Zimbabwe President Suggests Calls For Protected Gay Rights Insanity, Indonesia LGBTI Conference Cancelled To Avoid Unwanted Circumstances, Constance McMillen A Hero But Not A Hometown One, Will The American Military Recognize Same Sex Partners If DADT Repealed, Scott Herman Wants To Be The Face And More For Calvin Klein

On Friday, Zimbabwe state radio quote President Robert Mugabe as saying that gay rights will not, under any circumstances, be protected in a constitution being crafted under a power sharing deal made by various factions with the country. Mugabe – who is on record as having deemed homosexuals as being “lower than pigs and dogs” - said the Western rights groups have sought constitutional reforms that would include gay rights, a suggestion the president called “insanity.”

Succumbing to pressure from arch-conservative religious groups, organizers of the 4th Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex regional conference scheduled to run from March 26-28 in Surabaya, Indonesia, has been cancelled. The organizers made the decision Thursday in an effort to avoid “unwanted circumstances.” In a separate incident Thursday, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled against petitioners who sought a review of the country’s Pornography Law, which includes a provision criminalizing homosexuality.

A report on Constance McMillen, who, after successfully suing the Itawamba Agricultural High School and Itawamba County School District after the two cancelled prom instead of revisiting and revising an antiquated policy prohibiting same sex dating, is something of outcast at home, in the tiny town of Fulton, Georgia, while being celebrated and championed as hero in the battle for gay equality nationally.

If and when the American military repeals a policy banning gay men and women from serving openly, would it be required by law to extend benefits to the partners of gay service members? If it did, it would be violating the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits the government from recognizing same sex relationships, and most analysts doubt the military would be seen as being that far in front of the government.

The seriously sexy Scott Herman wants to be the new face of Calvin Klein. (Link sort of NSFW)