Greek Orthodox bishop sues AIDS charity for one million euros
Gay rights advocates in Greece have appealed for help in fighting a lawsuit against activist Leo Kalovyrnas and non-governmental organisation Synthesis HIV/AIDS Awareness.
Two executed in Saudi Arabia for male rape
Two Saudi men were publicly beheaded on December 26th after being found guilty of rape. The official SPA news agency said Nasser al-Harby and Majid al-Sibeiy had gone into the bedroom where the unnamed victim slept.
HIV+ judge appointed to South Africa's highest court
An openly gay man living with HIV has been appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa by the country's President.
Conservatives and Labour ignore gay victims of domestic abuse claims charity
A new Tory party plan to spend an extra £2.6m on help for women experiencing domestic violence has been attacked by a gay charity.
Laws against gay sex are "like apartheid" says UN human rights chief
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the continued criminalisation of homosexual sex across the world.
Man becomes Australia's first recognised gay war widow after 10 year struggle
Sydney pensioner Edward Young has won a decade-long legal battle to receive his deceased partner's pension.
Catholic agencies turn on gay adoption rights as exemption period runs out
50% of the Catholic adoption agencies that threatened to close if forced to work with gay couples have adopted the new equality law.
Four arrested after lesbian attacked and raped
Four males have been arrested in Richmond, California, during investigations over the alleged gang rape of a lesbian.
Three black gay men gunned down in New Orleans
New Orleans police are searching for the killers of three black gay men after they were found dead at their home on December 18th.
Vatican breaks with Italian law after refusing to sign UN sexuality declaration
A new statute coming into effect on January 1st will allow the Vatican to bypass Italian law.
This comes in the wake of a row at the UN, where the Vatican refused to sign up to a universal declaration of human rights regardless of gender or sexuality.
Lawrence King murder suspect denied access to files
14 year old murder suspect Brandon McInerney's lawyers requested that a judge allow them access to files demonstrating how prosecutors decide to try under-18s as adults in court.
McInerney stands accused of shooting classmate Lawrence King in February, who was reportedly openly gay and sometimes wore 'feminine' clothing to school, at a junior high school in Oxnard, California.
Mother fights against ban on sleeping with lesbian partner
Divorcee and mother of two Angel Chandler has approached the Tennessee Court of Appeals to allow her to have her female partner stay overnight.
Ms Chandler, who has been with her partner for almost a decade, is appealing against a child custody restriction known as a paramour clause, in which she is not permitted to have her lover stay overnight if her children are present.
Top legal website predicts gay marriage to be hot topic for 2009
FindLaw, the most-visited legal site on the web, today released its Top Ten Legal Predictions for 2009.
The list is a breakdown of what are expected to be next year's legal hot topics.
Australian equality act inquiry could be delayed until 2011
An Australian Senate committee has recommended an inquiry into the need for an equality act banning homophobic or transphobic discrimination, following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
The AHRC is currently unable to protect the LGBT community fully as federal protections do not cover homophobia in the media or commercial services as other forms of discrimination are.
Spanish judge suspended for discrimination against lesbian parents
A Spanish judge has suspended from work after attempting to stop a lesbian adopting her wife's child.
Same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children in Spain, and gay marriage was legalised there in 2005.
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