CHICAGO: The leaders of Muslim and gay rights groups in Chicago, one of America's biggest cities, on Monday joined forces to slam Donald Trump in the wake of the Orlando massacre, saying now was not a time for divisions.
TALLAHASSEE: A gunman killed 50 people and injured 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in the tourist hub of Orlando, Florida, early on Sunday before being shot dead by police, authorities said, in what appeared the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
Fawad Khan has opened up about his hesitation in playing the role of a gay man in his recent film Kapoor & Sons and the backlash he feared he would faced after it which was generally acceptable.
DHAKA: Suspected militants hacked to death a leading Bangladeshi gay rights activist employed by the U.S. embassy and a friend in an apartment in Bangladesh's capital on Monday, police said.
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a Polish priest from his Holy See job after he came out as gay and called for changes in Catholic teachings against homosexual activity on the eve of a major Church meeting on the family.
In a taunting statement, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe jokingly stated that he would travel to the White House and ask for the Obama's hand in marriage.
The actor wrote an open letter from his official Facebook account for 'respected liberals' who had slammed him for criticizing the legalization of same sex marriages in USA.
IRELAND: Ireland will hold a referendum on Friday on whether to legalise same-sex marriage and join 18 countries which have made, or are in the process of making the change, 13 of them in Europe.
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is calling for an end to so-called conversion therapies that seek to change sexual or gender orientation of young homosexuals or transgenders.