Pinksixty News SUNDAY 04 MARCH 2012
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 2012-03-04

India's biggest international queer film festival is asking 'everyone' to help design its official poster, amid an ongoing court case to repeal gay sex, and give an expression to the LGBT community.

In a political masterstroke for both LGBT and men's rights, an Oxford University graduate has sensationally returned his degree to the institution after they agreed to host an anti-gay religious conference.

Human Rights Watch released a statement yesterday urging the Malaysian government to allow a judicial review of the 2011 ban of the country's sexual diversities festival, Seksualiti Merdeka. The Kuala Lumpur High Court had tabled the hearing for last Tuesday 21st.

Condemnation from law-makers around the world and hundreds of thousands of signatures on a position has not stopped St Petersburg from pushing a bill through the legislature that will criminalise LGBT rights groups in the city.

And finally; LadyRock Festival -- the first ever women's festival to come to the North West -- has this morning announced KT Tunstall will headline the event on Saturday 26 May.