Gay Panic in Russia.

Two Russian new stories from January 2012: gay air steward forced to marry woman to keep his job; police detained group thought to be staging a gay pride parade.

When Kupreev, 25, tried to found a gay support network at the airline, he was seemingly ordered to marry.

From 2005, LGBT History Month has flourished.

Sue Saunders writes about how UK LGBT History Month started, and its objectives in 2012.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month 2011 and 2012 is fighting for LGBT people to be active in sport – as spectators and participants; at elite and at street level.

Russian Photographer’s Straight Male Models

A Gallery of the Male Physique.

His work has echoes of Physique Pictorial and Vim, the magazines from the early part of the 20th century when homoeroticism was veiled under the guise of health and fitness.

Andrei Vishnyakov talks lighting and naked straight men

Polari talks to photographer Andrei Vishnyakov about being a gay man photographing straight men.

I am more interested in the inner world of my models. I know all photographers say that, and don’t get me wrong, a good butt is a must!

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Released January 17, 2012

The new Ani DiFranco is a return to form as well as something different.

It’s real and honest, something she does very well. This sense of contentment permeates the more personal parts of the album, and it’s nice to hear her sounding happy.

The US Christian Right are at it again, this week in London

The organisation Core Issues Trust is playing host to US Reparative Therapy speaker and claiming it is only trying to help people who do not want to be gay

They are interested in a promoting an alternate reality in which you wish for something and it is made so – as long as an appropriate Bible quotation is tacked onto the end.

An interview with Kate Smith and Babs Guthrie

Polari talks to the founders of the LGBT history project Write Queer London.

I think gay people are also a bit scared to own history when looking back beyond a certain time, there’s a feeling that we don’t know anything at all, which isn’t true.

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Released January 30, 2012

Lana Del Ray’s outstanding album blows the mind of Nick Smith.

Born To Die is a beguiling collection of stories played out in a diverse and striking vocal style with all the elements of David Lynch at his finest.

A report on being out in the entertainment industry.

Equity study finds that many UK actors are in the closet professionally but not personally.

57% of respondents reported that other performers were homophobic, 20% point to producers and 37% to backstage crew members.

On Adam Levine’s support for equal rights

Maroon 5 frontman Levine takes another stand for equal marriage rights.

In October, Levine had this to say to Fox when it used Maroon 5’s music: “Dear Fox News, don’t play our music on your evil f***ing channel ever again. Thank you.”