CANTERBURY, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Gene Robinson, the American whose consecration as the first openly gay bishop bitterly divided the Anglican Church, is a defiant uninvited guest at the church's 10-yearly meeting here.

THE HAGUE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people thronged Amsterdam Saturday to watch the city's biggest-ever parade of homosexuals floating flamboyantly down the historic canals in dazzling style.

BANGKOK, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Valee Pancharoen watched her son transform as he became a teenager, first painting his nails, then wearing a wig and, finally, the dresses he had been wearing for years but hiding from his parents.

LONDON, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - America's 100 metres world champion Tyson Gay pulled out of Friday's head to head with former world record holder Asafa Powell on Wednesday because he is still concerned by the left hamstring he injured at the Olympic trials.

ROME, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - A court ordered Italy's transport and defence ministries to pay 100,000 euros in damages to a man after having declared him unfit to drive because he was gay, it was reported Saturday.

BUDAPEST, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said Thursday that adjustments were needed to protect the right to peaceful assembly after anti-homosexual demonstrators attacked a gay pride event at the weekend.

BUDAPEST, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Human rights groups on Wednesday condemned a Hungarian court for freeing protesters arrested at the weekend for throwing eggs at a Gay Pride parade in Budapest.

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Four former US generals have joined a growing call to end a policy barring homosexuals from openly serving in the military, after a study showed it was out of step with the times and harming the armed forces.

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Four former US generals have joined a growing call to end a policy barring homosexuals from openly serving in the military, after a study showed it was out of step with the times and harming the armed forces.

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Four former US generals have joined a growing call for a policy that bars homosexuals from serving openly in the military to be axed, after a study showed it is out of step with the times and harming the armed forces.