Pink News (UK)

Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes has reportedly secured majority support for the deputy leadership of his party. The bisexual MP's campaign team say he is backed by 29 of the party's 57 MPs to succeed former deputy leader Vince Cable.

A YouGov poll in the Sun newspaper has provoked anger by asking readers whether gay people should be allowed to serve as Cabinet ministers.

Jane Lynch has married her partner Lara Embry in a ceremony in Massachusetts. The actress, who plays cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in Glee, tied the knot with Embry in front of 18 of their friends and family on Monday.

Fast food giant McDonald's has released its first gay advertisement. The ad, which will be broadcast in France, shows a gay teenager eating in a McDonald's restaurant with his father.

Gay US soldiers Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo entered their sixth day of a hunger strike today over the military gay ban. The pair, who chained themselves to the White House fence recently, announced last Thursday they were going on hunger strike and say they will not eat until President Barack...

Madonna has thanked her fans for supporting her call for Malawi to release a couple jailed for homosexuality offences. Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were pardoned by Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika last week after being sentenced to 14 years of hard labour.

David Laws has indicated he will continue as an MP after losing his Cabinet post over expenses paid to his gay lover. He said in a statement he had paid a "high price" for his secrecy but found it too hard to come out.

A 23-year-old gay man has been elected Britain's youngest mayor. Ian Campbell, a Labour councillor, was elected mayor of Retford, Nottinghamshire, last month.

One of the stars of upcoming film The A-Team has said that acting is "kinda gay". Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, the Ultimate Fighting champion, told the Los Angeles Times that it "makes you soft".

A small survey of gay and straight people has suggested that 'gaydar' does exist. The term means a sixth sense for guessing who is gay and Dutch researchers believe gay people have better attention to detail than their straight counterparts.