Since the Holy See had said that it advocates against criminal penalties against homosexual persons, Amnesty International attempted to engage the Pope while on his first pilgrimage to Africa.
Thirty-eight graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, the oldest military school in US, have come out as gay to advocate the full acceptance of gay service members. *Video added*
The US is expected to sign the UN gay rights declaration sponsored by France and the Netherlands last year - making it the last Western nation to do so, says report.
A shocking report by ActionAid has revealed that not only lesbian women in South Africa are being raped by men who believe it will "cure" them of their sexual orientation, the crimes have gone unrecognised by the state and unpunished by the legal system.
It may be a case of all or nothing as the California Supreme Court considers eliminating the term "marriage" from state statutes and treat both kinds of couples - same-sex and opposite-sex - equally.
In an unprecedented move, organisers of Moscow Pride say they have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against their city for banning 155 gay pride marches in May last year.
Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham led some 10,000 marchers through the city's Oxford Street gay district in a colourful parade that showed its usual mixture of sequins, flesh and gay rights messages. Photos by Justin Ellis and Nat Cagilaba.
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