A gay hairdresser will be jailed for two and a half years for stabbing a man with scissors after he taunted him over his sexuality.

Lee Howett, 26, who lives in Essex, England, stabbed the man in the shoulder with his hairdressing scissors at Basildon train station.

The incident took place at around 11.15pm on 24 June, The Daily Mail reports.

Addressing the defendant, Judge David Owen Jones said: 'It may be and I accept it probably was the case that one of the young men made a homophobic comment towards you.

With both a top 10 album and single under his belt, Marcus Collins has more than proved his right as an X Factor finalist.

His thousands of adoring fans, dubbed Colinators, may sound sinister, but have carried the former hairdresser from the salon to national stardom, voting him into second place on the UK version of Simon Cowell's TV singing contest.

Now the Liverpool-born singer is returning home, headlining the city's pride festival on Saturday (4 August).

British former glamour model turned bodybuilder Jodie Marsh would ‘go back’ to being a lesbian to find love.

Admitting her new muscular physique may not be a hit with the men, she was quick to say women have been showering her with date offers.

Speaking with The Sun, Marsh said: ‘Girls love my body. I’ve got a lot of lesbian followers who tell me I’m hot.

‘In fact, I’ve had a lot of marriage proposals from women!’

A Welsh rugby fan who claims he turned gay after a stroke is the subject of a documentary on British television tonight (17 April).

I Woke Up Gay, on BBC Three at 9pm, tells the story of 27-year-old Chris Birch from Wales, who, says that after a freak accident in 2011, he underwent an incredible transformation from 19-stone lager lout to slim, well-groomed gay hairdresser.

Gay Filipino celebrity hairdresser Ricky Reyes who has a chain of salons across The Philippines and a TV show is almost as famous for his philanthropy as his scissor skills. He set up a vocational school, led a team of volunteers when a typhoon The Philippines in 2009 and, as reported this week, Child Haus, his home for children with cancer has cared for 8,000 children in eight years.

Mr Gay UK winner Samuel Kneen has shown he’s beautiful on the inside as well by donating part of his prize money to charity.

The Welsh heartthrob, who was crowned this year’s champion at the gay male beauty contest, gave a portion of his £2,000 winnings to The Terence Higgins Trust (THT) in support of a friend living with HIV.

‘It was traumatic seeing what my friend went through,’ the 22-year-old hairdresser told Gay Star News.

Vera Jadoonanan spent Christmas in a British jail after being found guilty of being in a sham marriage with her gay hairdresser who she had paid to become her husband.

Jadoonanan, a native of Trinidad, had been in the United Kingdom on a two-year student visa but wanted to stay in the country indefinitely.

Authorities said she married the hairdresser in 2006 and agreed to pay him £10,000 (about $5,000).

Gay hairdresser Marcus Collins has come second in the final of British singing talent contest the X Factor, beaten by girl group Little Mix.

The openly gay 23-year-old from Liverpool made it to the final vote after he and Little Mix won the first part of the TV final last night, knocking out soloist Amelia Lily.

The live final was held at London’s enormous Wembley Arena and broadcast on ITV. The prize is a record contract.

Soloist Collins’ songs for the final vote were Higher and Higher and George Michael’s last Christmas.