Singapore often makes Gay Star News headlines - about a judge ruling against repealing a colonial-era law that criminalizes gay sex or a pastor preaching against homosexuality at an evangelical 'mega church' conference - but how does that feel for the LGBT people who live there?

A 12-year-old boy in Singapore has made an articulate response to bullies who have been calling him gay slurs over the past few months, online and in school.

Theo Chen, who likes making fun music videos and posting on YouTube, directly addressed the bullies in a video, telling them 'think about what you're saying'.

To answer gossip from his 'friends' about whether he is gay or not, Chen says:

Former High Court judge and vocal gay rights advocate Michael Kirby spoke about discrimination against minority groups in Australia at a gathering for gay and lesbian business people in Brisbane last night.

Kurdish men from the Marivan County in the Kurdistan province of Iran have launched a cross-dressing campaign to redress outmoded concepts of masculinity and femininity.

Over the last week, over 150 Kurdish men have posted photographs of themselves in women’s clothing to campaign against the sexist nature of a court sentence which led to the public humiliation of a man by dressing him in women’s clothing.

A transgender male has given birth to a child in Chile, in what is believed to be the first such publicly known case for the Latin American country.

Originally born a woman, the individual who goes by the fictitious name of ‘Matthew’ for news interviews, was allowed by a judge to keep female reproductive organs while re-registering as a male.

According to Matthew, the pregnancy was not planned.

Hawaii has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple who was turned away from a bed & breakfast.

Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford from southern California filed a lawsuit against Aloha bed and breakfast after its owner Phyllis Young turned them away in 2007.

The couple had tried to get a room in the east Honolulu bed and breakfast while on a trip to visit a close friend.

After explaining to Young they would only need one bed, the couple were told they could not stay in the bed and breakfast because of her religious views.

A 35-year-old man, named Hashiru Usman, has been sentenced to 9 months imprisonment by a court in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

Usman was sentenced midweek after he had pleaded guilty having gay sex with what the Nigerian media termed ‘a boy’, although activists have the challenged the manner the use of the reports’ wordings.

A gay couple in Singapore who took their government to court over a law that criminalizes sex between men have said the High Court judge's decision to uphold the ban is 'disheartening'.

'We are disappointed that the High Court ruled against us and upheld s377A,' said Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee in a statement.

'Having been together for 15 years, it is disheartening that we are criminals in the eyes of the law because of a segment of society that will not live and let live, but insist on pushing their version of religion and morality on us.'

British television producer and personality Simon Cowell has insisted he could not care less if people think he is gay.

The 53-year-old X Factor judge said he was happily single, and did not mind when people constantly ask when he is coming out.

Speaking to the Radio Times, Cowell said: ‘If I was living 200 years ago in a coal mine, maybe, but I work in possibly the gayest industry in the world! Music and TV!

‘It would make no difference to my life or my career. A lot of my friends are gay, but I’m not and don’t even think that way any more.’

Lesbian asylum seekers in the UK are subjected to ignorant and inappropriate questions from judges based on western stereotypes of gay women, new research from the University of Southampton shows.

Dan Choi, who led the movement to end the US’s army ban on out gay soldiers, called, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT), has been fined $100 for chaining himself to the White House in 2010.

Choi, who stood on trial yesterday (28 March) was a lieutenant that was fired from the US Army after coming out on the Rachel Maddow Show.

He was then billed by the US Defense Department for $2,500 for failing to fulfill his military contract, which he is refusing to pay.

A Paraguayan gay couple demands the right to register their marriage in their country.

Thirty-year old Simon Cazal and 20-year-old Sergio López were married last year in Argentina, the first Latin American country to approve nationwide gay marriage.

However, Paraguay has no laws for same-sex marriage or civil unions.

As part of their first year anniversary, the couple asked yesterday (22 March) a judge in Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, to order civil registry officials to record their marriage.