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Thousands of Serbian riot police clashed repeatedly with far-right extremists determined to disrupt the gay pride parade on Sunday in Belgrade – the first since 2001. Reports say more than 100 people, mostly police, were injured, with another 100 arrested.

Two Malaysian men successfully claimed refugee status in the UK on grounds that they are gays last month despite the low success rates of such claims based on sexual orientation. 

Weighing in on an already controversial issue, the Indonesian Ulema Council on Thursday has called on the national censorship board to ban any movie that promotes homosexuality and demanded the government ban the ongoing film festival.

An 18-year-old university student in New Jersey, US is reported to have committed suicide after he was secretly taped having sex with another male and the video was webcast by this roommate and friend.

Dozens or even hundreds of gay men who had gathered at an outdoor pick-up spot in Beijing on Sunday night were rounded up and detained briefly in a major police swoop, according to media reports.

Thousands of protesters ranging from humanists/atheists to gay rights campaigners, sexual health campaigners and women rights campaigners gathered in London on Saturday against Pope Benedict XVI's 4-day visit.

A gay Saudi diplomat seeking asylum in the United States says he fears for his life after going public with his story over the weekend.

In a quiet alley in the ancient Javanese city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Mariyani, a 50-year-old transgender hairdresser, has turned part of her salon into an Islamic school.

A prominent gay rights activist says that even though Stephanie Rice’s anti-gay slur, which has since caused her to lose her luxury carmaker sponsorship was offensive, it did not warrant the “hysterical” reaction it got.

Fidel Castro has said that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959.