibakar Bannerjee has made the eagerly awaited Bombay Talkies, made up of four short films celebrating 100 years of Bollywood cinema.

‘I am too close to my own work to judge its value,’ Bannerjee told Business of Cinema.

‘But my favourite film of the omnibus is Karan Johar’s. Not only has he yanked himself out of his comfort zone, he has made sure he has not compromised on the telling of his story.

May 6, 2013
New Zealand anti-gay-marriage group to lose charity status

'Groups that think differently to the prevailing politically correct view will be targeted in an attempt to shut them up,' says Family First NZ national director Bob McCoskrie

The most vocal opponent to marriage equality during the recent debate in New Zealand, Family First NZ, says it is going to be deregistered as a charity.

National director Boc McCoskrie said the Charities Commission has contacted him to say it intends to deregister his organization. He believes the decision is 'highly politicized'.

'[This is] grim evidence that groups that think differently to the prevailing politically correct view will be targeted in an attempt to shut them up,' McCoskrie said.

May 3, 2013
Dutch LGBT rights advocate says Japan is starting along path to gay marriage

Borris Dittrich, former Dutch MP and LGBT director for Human Rights Watch, said 'the start is happening now'

The man who helped make the Netherlands the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage in 2001 has said 'the start is happening now' for the same in Japan.

Borris Dittrich, former Dutch MP and LGBT director for Human Rights Watch said in an interview with the Japan Daily Press:

May 3, 2013
Paloma Faith, MKS and Alison Moyet join line-up for Brighton Pride

Mutya, Keisha and Siobahn will perform song by Emeli Sande. Stooshe, Lucy Spraggan and boybands also join acts for gay festival on Britain’s south coast

Paloma Faith and Mutya, Keisha and Siobahn (MKS) are among the acts confirmed today for Brighton Pride.

The LGBT park-based festival in Britain’s gayest seaside city is not until 3 August. But early entrants to the line-up are already being announced.

May 1, 2013
Niece of Cuba's Fidel Castro to be able to pick up gay rights award in Philadelphia after all

Mariela Castro had originally been denied visa to travel from NYC

The US State Department has changed course and will now allow the daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro to travel to Philadelphia this week to accept an award from The Equality Forum for her work on behalf of gay rights.

Mariela Castro, already in the US attending meetings in New York, is prevented as a Cuban diplomat from traveling more than 25 miles from the United Nations without permission.

April 26, 2013
First Gujarati film on gay issues released in India

Meghadhanushya - The Colour of Life, narrated by gay prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, is the first film in the language of west Indian state of Gujarat with a gay main character

The first film with a gay main character in the Gujarati language was released this week.

Meghadhanushya - The Colour of Life was premiered last night (Thursday 25 April) in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat state in west India.

'As a doctor, I have seen what gay people go through,' said the director of the film, former ayuvedic practioner K R Devamani, to Times of India.

April 26, 2013
Niece of Cuba's Fidel Castro denied permission to pick up gay rights award in Philadelphia

Equaity Forum calls the visa denial 'shocking'

The niece of retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been denied a visa by the US State Department to travel to Philadelphia to accept an award for her work on behalf of gay rights.

Mariela Castro, director of Cuba's National Center for Sex Education, is already in the US attending meetings in New York. But Cuban diplomats are prevented from traveling more than 25 miles from the United Nations without permission.

April 25, 2013
The black gay web series proving to be a real drama

In a new interview, the director of a LGBT web drama making waves online shares his opinion on the importance of representing London's diverse gay culture

The idea of a drama about black LGBT people living in east London would likely not have made it to TV. But the makers of In The Deep has started winning an audience after releasing the show as a web series. Only two episodes have been released online so far and it's proving a hit.

Juggling limited funds, the show’s creators have launched an Indiegogo campaign to support the filming of the rest of the series.

April 24, 2013
Bill Clinton shows up at Tribeca Film Festival to introduce documentary about gay marriage

Bridegroom directed by longtime Clinton friend Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Just three days after receiving the Advocate for Change prize at the GLAAD Media Award in Los Angeles, Bill Clinton turned up in New York to introduce the film Bridegroom at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The former president, close friends with the film's director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, spoke highly of the documentary that shines a light on how a lack of marital rights can compound the grief of a surviving spouse when the other one dies.

April 24, 2013
Gay director 'films 50 Shades of Grey sex scene with Alex Pettyfer'

Gus Van Sant, director of 'Milk', is reportedly bidding to direct the movie adaptation of the kinky literary phenomenon

Gay director Gus Van Sant has reportedly filmed a sex scene for Fifty Shades of Grey, despite not having been given the job.

According to The Wrap, the 60-year-old director cast 23-year-old Magic Mike actor Alex Pettyfer as the lead male character Christian Grey.

The scene reportedly filmed was when the female character Anastasia loses her virginity to the dominant Grey.

April 21, 2013
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The New Normal, Days of Our Lives win GLAAD Media Awards

Cloris Leachman also bids $8,000 to kiss Betty White during live auction

The Perks of Being a Wallflower  won best film and Raising Hope, American Horror Story and Days of Our Lives took home television prizes at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles Saturday (20 April)..

Wallflower writer-director Stephen Chbosky told the star-studded crowd, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Evans, that he wanted to make a movie that would make kids who felt different feel less alone.

April 19, 2013
Biggest ever line-up for Birmingham Gay Pride

JLS, Paloma Faith, Bananarama, Stooshe, A*M*E, Rylan Clark and Lucy Spraggan confirmed for LGBT pride in Midlands, England

Pop acts JLS, Paloma Faith and 1980s legends Bananarama will be headlining this year’s Birmingham Gay Pride Festival, organizers have announced.

Britain’s second city will hold its pride over the public holiday weekend of 25 and 26 May.

The 2013 pride line-up will also include girl chart group Stooshe, whose performance will include their monster smash hit Black Heart, and vocalist A*M*E, who features on the current number one-selling single Need U (100%).

April 15, 2013
Russia’s rail boss says: no gay rights, just shut up

Russian Railways director, Vladimir Yakunin, said gays should shut up as they have only one right - not to be beaten to death with sticks 

The head of Russian Railways, Valdimir Yakunin, said that the civil rights of LGBT people should be limited to ‘public morals’ and ‘common sense’.

He further said that the extent of ‘civil rights’ for gay people should limited so that they are not beaten with sticks to death, reported the portal GayRussia.

Otherwise, the company director called for ban the freedom of expression and family rights for gays and lesbians.

April 15, 2013
UK Prime Minister's gay marriage advisor quits

Andrew Cooper, who made gay marriage a top issue for the British government has resigned over a power dispute

The British government’s advisor on gay marriage has left his job after losing a power battle with a fellow strategist.

Andrew Cooper, founder of UK polling company Populus Ltd, resigned from his position as director of government strategy yesterday (14 April), the Daily Mail reports.

April 14, 2013
Ireland’s constitutional convention votes for gay marriage

Special convention overwhelmingly recommends to Ireland’s government to legalize marriage equality

Ireland’s constitutional convention has voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the country’s constitution to legalize gay marriage.

The 100 convention members casted their historic votes earlier today (14 April) in Dublin with 79 voting in favor of marriage equality, reported the Irish Times.

April 13, 2013
White Party attendees urged to get meningitis vaccine after West Hollywood lawyer dies

People who attended Palm Springs’ annual White Party in California this year have been urged to get vaccinated against meningitis after a young gay West Hollywood lawyer died of meningococcal disease just weeks after attending the party

West Hollywood city councilor John Duran is urging people who attended California's Palm Springs’ White Party over the Easter weekend to get vaccinated against meningitis after one of his constituents died from the disease.

Gay lawyer Brett Shaad, 31, (pictured) died at around 4.45pm yesterday after being taken off life support.

Shaad had fallen into a coma and become brain dead from the disease earlier in the week.

He had been one of around 10,000 people who had attended the popular gay circuit party which attracts party goers from across the US.