The charity London Friend has six months to raise £200,000 to buy its premises in Islington.

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The majority of Anglican leaders have followed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in condemning the “victimisation or diminishment” of gay women and men. (more…)

A lesbian couple have lost their case against France’s gay marriage ban in the constitutional court. The court ruled that any change to the law must come from legislators in parliament. (more…)

Brenda Namigadde, the Ugandan lesbian whose asylum application was rejected by the UK Border Agency won a temporary reprieve on Friday night. (more…)

Fact: Relationships can be difficult, writes Ellen Tout. But what if your sweetheart lives miles away? How can anyone survive a long distance relationship? (more…)

Two men have become the first in Britain to be charged under anti-homophobic legislation introduced last year.

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A university in Milan has become the first in Italy to offer an accredited gay studies course.

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This Friday 28th January will see the official launch of L Fest 2011 take place at the Purple Lounge in Birmingham. (more…)

Portia de Rossi helped wife Ellen DeGeneres celebrate her 53rd birthday in style by dressing up as Marilyn Monroe. (more…)

The UK border agency plans to deport a gay woman to Uganda on Friday. Brenda Namigadde fled the country in 2003 after her relationship with another woman led to threats and the destruction of her home. She faces imprisonment upon her return. (more…)

The Kids Are Alright, a movie that follows the lives of a lesbian couple and their family, has been nominated for four Academy Awards.
The film, which is directed by Lisa Cholodenko, is up for Best Picture, while actress Annette Bening has been nominated for best actress and actor Mark Ruffalo is up for Best Supporting Actor.

It is also in the running for Best Original Screenplay.

The plot follows the lives of lesbian couple Nic (Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), who have two children, Joni and Laser. The children are half-siblings through the same unknown sperm donor, played by Ruffalo, who ends up coming into their lives and changing the dynamics of the family.

The Kids Are Alright cost an estimated $4m to make, but by October last year had already grossed nearly $21m.

Cholodenko has prevoiusly gained critical acclaim for her 1998 film High Art and directed a one-off episode of The L Word.

Manchester based charity, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), have launched the “Are You Ready For Your Screen Test?” campaign which aims to dispel the myths around lesbian and bisexual women and cervical screening. The campaign hopes to raise awareness that lesbian and bisexual women do need regular cervical screening tests. (more…)

A week after an MEP was criticised for an offensive remark on Twitter another Tory has been forced to edit a controversial blog post.

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A north London squash club has been given £6,500 from the government to help encourage more lesbian, bisexual and transgender players to join and learn the sport. (more…)

Teachers will be encouraged to integrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans issues into school classes in a scheme to be launched during LGBT History Month. Lesson plans will be made available to every school in the country from February. (more…)

Melanie Phillips yesterday accused the Government of backing a “drive to promote the gay agenda” and of aiming to “brainwash children with propaganda under the camouflage of education.” (more…)

A community in New Zealand has rallied around a couple targeted in a suspected anti-gay arson attack.

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Apologies if you had trouble accessing the Lesbilicious site this morning – we had server issues that were beyond our control. (more…)

A GP and right-wing Christian activist who has linked “the homosexual lifestyle” to drug abuse and paedophilia has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). (more…)

A recent Harris Poll has found that LGBT adults in the US express more concern about the environment than straight people. Although “green attitudes” are rising in the LGBT community, the Poll also found that the overall number of people holding such views is falling . (more…)

The city’s longest-standing lesbian bar and club is set to re-open tonight after being taken over by Sandra Davenport and Gary Henshaw, mangers of Soho’s Ku group. (more…)

TV presenter Jonathan Ross’s has spoken supportively about his daughter’s sexuality in an interview with a lesbian and gay radio station.

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A lesbian pastor in a central diocese in Sweden has alleged discrimination after being passed over for a job.

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A lesbian couple in Delhi, India have been provided with police protection in order to attend their exams. The two women – both aged 21 – allegedly received threats from family members after their relationship was revealed. (more…)

Conservative MEP Roger Helmer has received heavy criticism after comparing gay conversion therapy to genital reassignment surgery in a post on Twitter. (more…)

A-list actress Anne Hathaway is set to guest star in the hit US series Glee, after inventing her own role in the show. (more…)

Psychotherapist Lesley Pilkington, who offers treatment for people with “a homosexual problem”, is due to appear before a professional conduct panel this week. (more…)

The hotel chain Ibis has been criticised by gay rights groups for hosting a Muslim conference with speakers who condone the death penalty for homosexuality.

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Are you stuck in a rut? Do you get up every morning, go to work, college or university, come home and have something to eat, watch TV, then go to bed?

Or maybe your image doesn’t match your personality, writes Kirsty Smith. You just blend in with the crowd; you’re no more exciting than the next person. If this sounds like you, you need to inject some excitement into your life. And the first step is to get out of that rut, and make an effort to do something different. Your first step, in short, is to read on… (more…)

GOGO Festival have revealed today that Lip Service star Heather Peace will be joining their line up at the festival in June this year. (more…)

Leslie Feinberg, the acclaimed American author of “Stone Butch Blues”, “Drag King Dreams” and “Transgender Warriors” issued a statement yesterday in response to the publication of a novel written by hir estranged sibling. (more…)

The Children’s Hour, a once-banned lesbian-themed play due to open in London on 9 February, has had its run extended by four weeks. Organisers announced the news following positive advance notices and strong pre-sales. (more…)

Millions of public sector employees could be asked to disclose their sexual orientation in a new equality drive.

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An extreme US religious sect that frequently protests against “fag-enablers” called off a picket outside the funeral of a young child today. The nine year-old was one of six people killed by a gunman in Arizona last Saturday. The Westboro Baptist Church apparently agreed to cancel their protest in return for live radio air-time. (more…)

Lip Service actor and singer-songwriter Heather Peace will embark on a UK tour with her band during March and April 2011. (more…)

One of those awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2011 was Lisa Power for ‘services to sexual health and to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community’. (more…)

A new show exploring teenage sexuality will launch next week. The Joy of Teen Sex is described by Channel 4 as “a bold, informative look at the love lives and sex lives of teenagers that tells it like it really is”, and will include gay and lesbian sex advice. Critics have claimed that the programme is “soft porn”. (more…)

LAGNA, the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive, has announced that it will move to a prestigious new home in the City of London later this month. (more…)

Tom Elliot, leader of the conservative Ulster Unionist party, has accepted an invitation to meet with representatives of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA). Elliot attracted criticism in September as a contender for the party leadership after he told a newspaper that he would “wouldn’t go” to a Gay Pride march. (more…)

In a victory for the LGBT community in Uganda, the High Court has issued an order that bars all media companies from outing members of the public. The ruling took place after three people outed by a tabloid newspaper took legal action. (more…)

Alice Nkom, founder of Cameroon’s Association to Defend Homosexuals (ADEFHO), faces imminent arrest, The Huffington Post reports. Fears emerged after a spokesperson from the Ministry of Communication called her recent activity a crime against Cameroon’s law, sovereignty and independence, in an interview with French-language station Canal Plus.

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Sir Elton John, who has just had a baby with his partner David Furnish through a surrogate mother, is believed to have chosen two of his oldest friends, lesbian couple Ingrid Sischy and Sandy Brant, as the godparents of two-week-old Zachary. (more…)

Preliminary results of Stonewall’s 2011 Workplace Equality Index have been released. The full results are to be published on January 12th. (more…)

The chair of Brighton Pride from 2003 – 2006, David Harvey, has written to national gay publication the Pink Paper to air his view that Brighton Pride is failing. (more…)