From Ugandan passes anti-gay bill that includes life in prison: (NPR ( Read more... )

Nepal MP offers honeymoon package to gay Indian prince (Times of India, Dec 2009)

Excerpts: KATHMANDU: Nepal’s first and only openly gay member of parliament...Sunil Babu Pant... has offered a wedding and honeymoon package to Indian icon for the sexual minorities, Manvendra Singh Gohil, the crown prince of Rajkot... Gohil wanted to tie the knot ( Read more... )

Thugs attack two transvestites... who turn out to be cage fighters wearing fancy dress (Daily Mail, UK, Oct 9, 2009) Two thugs who attacked what they thought were a pair of transvestites picked on the wrong men - when their intended victims turned out to be cage fighters on a night out in fancy dress...
Hero Cage Fighters In Drag Win Global Fame ( ( Read more... )

From The Australian, Sept 12, 2009: Apology to gay hero Alan Turing

From transcript of interview on PRI's "The World" radio program (July 3 2009): JORI LEWIS: Niang says, despite religious pressure, there’s traditionally been a place in Senegalese society for gay men. In the local Wolof language, they’re called gor-jigeen, or man-woman.

SE IBRAHIM NIANG: [TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH] You can go to southern region of ( Read more... )