Janet Jackson has signed on to be the executive producer of a documentary, Truth, which focuses on transgender and non-gender people around the world.

US First Lady Michelle Obama has spoken of her support for marriage equality in a video posted on YouTube.

Department store JC Penney’s are celebrating father’s day with the inclusion of a real life same-sex couple and their children in their new advertising campaign.

The Canadian gay porn star and escort accused of killing, dismembering and eating his boyfriend has been arrested in Berlin.

DC comics have outed the original Green Lantern despite calls from the campaign group One Million Moms to leave all their long-lived superheroes in the closet.

The pursuit of Canadian gay porn star and ‘cannibal’ murder suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta has led to Paris where he has been spotted frequenting popular night clubs.

Prominent Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev was one of about 40 people arrested in Moscow over the weekend after protestors attempted to hold demonstrations to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade.

Actress Cynthia Nixon has married partner Christine Marinoni in a New York ceremony over the weekend.

Sweden’s Loreen has been named winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest held over the weekend in Baku, Azerbaijan only days after being caught up in controversy for criticising the oil-rich country’s authoritarian government for its poor record on gay rights.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to grant his MPs a conscience vote on same-sex marriage to assist in reducing the discontent said to be growing in his party.

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has labelled the decision to hold the 2012 Eurovision contest in Azerbaijan as a tool for the government to distract from its poor human rights record.

Julian Assange’s lawyer has recommended LGBT Olympic athletes from nations that criminalise homosexuality should seek asylum while participating in the London Games.

The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has quietly been mentioned as gay in an article in the United States.

For the first time a Marvel Comics superhero will marry their long-time partner in the comic series Astonishing X-Men.

The new President of Malawi is aiming for the country to be the first African nation in 16 years to overturn laws criminalising homosexuality.