Kurt Hummel is a popular gay character that broke through the Fox filter. But does his brand of Fox-approved homosexuality serve to reinforce stereotypes? Glee is too gay, it seems, for the editors of Vanity Fair's website, who apologised this week when a writer forgot where he was and used the word "fags" – in a postmodern, ironic way of course – to describe a recent episode of the hit US comedy series.

A Ugandan gay rights activist whose name was published on a list of the nation's "top homosexuals" was bludgeoned to death in his home near the capital, his lawyer said Thursday. A neighbor found David Kato dead and notified authorities, according to the lawyer, John Onyango. Kato's money and some clothes were missing after the attack, Onyango said. It was unclear whether Kato's killing was linked to his gay rights activism or a front-page story in a Ugandan tabloid that reignited anti-gay sentiments late last year.

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ironically-named airline P.C. Air claims it's the first in the world to hire openly transsexual flight attendants. When the airline begins flying Asian routes in April, four transsexual people will be among the 30-person cabin crew, Forbes reports. Though Thailand is tolerant of transvestites and transsexuals, who are known as "katoeys" or "ladyboys," they often have difficulty finding jobs outside of the entertainment and beauty industries. Company president Peter Chan, a former flight attendant himself, says, "I think it's time for the Thai society to be more open and support freedom of all sexes."

Same-sex couples will be allowed to hold civil-partnership ceremonies in churches under new laws to be unveiled this week in Britain.

THE first initial study on homosexuality in Brunei carried out by Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) revealed the existence of underground gay clubs for men with some paying as much as $400 for a sexual relations with another man. The working paper, titled "Gay in Brunei Darussalam: An initial observation" was presented during the National Seminar on Social Issues yesterday by two researchers at the Academy of Brunei Studies (APB), UBD, Pg Khairul Rijal Pg Hj Abdul Rahim and Zulhilmi Hj Jaidin.

Around midnight, upstairs in a small club on Avenue of the Americas, the pitch-black dance floor resounded with the rapid stomps and warbling, high-energy cries of the dabke, an Arab folk dance performed at weddings and other celebrations. When the strobe lights flashed, they revealed a sea of raised hands. A man in the crowd removed his kaffiyeh, the traditional headdress worn by some Arab and Kurdish men, and whipped it around in the air.

The first gay museum in the United States opened officially on Thursday in San Francisco's famed Castro District. The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Museum had a "soft opening" a day early, with founders cautioning that a few pieces had yet to be completed.

I don't know the orgins of being gay. I know it's been around sence the begining of time. I have no problem with being gay. Its just I'm tired of being treated like I'm some freak. I'm not a starotype of a gay person. I have no problem with any type of gays. Belive it or not their are alot of different groups.

A World War II British war hero. A man who helped the Allies to victory by using his mathematical genius to create a machine called the Bombe, which, in turn, enabled the British government to crack the secrets of the German Enigma code. Alan Turing was his name. But he wasn't treated as a hero at all.

Victoria’s first gay adoption opens a real can of worms. Last week an 11-year-old boy was placed in the care of two male homosexuals by the Victorian Commission for equal Opportunity and Human Rights. The boy, reportedly overjoyed at the decision, had been abused and neglected in his previous home. The homosexual pair had previously been fostering him. Says the Equal Opportunity Commissioner: it is too early to say whether the case sets a precedent.

Africa's gay community is increasingly under threat with many countries still criminalising homosexuality. It may have been the first time an African couple was arrested because they held an engagement party. In a part of the world where engagement and marriage are momentous occasions and a cornerstone of adulthood, the union of two men in Malawi last December, however, created an uproar that made headlines around the world.