Pinksixty News WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2011
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 21/09/2011

The theme of next year's 19th International AIDS Conference has been announced. Turning The Tide Together -- will be held in Washington D.C. next July and will focus on biomedical advances in treatment and the hopes of an eventual cure.

The Tasmanian Parliament has passed a motion of support for full marriage equality. Tasmanian Greens Leader, Nick McKim and Tasmanian Labor Premier, Lara Giddings led the way, speaking in favour of the proposition.

Gay rights campaigners in the US staged a Madonna-themed flash mob to greet Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Friday. The anti-gay politician was in California for the state Republican convention.

Police in Mumbai raided a "gay rave party" early on Sunday morning, fining around 150 men for drinking alcohol and committing "obscene" acts. The party, held in a residential complex in Jogeshwari, was raided at around 2am following a tip-off.

And finally, True Blood actress Evan Rachel Wood has spoken candidly about her bisexuality. The star, who plays lesbian vampire Sophie-Anne Leclerq, told Marie Claire: "That's a big part of who I am, and it always has been, for as long as I can remember."