Pinksixty News WEDNESDAY 2 MAY 2012
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 2012-05-02

Russian police have arrested gay rights activists, who were peacefully campaigning at a May Day rally in St Petersburg. The city recently passed a law that banned homosexual propaganda.

An openly gay politician who was appointed by Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as foreign policy spokesperson, has resigned after just two weeks. Richard Grenell's appointment provoked an outcry from some Republican's, and he felt discussions on his sexuality overshadowed his position.

Koovagam, the largest transgender festival in India, started this week with tens of thousands of trans women taking part. The festival which is believed to be centuries old, commemorates the myth of Lord Krishna adopting the female form to marry a warrior.

A band in China, made a statement for gay rights at a music festival in Shanghai, by unfurling a giant rainbow flag on stage. The band said, the tribute was to an openly gay singer and actor in Hong Kong who committed suicide nine years ago.

And finally, Cynthia Nixon has been nominated for a Tony Award, for her role as a woman dying of cancer in a play called 'Wit'. Nixon who is a theatre veteran, has a list of credits, and once appeared in two hit Broadway plays at the same time.