The graphic video has received scathing reviews for its "horror movie trailer-style" voice-over, "1980s-style scare tactics" and a graphic image of anal cancer – similar to those seen on cigarette cartons meant to scare smokers.
The Atlanta City Council unanimously voted to pay US$1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by patrons of a gay bar that was raided by police who claimed their civil rights were violated when dozens of officers subjected them to excessive force and homophobic abuse during the raid last year.
Delegates from Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan voted unanimously last Friday to form a regional network to address similar epidemiological profiles, namely rapidly rising HIV and other STI infection rates amongst MSM and transgender people, among other commonalities.
70 delegates including health sector officials, researchers, United Nations officials and community representatives representing 40 organisations in Hong Kong/Macau, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and China will convene at a landmark conference to be held in Singapore on Dec 2 & 3.
Criticised in the past for declining to support gay marriage, Finance Minister Penny Wong – who’s Australia's first openly gay cabinet member – spoke in favour of a motion which calls on her party to support the legal right of same-sex couples to be married.
For the first time in Taiwan, three openly gay candidates are gunning for seats as councillors in districts in Taipei City and Xinbei City during the special municipality elections on Nov 27.
On the Late Show with David Letterman to promote his upcoming film I Love You Phillip Morris, Jim Carrey called out the host for asking whether he worried that playing a gay character would hurt his leading man image.
In a speech hailed as "amazing" and "inspiring", a 14-year-old gay student told a school board that he was bullied by classmates and had considered suicide when he was 9, and defended a teacher who was temporarily suspended for taking two students to task for their racist and anti-gay remarks.
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