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SA’S GROUNDBREAKING GAY DRAMA TO RETURN:
After almost six years, the groundbreaking South African series about closeted gay men will return for a second season.

AUSTRALIANS COULD VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE:
Recently reinstated Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is not only the country's first leader to back gay marriage but has suggested a referendum on the issue.

OBAMA BROACHES GAY RIGHTS IN AFRICA VISIT:
Senegalese President Macky Sall and President Barack Obama exchanged words over the issue of gay rights during the American leader’s visit to the African country.

OBAMA APPLAUDS DOMA’S DEATH:
President Obama has welcomed the end of America's anti-gay DOMA law, saying that it "was discrimination enshrined in law".

CELEBS CELEBRATE GAY MARRIAGE RULINGS:
From Madonna to Zachary Quinto, American celebrities have spoken out in their droves to overwhelmingly welcome yesterday’s Supreme Court gay marriage victories.

MARRIAGE EQUALITY WINS IN AMERICA:
Marriage equality is a step closer in the US! The US Supreme Court has delivered historic victories in two cases concerning same-sex marriage.

TORTURE OF GAY PEOPLE BY LEBANESE POLICE:
Victims accused of being gay have recounted how Lebanese police tortured and forced them to undergo humiliating anal examinations.

JUDGE COPS OUT OF LESBIAN MINISTER JUDGMENT:
In what has been called a travesty, the judge deliberating the firing of Ecclesia de Lange as a minister by the Methodist Church because she is lesbian has dismissed the case.

6 YEAR OLD TRANS GIRL WINS RIGHT TO USE BATHROOM:
In a remarkable case, a six year old transgender girl in America has won a legal battle allowing her to use the girl's bathroom at her school.

“DANGEROUS LEVELS” OF HOMOPHOBIA IN AFRICA:
Amnesty International has warned that homophobia is reaching dangerous levels in sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa is not exempt from the crisis.