Mexican federal prosecutors have said they will try to overturn Mexico City’s gay marriage law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. (more…)

A new service to support victims of homophobic hate crimes in Wales is being introduced today by Victim Support. (more…)

US president Barack Obama has promised to follow up on his election campaign pledge to lift a ban on lesbians and gays serving openly in the American military. (more…)

A series of cartoons documenting gay life from the 1970s to the present day will go on exhibition next week.

Drawn Out & Painted Pink, a retrospective on the work of cartoonists Kate Charlesworth and David Shenton, documents gay cultural history including Section 28, civil partnerships and HIV/AIDS. (more…)

A new government-backed survey has found that people are becoming more tolerant towards homosexuality. The annual British Social Attitudes report, published yesterday, found that 39 per cent of people believe homosexuality is “never wrong”, while 10 percent say it is “rarely wrong”. (more…)

Thomson Holidays claims it has become the first mainstream tour operator to launch a range of packages for lesbian and gay couples. (more…)

The state senate in Hawaii has voted in favour of a civil union bill which would allow same-sex couples, along with unmarried heterosexual ones, to register their relationships and gain the same rights and responsibilities as marriage.

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MEN (the New York production, DJing and remix team turned art pertformance collective fronted by Le Tigre’s JD Samson) spoke exclusively to Lesbilicious about Dizzee Rascal, queer babies and beating The Gossip at bowling. (more…)

Every secondary school in Britain will receive a free Hollyoaks/Skins-style DVD in February, as part of Stonewall’s campaign to end homophobic bullying. (more…)

Children raised by lesbian couples do as well as those raised by heterosexual couples, according to new research.

American sociologists found that lesbian couples spent more time with their children and were less likely to use physical discipline than heterosexual couples. In turn, their children were more accepting of difference in others. (more…)

The BBC is launching a major exploration into how audiences view its portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in its broadcasts.  (more…)

A Malawian MP has expelled a suspected lesbian from her constituency because of claims she will “corrupt the morals” of the young people there. (more…)

Lesbians are being “discouraged” from cervical screening by GPs and practice nurses, despite research showing that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which is present in nearly 100% of cervical cancer cases, can be transmitted in same-sex relationships. (more…)

Former Eastenders star Natalie Cassidy has revealed that a key factor behind her quitting the soap was her character’s controversial lesbian storyline. (more…)

The future of struggling Brighton Pride has been secured thanks to a £20,000 loan from Brighton and Hove City Council.

Last year’s Pride event led to a £50,000 deficit, which organisers blamed on the recession, rising costs and poor weather. (more…)

Pop singer and gay icon Kylie Minogue has confessed to being attracted to women. (more…)

Nepal will become the first Asian country to guarantee equal rights and anti-discrimination protections to homosexual, trans and intersex citizens when its new constitution comes into force in May. (more…)

Bad Girls, the UK’s best-loved prison drama, has been resurrected as a musical stage production. (more…)

Hawaii could be the next US state to legalise same-sex marriage, when legislators meet on 20 January to consider a civil union bill granting the same rights as marriage to lesbian and gay couples.

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A recent study from a Canadian university has discovered that bisexual women change their sexual identities over time, rather than defining themselves rigidly as monogamous or polyamorous.

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The first gay civil wedding in the Houses of Parliament could be held before the General Election. (more…)

A police constabulary, a professional services group and a computing corporation have emerged as the three top employers for gay people in the UK. (more…)

Two UK television series have been nominated for awards from an American group that campaigns against gay and lesbian discrimination. (more…)

Conservative leader David Cameron has said that he will give civil partners the same tax benefits as married couples. (more…)

New York band and art/performance collective MEN are playing three rare gigs in the UK this week. (more…)

The leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Nick Clegg has called on faith schools to target and stamp out homophobic bullying. (more…)

A US shock jock who made remarks about killing homosexuals will remain banned from the UK.

Security minister Lord West said the “deeply offensive” comments by Mike Savage, host of the nationally syndicated US talk show The Savage Nation, could stir up violence if the ruling was overturned. (more…)

UK charity The Albert Kennedy Trust has reported an upsurge in young gay Muslims becoming homeless after fleeing forced marriages and so-called honour violence. (more…)

A new study by the government admits that members of the LGBT population are under-represented in the UK’s parliament.
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A Democrat legislator in the Utah House of Representatives, Christine Johnson, is acting as surrogate mother for a gay male couple. (more…)

The trial concerning the constitutionality of Prop 8, California’s ban on gay marriage starts today, and will be broadcast on YouTube. (more…)

For years it was unthinkable to be both Tory and gay. Even today to be a member of both the Conservative party and the LGBT community still causes raised eyebrows, especially for lesbians, who have been woefully underrepresented in the political world, writes Daniel Sperling. (more…)

Manchester Pride organisers have opened up the bidding for community event grants for this year’s festival. (more…)

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has signed up to spearhead a campaign calling for an end to the ban on gay and lesbian adoption in the US state of Florida. (more…)

Portugal is expected to become the sixth European country to approve the legislation of gay marriage tomorrow (Friday 7 January 2010), when a bill comes up for debate in parliament.
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US President Obama has appointed Amanda Simpson, a transgender woman, to a Senior Technical Advisor post in the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. It is the first time an openly transgender individual has received a presidential appointment to the executive branch.

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A British scientific study which concluded the G-spot is a myth discounted the experiences of lesbian and bisexual women in its research. (more…)

Openly gay American socialite Casey Johnson has been found dead at her Los Angeles home. (more…)

Two high-profile lesbians have been given honours in this year’s New Year Honour’s List.

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BBC newsreader Jane Hill has announced she is gay. (more…)

It’s no exaggeration to say that the past ten years has seen momentous changes for LGBT people in the UK, writes Milly Shaw. Cultural attitudes have improved vastly, and we have more legal protections than ever before. Of course there’s still a long way to go – casual discrimination is still sadly an everyday occurrence for many people, and homophobic murders still hit the headlines depressingly often.

But to remind us of how far we’ve come, we present to you (in reverse order) the 8 most important changes to the law for LGBT people in the UK from the past decade. (more…)