PARIS — A gay couple in Paris said they were attacked and beaten on Saturday for walking arm-in-arm in what LGBT advocates in the country say is indicative of a rise in anti-gay attacks in France since Parliament began debating a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage.

(Editor's note: This article contains language that may offend. Because of the seriousness of the allegations, the coarse language and anti-gay slurs are being used in context. Please be forewarned.)

SAN DIEGO – A 26-year-old gay man is accusing two immigration guards in El Centro, Calif. of making anti-gay slurs at him, violently roughing him up while in custody, and putting in danger his health and his life.

He is pleading for immigration officials to give him a crucial medicine needed to prevent seizures and a special diet necessary to control his colitis.

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Justice has been served on two brothers who gay-bashed activist and entertainer Austin Head last year in Phoenix.

Head is also known as the “Glamour Boy of Phoenix” and is prominently featured in the “Positive Youth” documentary, which was shown May 31, 2012 during the 14th FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival.

The 28-year-old Head is also a candidate for the Phoenix City Council. The election will be in November.

Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released last week.

The organizations – Alternatives-Cameroun, Association for the Defense of Gays and Lesbians (ADEFHO), the Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS (CAMFAIDS), and Human Rights Watch – found that at least 28 people have been prosecuted for same-sex conduct in Cameroon since 2010.