ROME -- Two out of three lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Italians are still discriminated against, claims a survey of students and LGBT activists by Rome county, Provincia di Roma.

According to the study, 73% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Italians have been victims of some sort of discrimination at school, at work, among relatives and in everyday life.

In Italy, the results are something new. It’s the first time that an official study reveals such widespread gay hate in society.

LONDON -- A man has died at a gay London sauna in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 27.

Police and paramedics were called to help save three men who had collapsed in Pleasuredrome, a venue in Cornwall Road, Waterloo.

While it has not been confirmed, police reports say it was likely drug-related. A post mortem will be held soon and an inquest into the death will follow.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- With plans for gay and lesbian marriage developing fast in England, Scotland and Wales, the struggle for equality in Northern Ireland has received far less attention.

But a new executive committee has been elected to run Equal Marriage Northern Ireland and its chair, John O’Doherty is confident of success.

It won’t be the same strategy as in the rest of the United Kingdom. A political debate is under way but the constitution in NI and its conservative make-up – including some virulent homophobes – prevent a political resolution to the issue.

CALGARY, Canada -- Canadian psychiatrist Aubrey Levin is to stand on trial next Wednesday, in Calgary, Canada for sexually assaulting 10 male patients.

The prosecution represents gay patients, who were mostly prisoners that were assigned by the Canadian justice system for treatment.

Aubrey Levin, infamously known as "Dr. Shock," has subjected hundreds of gay and lesbian soldiers and conscientious objectors in apartheid era South Africa to electric shocks "therapy" in an attempt to "cure" them of their sexuality and "deviant" ideas.