March 12th, 2010
A US prom has been cancelled after a female student asked to attend the event with her girlfriend.
The event at Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi, was cancelled by the school board because of “distractions in the educational process”. More »
March 12th, 2010
Queer Up North International Festival has revealed the first glimpse of the line up for their May 2010 event. Europe’s first queer arts festival, based in Manchester, celebrates its 18th anniversary this year. Organisers have decided to commemorate the milestone by re-presenting key works from past years alongside their usual programme of world or European premières, and new commissioned work. More »
March 12th, 2010
A South West charity has come under fire after advertising a job for specifically lesbian, gay and bisexual applicants. More »
March 12th, 2010
“Dear Sappho. My best friend came onto me when we had both been out drinking. I love her dearly but am not sexually attracted to her. I laughed it off at the time and we have not spoken about it since. I don’t want to hurt her feelings but I find I am awkward around her now. I’m worried we can never be as close as we once were as it is always at the back of my mind. I really miss the way we were and I don’t know what to do for the best.” Michelle, London More »
March 11th, 2010
Microsoft has been accused of censorship after its search engine Bing was found to filter non-pornographic lesbian and gay searches in Arabic countries. More »
March 10th, 2010
New research by the University of Malmo in Sweden has found that young Swedish women are more likely than their peers in other countries to have sex with and have sexual thoughts about other women. Young Swedish men were also found to be “sexually fluid”. More »
March 10th, 2010
West Yorkshire adoption agency Catholic Care have told a High Court judge that they would rather close down than place at-risk children in the care of gay couples. More »
March 9th, 2010
The Conservative Party has compiled a list of out lesbian and gay candidates who will stand in the next general election. More »
March 8th, 2010
Women across the world have today celebrated the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD). More »
March 6th, 2010
Angelina Jolie has been confirmed as the actress who will play Kay Scarpetta in a film version of lesbian novelist Patricia Cornwell’s best-known character. More »
