Korean Christian groups say they will pray Lady Gaga concert is cancelled so 'homosexuality and pornography will not be spread around the world'

Lady Gaga in Seoul's Olympic Stadium where she will perform on Friday

Lady Gaga has arrived in Seoul, South Korea ahead of her concert on Friday (27 April). Around 300 Christians gave her the cold shoulder by praying that her concert will be cancelled.

'We will pray to God that the concert will not be realized so that homosexuality and pornography will not spread around the world,' Kang Ju-Hyun, head of the Alliance for Sound Culture in Sexuality, told AFP...

A transgender woman was beaten up by seven men outside her home in Istanbul last night

Michelle Demishevich, trans LGBT actvist, and her dog nina who were attacked last night in Istanbul.

A transgender woman was attacked in the street outside her home in Istanbul last night when she took her dog out for a walk.

Michelle Demishevich told Gay Star News that in the early hours of Monday (today, 23 April) she and her dog were attacked by seven men for about five minutes, while neighbours just watched from their homes.

Demishevich, who is a campaigner for LGBT rights in Turkey, later called the police but she doesn't feel confident they are investigating the attack thoroughly...

Thousands of protestors, including students, gathered for an anti-LGBT rally outside Kuala Lumpur on Saturday

Student protestor at anti-LGBT rally.

Thousands, including hundreds of students, gathered at an anti-LGBT rally outside Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, witnessing speeches clamouring for intolerance of sexual minorities in Malaysia.

Several NGOs met to express their dissatisfaction with tentative calls for LGBT rights in the majority Islamic country. Protestors met at the campus of Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, south of the capital, after being denied permission to gather in Kuala Lumpur's central square, Dataran Merdeka.

Media reports on the numbers of protests varied from 1,000 to 3,000 from the New Straits Times. Much of the speakers' anger was directed at politicians who they deemed to be supporting LGBT rights...

New film about gay teens and bullying is shown at the White House

Late last week, the film Bully was screened at the White House. As described by Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, the audience included people associated with the documentary and policy makers.

'We were joined by bullying prevention advocates from a range of communities – LGBT, AAPI, faith, disability, and others – as well as educational partners and key Obama Administration staff who work on these issues every day, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Before the film, a panel of nationally recognized experts on bullying prevention spoke from their perspectives about challenges and opportunities, and after the film, we heard from Lee Hirsch, the director and filmmaker, and several of the students and families who were directly impacted by bullying and intolerance and whose stories were featured in the film.'...

GaydarRadio listeners vote for the British pop songstress over rival Lady Gaga

Adele was named as a new gay icon by GaydarRadio listeners.

Madonna and Kylie have a new sister in their pop royalty family, as Adele was named as a new gay icon today (22 April).

The Someone Like You singer won 55% of the thousands of votes cast by GaydarRadio listeners in the UK, while her nearest rival Lady Gaga only received 18.9%...

G-A-Y boss, Jeremy Joseph, raises over 135,000 pounds for charity

GSN signs up with London Marathon runner and G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph.

Jeremy Joseph, the boss of legendary UK club G-A-Y, has run his third London Marathon and has risen over £135,000 ($217,458, ˆ164,553) for the Elton John AIDs Foundation.

With the aim of reaching his target of £150,000 ($241,620, ˆ182,837), Joseph finished the race at a time of four hours, thirty-two minutes and 46 seconds. He ran with the other 35,900 athletes hoping to complete the 26.2 mile course.

In the 32nd year of the London Marathon, Joseph organised balloons to be released to spread awareness about the number of people living with HIV in the UK...

Commercial showing ten members of all-girl group AKB48 exchanging bitesize sweets has been criticised

Commercial showing ten members of all-girl group AKB48 exchanging bitesize sweets has been criticised.

A commercial showing ten members of a widely popular Japanese all-girl pop group passing bite-sized candies from mouth-to-mouth is under fire for promoting homosexuality.

The advertisement, which first aired in March, shows members from the group AKB48 dressed in school uniforms intimately exchanging the sweet.

A broadcasting standards watchdog said the majority of the 116 complaints they received related to the young people appearing in the advert performing homoerotic acts...

Star-studded LA ceremony includes appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White and surprise presenter Cher

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The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles were a star-studded affair on Saturday (21 April) night with appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White, Benicio del Toro, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Josh Hutcherson.

But no star shined brighter than Cher who shocked the audience when she walked onto the stage at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel to present her son, Chaz Bono, with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. [See related story].

The night's other big award recipient was 19-year-old Josh Hutcherson, one of the stars of the box office phenomenon The Hunger Games. Hutcherson received GLAAD's Vanguard Award for being one of the founders of the LGBT ally organization Straight But Not Narrow, a campaign working to positively impact the way teens view and treat their LGBT peers...

Presents transgender son Chaz Bono with Stephen F. Kolzak Award

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Photo: GLAAD

US Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack had already given a very moving tribute to stepson Chaz Bono at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday (21 April).

She talked about how Chaz 'meant the world' to his dad, the late Sonny Bono, who she said was 'watching from heaven.'

'Chaz had the courage to follow his heart and his convictions and that's what true leaders do,' Bono Mack said.

Then, after a video presentation about Chaz, a woman wearing a dramatic afro wig a wig came onto the stage unannounced...

New It Gets Better video confronts The Church of the Latter-day Saints' strict disapproval of homosexuality

Mormon parents confront their church about its strict disapproval of homosexuality

Mormon parents have come out to tell their gay children ‘it gets better’ in a new video that confronts The Church of Latter-day Saints’ strict disapproval of homosexuality.

The It Gets Better video was released today (21 April) as part of a national conference for gay Mormons in Washington D.C, USA.

In the video the parents share their experiences of struggling with their faith when their children told them they were gay, and how they came to love them for who they are.

Charles Carver, a father from Utah, said about his son: ‘When he came out, I wasn’t quite ready to accept that situation. But my job is to love. My job is to accept.’...