The American figure skating champion Johnny Weir has reportedly been rejected from the Stars on Ice Tour because he is not deemed "family friendly".

Australia may have made gender history this week, as the New South Wales government lays claim to being the first in the world to recognise an individual’s sex as officially “not specified”.

Cuba has begun paying for trans men and women to have gender reassignment surgery.

SWEDEN is home to the most bisexual women in the world, Brazilians last longest in bed and New Zealand women are the most promiscuous.

A Mississippi high school senior has filed suit to get the school's prom reinstated after officials canceled it because the young woman, an open lesbian, asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

An anti-gay California senator was arrested last week on suspicion of drunk driving after visiting a gay bar.

HUNDREDS of couple could flood to Cyprus every year if Cyprus legalises same-sex marriages, boosting the economy in the process, a gay rights campaigner said yesterday.

Thousands of people took part in a raucous gay pride march Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa's gay capital, pressing for more tolerance in Africa, one of the world's most homophobic regions. Men, women and children joined the parade featuring floats and pounding 1970s disco music. They held up banners saying "Your hate won't make me straight," "I was born gay," "Jesus says 'love your neighbour'," and "Hate is unAfrican."

A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry comes into effect on Thursday in Mexico City.

The Vatican has been hit by a gay sex scandal after allegations that a chorister had procured male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting. The chorister, 29-year-old Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, was sacked after police heard him talking on a wiretap to Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness. Papal gentlemen-in-waiting are called upon to act as ushers at the Vatican for major occasions.