Nov 30:  USA:  Enough Is Enough Says SLDN as Gays Fired by Military Are Remembered.  Twelve thousand American flags are flying on National Mall in the nation’s capital this weekend to represent the 12,000 gay servicemen and women who have been fired from the US military since the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law came into force was introduced 14 years ago today.
Nov 29:  Europe:  Call by Gay Politician to Relax Restrictions on Condom Ads.  Restrictions on condom advertising should be relaxed in order to combat rising levels of sexually transmitted disease, according to a senior Euro MP. 
Nov 29:  USA:  Library of Congress Can Be Sued for Discriminating Against Transgender Veteran, Says Federal Court.  Rejecting the federal government’s attempt to throw out a transgender veteran’s sex discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress, a federal judge ruled today that the case can go forward.
Nov 28:  Poland:  Stay On Course and Adopt the Charter, Says Gay Euro Group to Poland.  The new Polish Government should maintain it’s post-campaign promise to have Poland become a full party to the Charter of Fundamental Rights alongside other EU Member States, the all-party Intergroup on gay and lesbian rights said this afternoon.
Nov 28:  UK: ‘Gay Bashing’ at Schools: Enough Is Enough, Says MEP.  West Midlands MEP Michael Cashman, the president of the European Parliament’s all-party ‘Intergroup’ on gay and lesbian rights, has reacted strongly to the report on Monday of an instance of homophobic bullying suffered by gay pupils at an independent school.
Nov 28:  UK:  World Aids Day:  London Politicians Serve-Up Meals for HIV/Aids Victims. As World Aids Day approaches, new research has found that one in seven young people in the UK would not be willing to remain friends with someone diagnosed with HIV.  To help raise awareness and overcome the stigma surrounding the disease, Jean Lambert, one of the MEPs for London, joined a group of cross-party London politicians at the weekend to prepare meals for housebound HIV sufferers.
Nov 28:  Africa:  Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Rights in Africa Remains a Slow Process.  Basic human rights for gay men and women – and transgender people – remains a problem in most of Africa, with acceptance by many human rights groups and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) continuing to be “a slow process”.
Nov 28:  UK:  Lesbian, Gay History Month 2008 Launched.  The Main Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand was packed on Monday night as LGBT History Month 2008 enjoyed its highly successful Pre-Launch.
Nov 27:  Somalia/UK:  Somali Online Gay Community Causing Worldwide Outrage.  Commentary by Andrew Prince.  When we think of very homophobic communities we automatically think of places like Jamaica, but recently I have come to know that there are other dimensions to homophobia.....one from the Somali community.
Nov 26:  UK:  Revealed: Gay Pupils at Top English Independent School Suffer Bullying.  “I have had beer thrown at me and poured all over me, pushed, shoved, verbally abused – every word imaginable, cornered, surrounded and threatened in public … and that’s just me.”  These are the very words of a gay pupil writing about his experiences at a top independent school in an email that arrived in the UK Gay News inbox on Friday.  The email’s “Subject”:  Homophobia at Christian Boarding School.
Nov 25:  Uganda:  Ugandan Gays Refused Space to Speak at Commonwealth Conference Event.  A member of the staff of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Africa regional office in Johannesburg was assaulted by Ugandan police on Friday as she was trying to enter an event at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala.
Nov 23:  UK:  Warning of Continuing HIV and STI Epidemic in Gay Men in UK.  An estimated 73,000 adults are now living with HIV in the UK , according to the Health Protection Agency’s latest report on sexual health in the United Kingdom.
Nov 23:  UK:  Gay Rights Activist Marks 40 Years of Campaigning on Human Rights Day.  Suggest to Peter Tatchell that, after 40 years of campaigning on a wide range of human rights issues, it might be time to ease-up a little, he has a two-word reply: “No way!”
Nov 20:  UK:  Christian Think-Tank Says Blasphemy Law Must Go as ‘Jesus Is a Little Bit Gay’ Case Goes to Court.  The Christian think tank Ekklesia has today renewed its call for the repeal of the UK’s archaic blasphemy law, in the wake of an attempt by one individual to seek judicial review in the High Court of a Magistrates Court’s refusal of a private prosecution against the BBC for broadcasting ‘Jerry Springer - The Opera’.
Nov 20:  Gibraltar:  GGR Says Anti-Gay Violence and Suicide Is ‘Beginning to Worry’.  Equality Rights Group GGR has applauded the initiative of Bayside School in acknowledging ‘the very real problem of bullying in schools’.
Nov 18:  Latvia:  Govt. Minister and Newspaper Owner Both Slam Gays, Praise Watchmen.  From special correspondents in Riga.   A Latvian government minister and the owner of a widely-circulated newspaper have both praised the work of the New Generation Church and Watchmen on the Walls in the campaign against gay men and women.  They were both speaking at the Watchmen on the Walls conference which concluded today.
Nov 17:  UK/Somalia:  Gay Somalis in London Launch Community Website.  A new website, Somali Gay Community, has been launched to serve the small gay Somali community in London – and beyond.  It is believed to be the first of its kind in Somali history and culture anywhere in the world. Ku soo Dhawow Bulshadayada - Somali language
Nov 17:  Nepal:  Still No Hearing Date for Sacked Soldiers Accused of Being Lesbians.  The Nepal Army Legal Department failed to go ahead with a hearing yesterday in the case of two women who were thrown out of the army after allegations that they were involved in an “indecent intimate relationship”.  Both women deny the allegations, and one of them denies being lesbian.
Nov 16:  Denmark:  World Cities Invited to Outgames 2009 to Promote Gay Tolerance, Diversity.  Eleven cities from around the world have been invited by the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen to participate in an exhibition promoting urban diversity and tolerance during the World Outgames in 2009.
Nov 15:  Latvia:  Supreme Court Rules Ban on Riga Gay Pride 2006 by City Was Unlawful.  The Senate of the Supreme Court of Latvia has today upheld the April ruling of a lower court that the ban on Riga Gay Pride in 2006 by the city authorities was unlawful.
Nov 15:  Latvia:  We Don’t Hate Gays, Says Anti-Gay Watchmen on the Walls.  From special correspondents in Riga.  Watchmen on the Walls is not a hate group, Scott Lively declared during the group’s conference which opened yesterday in the Latvian capital.  The anti-gay American author of the notorious The Pink Swastika was introduced to delegates as “the prominent human rights activist and public figure”.
Nov 15:  UK:  Our Gay Past: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on the Criminalisation of Sexual Deviance.  By Linda McCann.  According to Quentin Crisp, homophobic people are saying, ‘I don’t like peas, and I’m glad I don’t like peas, because if I liked them I would eat them, and I don’t like them.’  Unfortunately, until The Sexual Offences Act, 1967, the Law saw to it that peas were not even on the menu.
Nov 14:  Iran:  ‘Gay’ Execution in Iran Halted by Chief Justice.  The impending death sentence of Makvan Mouloodzadeh, a 21-year old Iranian citizen found guilty of multiple counts of anal rape (ighab), allegedly committed when he was 13 years old, has been halted, it was learned today.
Nov 13:  UK:  Lesbian, Gay History Month Launches New Interactive Website.  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History Month UK have just launched their new interactive website.
Nov 12:  UK:  London Mayor Calls for New Anti-Gay Hate Laws to Be Robust and Effective.  Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has today supported the Government’s plan to make it an offence to incite hatred against people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Nov 12:  Lithuania:  Amnesty Rallies Supporters to Oppose Rising Anti-Gay Emotion in Baltic State.  Amnesty International today called on its 2.2 million members worldwide to address the rising tide of homophobia in Lithuania.
Nov 8:  Russia:  Moscow City Court Confirms Gay Pride Pickets Ban Lawful.  An appeal by the organisers of this year’s Moscow Gay Pride was dismissed today.  The Moscow City Court threw out the appeal, ruling that the decision of the lower Taganski district court that the ban by Moscow authorities on pickets as part of May’s Moscow Pride was lawful.
Nov 8:  USA:  Tammy Baldwin: Statement on House Passage ENDA.  The following is a statement from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, one of two openly gay lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives, on the passing of the Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which will prohibit discrimination of gay and bi-sexual men and women in employment.  Ms. Baldwin, one of the representatives from Wisconsin, failed in an attempt to get transgender people included.
Nov 8:  Nigeria:  Gay and Other Human Rights Issues Make Nigeria Unfit To Host Commonwealth Games.  It would be wrong to award the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Abuja because of Nigeria’s bad record on human rights, Outrage! said yesterday.
Nov 7:  UK:  Anti Gay Evangelical Leader’s Appointment to Human Rights Body “a Disaster”.  The appointment earlier this week of Rev. Joel Edwards, leader of the Evangelical Alliance, as a commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission will distort the concept of Human Rights and put gay rights in danger, the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association said last night.
Nov 6:  Iraq:  “We Feel Deserted By the International Gay Community” – Gay Iraqis.  “Few People Seem to Care About Our Fate”.  Three out of the five gay safe houses for gay people in Iraq are being forced to close down, due to a lack of funds to pay their rent and utility bills, the London-based Iraqi LGBT revealed this afternoon.
Nov 6:  World:  Canadian Joins International Gay and Lesbian Group as Executive Director.  Canadian Trevor Cook has joined the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) as its Executive Director.  Also in Français, Español  and Português
Nov 5:  Australia:  Lesbian Gamers Launch Dedicated Website.  A new website has been launched in Australia that will feature video game content, for lesbian gamers, by lesbian gamers.
Nov 4:  Pakistan:  Gay, Lesbian Rights Supporter Detained in Pakistan Police Crackdown.  Gay rights activist Asma Jahangir, former UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and now special rapporteur on religious intolerance, is among the many who have been arrested in Pakistan this afternoon following the suspension of the country’s constitution and the imposition of emergency rule by President Pervez Musharraf.
Nov 2:  Pakistan:  Gay Sex Workers Play Russian Roulette With HIV.  Shujaat plies his trade well. As dusk falls on the Pir Wadhai bus station in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, the slender 19-year-old gauges disembarking passengers for that ‘look’ – a responsive glance or wink suggesting a desire for more than just a quick bus ride home. - PlusNews.
Nov 1:  UK:   Heroes and a Villain: Stonewall Gay, Lesbian Award Winners.  The Second Stonewall Awards ceremony, hosted by TV presenter Anthony Crank, took place at London’s V&A tonight before an audience of 400 people.
Nov 1:  UK:   Brighton Gay Night Club Gets ‘Green Light’ for Smoking Terrace.  A leading Brighton lesbian and gay nightclub unexpectedly won permission for a smoking terrace last night after intervention from a Green councillor on the council’s planning committee who raised concerns for the personal safety of smokers lighting up outside.
Nov 1:  Ireland:  Gov’t Must Not Use ‘March Bill’ to Rule Out Gay Marriage, Say Students.  The Irish Government should “think again” if it is intending to produce a “watered down version” of the rejected Civil Union Bill, students warned today.