Pinksixty FRIDAY 22 JULY 2011
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 22/07/2011

The BBC removed a sex scene from sci-fi drama Torchwood, starring John Barrowman, not because of its gay nature but because it was too explicit, sources claim. The scene will still air in the US.
 
Up to 5,000 anti-gay marriage protestors will take to New York's streets this weekend. They will protest on Sunday, as the state's law legalisng same sex unions comes into effect.
 
Students from Minnesota's largest school district are to sue after a policy infringing on staff discussions about sexuality left them open to anti-gay abuse. One of the students attempted suicide over the bullying.
 
The Pentagon is expected to tell President Obama this weekend that the US military is now finally trained and ready to implement the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. The repeal was signed last December.
 
And finally US actress Cynthia Nixon is to take to the Broadway stage. The openly lesbian Sex and the City star will appear in the critically acclaimed play 'Wit' next year.