May 31:  Latvia:   Anti-Gay Group Tells Foreigners to Stay Away From Latvia For Pride ... But They Invite American Guest.  Foreign guests, please don’t come to Latvia for Riga Friendship Days and Gay Pride.  That is the message from the ‘No Pride’ group, who have not headed their own plea.
May 29:  Latvia:   Draft of Proposed Partnership Law to Include Gays Will Be Launched Friday at Riga Pride.  A draft new partnership law will a unveiled on Friday at a Riga Friendship Days and Gay Pride seminar.
May 29:  Portugal/Russia:   Portuguese Gay Group Slams Russia, the EU and Portugal’s PM Over Moscow Pride.  The Portuguese gay and lesbian group Panteras Rosa (Pink Panthers) today hit out against the Russian authorities after the weekend’s violence in Moscow during Gay Pride.
May 29:  UK/Russia:   European Union Must Impose Travel Ban on Moscow Mayor of Gay Pride Trouble – Greens.  The British Green Party has today called for a European Union travel ban on the Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, following violence in the streets of the capital on Sunday during Gay Pride – and heavy-handed police tactics which saw many arrests.
May 28:  USA/Russia:    Beach, or Beaten in Moscow?  Commentary by Sara Whitman.  I sat at the beach today, and wondered how many people thought Allan and I, with Zachary in tow, thought we were heterosexual.  Okay, Allan in his tiny Speedo and me in my giant one piece Speedo and, of course, gym shorts, were not exactly looking incredibly straight but the image was enough to bother me.  I had read this morning that over thirty gay activists had been arrested in Moscow.
May 28:  Russia:    Date For Next Year's Moscow Gay Pride Announced Tonight - May 31, 2008.  Within hours of being released by a Moscow Court after being arrested at yesterday’s “gay Pride” and kept in police custody overnight, Nikolai Alekseev had met with others on the Moscow Gay Pride Committee to discuss the future.
May 28:  UK/Russia:  London Mayor Appeals to Moscow For End of Gay Pride Ban.   Following yesterday’ violence against lesbian and gay rights demonstrators in Moscow – and the arrest of several of the demonstrators – the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has this morning written to his Moscow counterpart Mayor Luzhkov urging that no charges be brought against those who were demonstrating for lesbian and gay rights.
May 28:  Russia:  Gay Pride Organisers Alekseev and Two Others Await Court  – 15 Days In Prison Expected.  Nikolai Alekseev and two colleagues from Moscow Gay Pride are spending tonight in police custody at they await a court appearance later this morning.
May 28:  Russia:  Ahwazi Arabs Condemn Arrest of Gay Rights Demonstrators in Moscow.  Ahwazi Arab activists last night condemned the treatment of gay rights activist Peter Tatchell and other demonstrators in Moscow yesterday.
May 27:  Russia:  Peter Tatchell Speaks About His Experience of Gay Pride, the Assault and His Arrest.  Arrests and violent attacks marred today’s attempted Moscow Gay Pride march.  Fifteen to 20 marchers were arrested.  The organiser of Moscow Pride, Nikolai Alekseev, is being detained overnight at Moscow’s Tverskoi district police station, together with two prominent members of Russia’s Radical and Free Radical parties, Nikolai Khramov and Sergei Konstantinov.  British gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was one of several Gay Pride marchers who were beaten today by gangs of neo-Nazis, nationalist extremists and Russian Orthodox fundamentalists.
May 27:  Russia:  Arrested Gay Pride Activist Asks World for Help.  From inside the Tverskoye police station, where he is being detained, Nikolai Alekseev – one of the Moscow Gay Pride organisers and its spokesperson – has issued a statement asking for international support and for the immediate release of all the gays activists currently being held.
May 27:  Russia:   Moscow Gay Pride: Dispatches from the Front.  There was trouble in Moscow today when participants at Gay Pride,, led by a number of European politicians, tried to deliver a letter of protest to Mayor Yuri Luzhkov at City Hall.  Violence flared as they faced groups of neo-Facist thugs, religious groups, aggressive police and the OMON.  This is a "record" of the dispatches received by UK Gay News from many sources.
May 27:  Russia:  Tatchell at Moscow Gay Pride: We Are In This Fight Together.  Greetings!  I bring you a message of comradeship and solidarity from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex [LGBTI] human rights organizations OutRage! in London.  Your struggle is our struggle. This is the full text of Peter Tatchell's keynote speech to the Moscow Gay Pride Conference yesterday
May 27:  Russia:  Moscow Gay Pride 2006: Where Were the Human Rights Campaigners? The Same Question Can be Asked Today.  The following commentary by GayRussia.ru was written a year ago.  Has the situation changed?  The stark answer is: “Not really”.   Ludmila Alekseeva of the Moscow Helsinki Group and Lev Ponomarev of the Movement for Human Rights have both declined to come, just as last year.
May 26:  USA:  Former ‘Ex Gays’ Urged to Participate in Campaign and Save Lives.  Truth Wins Out launched its ‘Talking Truth’ internet video campaign today, so Americans can finally learn from the victims of ex-gay ministries how these misleading groups are ineffective and ruin lives.
May 26:  USA:  Transgendered Movie To Open Gay Documentary Film Fest in Portland.  A film that chronicles the close yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair has been selected to open the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival, QDoc, which gets underway on June 1.
May 26:  Russia:  Moscow Gay Pride Blog.
May 26:  Russia:  Moscow City Hall Quiet as 120 Journalists Check In For Moscow Gay Pride.  With Gay Pride about to start, Moscow is surprisingly quiet.  Not a single official statement has been released by Mayor of Moscow, unlike at the same time last year.
May 25:  Russia:  Tatchell: The Right To Hold Moscow Pride Is Not Just an Issue of Gay, Lesbian Rights.  International solidarity can help give a psychological and practical boost to local LGBT activists, Peter Tatchell said shortly after arriving in Moscow for the city’s second Gay Pride.
May 25:  Russia:  She Promises, She Delivers – Vladimir Luxuria in Moscow for Gay Pride.  An interview with Europe's first trangendered politician.
May 24:  Kosovo:  Gay, Lesbian Youth Leaders Under Serious Death Threats.  The leader of a gay youth advocacy group and his staff have today received death threats which the police initially refused to take seriously.
May 24:  Latvia:  Swedish Government Minister to Attend Riga Gay Pride.  A government minister is to head a delegation of more than 70 people from Sweden to the Riga Friendship Days and Gay Pride, which gets underway on Thursday May 31.
May 24:  USA:  US Military Fires Three More Gay Arabic Linguists as Shortfall Continues.  More Arabic linguists in the US military have been fired under the American “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, the Associated Press reported overnight.
May 23:  Lithuania:  European Commission Experiences Homophobia First Hand, Says Parliament’s Gay Rights Group.  The European Commission is now experiencing at first hand homophobia – and what it is like to be gay, or lesbian, or bisexual, or transgendered in parts of the European Union, a group of MEPs said today.
May 22:  USA:  Gay Bishop Snubbed by Archbishop of Canterbury.   The openly gay Bishop of New Hampshire, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, today express “great disappointment” at not being invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, to next year’s Lambeth Conference in London.
May 22:  Russia:  MEPs Write to Moscow Mayor Over City’s Gay Pride This Weekend.  Two Members of the European Parliament are spearheading a campaign to try and get the Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, to permit the Moscow Gay Pride march scheduled for Sunday (May 27).
May 22:  Travel:  Men-Only Resort Opens in Top Gay Holiday Destination Playa Del Inglés.  March in England.  Cold, wet and feeling as if Spring would never arrive.  Time for a week in the sun with some fun.  But where?  Not long-haul for a week and not warm enough in the Med.  Well, reliable Gran Canaria, of course.
May 21:  Lithuania:  Mayor of Vilnius Bans Official EU Anti-Discrimination Truck From City.  Juozas Imbrasas, the Mayor of Vilnius, has today refused to give permission for the ‘anti-discrimination truck’ tour, currently touring 19 Member States as part of the ‘For Diversity: Against Discrimination’ information campaign, to make its planned stop in Vilnius this Friday (May 25).
May 21:  UK:  Gay Flamingos Play ‘Mom’ and Dad at Slimbridge As Chick Is Hatched.  Carlos and Fernanado, the famous gay flamingos at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire are in luck.  Usually they have to steal an egg to become parents. 
May 20:  Canada:  Vancouver Teachers Dismayed that Liberals Vote Down  Human Rights Amendment.   Teachers in Vancouver expressed disappointment today that Liberal members voted against an amendment to protect British Columbia students from homophobic bullying in the mandatory codes of conduct the government introduced under Bill 22.
May 20:  The World:  IDAHO Events Around the World.  A round-up of IDAHO events in UK and around the world.
May 17:  UK:  Jake Remembers His Murdered Gay Brother Jody.  Jody Dobrowski, the young Gloucestershire man who was the victim of a brutal homophobic murder in London two years ago, did not die because he was gay, his brother Jake Dobrowski said this evening.  He died “because homophobes killed him.”
May 17:  Russia:  World Famous t.A.T.u. To Take Part in Moscow Gay Pride?  The popular female singing group t.A.T.u have indicated that they will try an be in Moscow for the city’s Gay Pride.  Today, Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova who are currently recording and album in Hollywood, posted on their website a brief message of support for Russian gays and Gay Pride.
May 17:  The World:  Britain Committed to Universal Decriminisation of Homosexuality – Minister.  The United Kingdom government has given a pledge to gay men and women worldwide that it will continue its commitment to the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
May 17:  The World:  ‘Hall of Shame’ Exposes Dangers of High-Level Homophobia.   Pope Benedict XVI, US President George W. Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have all undermined human rights by actively promoting prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said last night in its annual “hall of shame” to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.
May 17:  UK:  Ming Campbell Backs Gays Against Homophobia.  Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell warned today that thousands of lives are still being ruined by homophobia.
May 16:  Russia:  Russian Media Reports Gay Pride in St. Petersburg Banned.  The REGNUM news agency is reporting this afternoon that the committee on law, order and security of St. Petersburg government denied permission to hold first ever gay pride parade on the central street of the city – Nevski Prospect – on 26 May.
May 16:  Ireland:  Irish Students in IDAHO Warning Over State Sanctioned Prejudice Against Gays.  The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will be marking International Day against Homophobia tomorrow (May 17) by calling on the Irish Government to oppose the stigmatising of gay people by laws and judicial decisions in Ireland and abroad.
May 16:  UK:  Parliament Goes “Gay” on IDAHO Eve as Politicians Come Out Against Homophobia.  The openly gay Liberal Democrat MP Steven Williams will be welcoming organisers of International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) events and their supporters at a meeting in the House of Commons this evening.
May 16:  Russia:  Volker Beck Welcomes Support of Russian Deputy for Moscow Gay Pride.  “Gay blood” will be spilled, say Orthodox Christian organisations.  German Green Party MP Volker Beck has praised the cooperation between the organisers of Moscow Gay Pride and Russian State Duma deputy Alexey Mitrofanov.  And in today’s Kommersant newspaper is a report that representatives from Orthodox Christian organisations had said that they would “spill gay blood” if the Pride parade was permitted
May 15:  Southern Africa:  State-Sponsored Homophobia Spreading HIV in Gay Community, Experts Say.  The legalisation of same-sex marriages in South Africa in 2006 was expected to speed up the liberation of gays and lesbians in neighbouring countries like Zimbabwe and Namibia, where homosexuality is still illegal, but international and local experts believe the battle for recognition in Africa is far from over.
May 14:  Lebanon/UK:  Gay-Themed IDAHO Poster Competition Winners Announced in Beirut and London.  Organisers of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) have announced the winners of two poster competitions, one of them based in Lebanon.
May 14:  Iran:  More Than Eighty ‘Gay’ Men Arrested at Birthday Party in Isfahan  More than eighty members of the Iranian gay community are reported to have been arrested by security personnel in Isfahan, the Toronto-based IRanian Queer Organization revealed this morning.
May 14:  Russia:  Moscow Gay Pride Officially Notifies Mayor and Russian President of May 27 March.  Organisers of Moscow Gay Pride have this morning submitted the official documents in relation to the Pride march scheduled for Sunday May 27.  And yesterday the Russian State Duma deputy Alexey Mitrofanov, who last week sensationally said that the Gay Pride march should be permitted, will be attending a press conference tomorrow where Moscow Pride organisers will reveal the plans for the event to speak in support of the event.
May 14:  Europe:  International Gay Youth Group Praises Article by Secretary General of the Council of Europe.  The International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organisation (IGLYO) has welcomed the article published on Saturday by the weekly New Europe written by Terry Davis, the secretary general of the Council of Europe.
May 14:  UK:  Gay Rights Group Outrage! Backs London Demo at Polish Embassy.  The demonstration outside the Polish Embassy in London on Thursday, organised by the British Youth Council, is being backed by the London-based gay human rights group Outrage!, it emerged last night.
May 11:  USA:  U.S. Navy Fires Openly Gay Sailor Recalled to Active Duty.  The United States Navy has informed Petty Officer Second Class Jason Knight that it intends to fire him under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law just weeks prior to completing his one-year commitment.
May 11:  Russia:  Gay Parade in Moscow Should Be Authorised, Says Russian State Duma Deputy.  A Russian State Duma deputy representing Liberal Democratic party and deputy head of the Duma Committee on constitutional legislation, Alexey Mitrofanov, said this morning that the Moscow authorities should allow the Moscow Gay Pride parade planned for the end of May. 
May 11:  UK:  Gay Night on BBC Television: Daphne du Maurier vs Eurovision.  Preview of Daphne, a drama, revealing the passion of the romance writer for the beautiful and glamorous American heiress, Ellen Doubleday, and the life-changing lesbian affair with Gertrude Lawrence, showing on BBC Two tomorrow evening - a 'gay' alternative to Eurovision.
May 11:  UK:  London Fashion College Goes Gay for IDAHO.  Westminster City Council, Amnesty International, IDAHO, LGBT History Month/Schools Out, and the University of Arts are combining to organise a major event to next week at the London College of Fashion that commemorates IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia, on May 17.
May 10:  UK:  Gay Group Thanks Politicians for ‘Goods and Services’ Protection.  The gay rights lobby group Stonewall, held a Parliamentary reception yesterday to thank dozens of politicians from all the major political parties who were involved in securing new ‘goods and services’ protections for gay people which came into force at the end of last month.
May 10:  UK:  Tony Blair: Major Gay Law Reforms, but Some Big Disappointments, Too.  As Tony Blair announced that he would be stepping down as Prime Minister on June 27, ending almost a year of speculation, Peter Tatchell, the gay human right campaigner and prospective Green Party candidate for Oxford East, spoke of the ‘Blair legacy’ when it comes to gay issues. 
May 10:  Latvia:  Catholic Cardinal Calls Gays ‘Prostitutes’ in Latvian Outburst.  With less than four weeks to go before the start of Riga Pride and Friendship Days, Cardinal Jānis Pujāts, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia, has defined  homosexuality as a “total corruption in the sexual arena” an “unnatural form of prostitution” and calls on the government to protect “the values of the traditional family against the licentiousness of homosexuals” in a letter published by a Latvian newspaper.
May 9:  USA:  Governor Signs Domestic Partnerships Law for Gay Couples and Equality Act.  “Oregon is a land of equal opportunity for all our citizens” – words that could well have been heard by adventurous American pioneers of the 19^th century at the end of their 3,500-kilometre journey west along the Oregon Trail.
May 8:  Moldova:  Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Demonstration, Says International Gay Rights Watchdog.  City authorities in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, should stop interfering with lesbian and gay rights demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said today.
May 5:  USA:  Anti Gay Preacher Hooks Up With Wannabe Sheriff.  Commentary.  An election campaign for the sheriff of a practically unheard of county in America’s Pacific Northwest is hardly the place one would expect to find itself in the middle of a row involving the homophobic preacher Dr. Ken Hutcherson, The White House, the Department of State, the FBI, Latvian gays and the Riga-based New Generation Church together with a preacher from Kazakhstan.
May 3:  Moldova:  Victory Claimed by Gays in Moldova at Chisinau ‘Pride’.  Organisers of the Moldova ‘Gay Pride’ – Rainbow over the Dniester – have claimed a victory over the Chisinau city authorities.
May 3:  Poland:  MEP Praises Polish Gay Activists in Wake of Euro Court Ruling.  President Kaczyński considers possible ‘appeal’: Polish gays ‘delighted’.  The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on the banning of Warsaw Gay Pride in 2007 has been both welcomed and condemned here today – Constitution Day in Poland.
May 3:  Poland:  Kaczynski’s Ban of Warsaw Gay Pride in 2005 Violated Euro Human Rights – Court.  The then Mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczynski, who is now President of Poland, violated three Articles of the European Convention of Human Rights when he banned Warsaw Gay Pride in 2005, the European Court of Human Rights ruled this morning. 
May 3:  USA:  Oregon Senate Passes Landmark Partnerships Bill for Gay and Lesbian Couples.  A Bill that will recognise same-sex domestic partnerships has passed the State’s Senate.  After a 90-minute debate on the Senate floor yesterday, The Oregon Family Fairness Act (House Bill 2007) passed with bipartisan support, by a substantial 21-9 margin.
May 2:  UK:  Gay London Delivers for IDAHO.  Londoners will be demonstrating their condemnation of homophobia and transphobia with a series of high profile events to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) on May 17
May 1:  Gibraltar:  Gibraltar Gay Group Rallies Supporters to Act in Election Unity.  With a general election due at any time up to November, the Gibraltar gay human rights group GGR has today launched a campaign that aims to reach all households in the overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
May 1:  UK:  One In Three HIV Positive Gay Men Report Unprotected Sex.  More than one in three HIV positive gay men say they have unprotected sex, reveals the Gay Men’s Sex Survey published today, ahead of printing in the medical journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.