LGBT News

Play fantasy football with the gay girls

July 27, 2008 - 6:35am

Come and join The Gay Girls Guide Premier League Fantasy Football League. It's completely free to play and it's great fun.

We had a big league last year, let's make this years even better....even if you don't know anything about football, come along and play for the craic!

First gay rights march in New Delhi

July 4, 2008 - 7:03am

Gays, lesbians and transgender people gathered in the central Connaught Place area in what was the country's largest ever display of gay pride.

Activists also marched in the cities of Calcutta, which has seen similar events in the past, and Bangalore.

After 55 years lesbian pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin marry in San Francisco

June 29, 2008 - 6:26am

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, founders of the first national lesbian organization the Daughters of Bilitis, were the first couple married in San Francisco City Hall after the state's Supreme Court decision granted lesbian and gay couples the constitutional right to marry.

Tel Aviv's first gay community center opens its doors

June 15, 2008 - 11:16am

After decades as the home of the "Workers' children's school" serving the children of the Labor Party elite, and later a local high school, the building is now home to Tel Aviv's first-ever Gay and Lesbian community center.

Amnesty International calling on European governments to make Prides safe

June 14, 2008 - 8:46am

Amnesty campaigns for the rights of LGBT people to be free from physical and verbal attacks and threats, free to assemble and organise events and adequately protected by law enforcement officials.

Among the examples of discrimination and violence faced by Pride events: