REPORT: New claims of HIV/AIDS virus cure. Scientist: “We have some preliminary but very exciting results [but] we would like to formally show this before making any claims that would cause unwanted hype.”

Jacob Robida shot himself during Arkansas shoot-out, police now say. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is saying that a “climate of hate” created by the Christian right wing’s obsession with homosexuality is at the root of Robida’s actions. (Background…)

Man who stabbed three marchers in Jerusalem pride parade last summer is sent to prison for 12 years after being convicted of attempted murder: “Ishai Schlussel told police he was on a mission from God to stop what he described as the abomination of homosexuals and lesbians marching through the holy city.”

Gay vigilante posters in Northern Ireland calling for action against perpetrators in a series of recent attacks raise fears of inciting additional violence: Poster: “This is war – Homos get off your arses and fight back now, this is your life.”