Pinksixty News FRIDAY 20 APRIL 2012
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 20/04/2012

An anti-gay rally is going ahead in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, despite being refused permission to assemble. The event will take place at Dataran Merdeka, the site of the annual National Day festivities.

Saudi Arabia has banned gay guys and 'tomboy' girls from attending state schools and universities. According to a report from Emirates 24/7, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has been asked to enforce these new orders by the government.

Mr Gay World and the World OutGames will be joining forces in Antwerp, Belgium next year. Starting on July 31st, the combined event will include forums and conferences, as well as the pageant and 35 sporting competitions.

US-based gay lifestyle magazine 'OUT,' will lay off its entire editorial staff this weekend. Capital New York reports that the editor-in-chief intends to rehire staff on a contractual basis in cost cutting measures.

And finally, bisexual pop star Jessie J has dismissed suggestions that she is really '100% lesbian'. Author Chloe Govan has claimed in her new book, that Jessie J has not had a boyfriend since realising she was a lesbian at 17.