Man having sex change to look like Lady Gaga: "I really admire the way she has created herself, so when I've had my operations I won't be quite a man or quite a woman. I've already contacted her management and told them what I am doing and how I'd like to record a duet with her."
Gay activist Peter Tatchell to speak at London debate on Pope's visit: "Speaking in advance of the debate, Peter Tatchell said: "As democrats, we believe the Pope has every right to visit Britain and express his opinions. But we also have a right to protest against his often harsh, extreme views. We have a right to say that he is not welcome."
Scandinavian airline SAS wants to host first in-flight gay wedding: "SAS is accepting entries from gay couples who wanted to celebrate their nuptials mid-flight from Stockholm to New York on December 6, with the winning entry will be chosen by an online vote. The airline said it would pay for the winners' tickets, hotels and honeymoon in Los Angeles, and cater the on-board banquet, albeit with a special wedding menu instead of normal passenger fare."
School bans the word "gay" from classic Australian folk song Kookaburra in the Old Gum Tree. "Mr Hillis said banning words because they had multiple meanings was wrong. 'I don't think that's a very good message for kids to have, particularly when they've been working really hard to bring in respect and diversity into schools,' he said. 'They're drawing attention to it and being a bit stupid.'"
Gay people growing in visibility in China, particularly lesbian couples: "Returning to Shanghai each summer since then has sharpened my awareness of incremental social change. Last year, I noticed apparently lesbian couples for the first time, in any substantial number. I have vivid memories, in particular, of dinner one night in a favorite restaurant, where two nearby women in their late 20s and dressed as professionals engaged in ever more passionate embraces."