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Hong Kong star says coming out should be personal choice
Gay icon Anthony Wong has called on the media to leave closeted figures alone and tackle the entrenched inequality in society instead 12 May 2012 | By Derek Yiu   Newly-out Hong Kong pop star Anthony Wong says fellow celebrities should be free to choose whether to declare their own…
Stonewalled: Gay men and women of Middle Eastern background face troubles in Australia
Young gay men and women of Middle Eastern background face particular troubles in Australia – not in the streets, but behind the closed doors of their family homes. David Marr reports. "My brother has a gay son. He came to me black and blue. The father, the sister and the…
Mr Gay World comes to Africa
By DONNA BRYSON, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — After Mr. Gay Ethiopia entered the Mr. Gay World contest, his father cut off all communications. Mr. Gay Zimbabwe withdrew, fearing the publicity was making life difficult for his mother. But Mr. Gay Namibia's family accompanied him to the airport for a…
Psychiatrist requests retraction of controversial ‘gay cure’ study
April 11th 1020 - Stephen Gray Dr Robert Spitzer has said he would like to retract a study he conducted on the result of ‘gay cure’ therapy which has been used to claim that some gay people are able to turn straight. In 2001, Dr Spitzer presented the controversial paper…
LGBT content in video games: here come the old bullies
April 11th 2012 - Dennis Farr "This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment." These are the words of Jeff Brown, the VP of corporate communications of video games company EA, given to Gamesindustry International when asked about the letter campaign that has targeted the LGBT content…