(Editor's note: San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will be previewing the 14th annual FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival, which runs May 30 through June 3 at the historical Birch North Park Theatre. Look for Q&A interviews with celebrities and directors as well as film reviews.)

British filmmakers Darren Flaxstone and Christian Martin of "Shank" fame have teamed up together to create "Buffering," a comedy about a gay couple struggling to make their mortgage and keep their romance alive.

LILONGWE, Malawi -- The new president of Malawi says she wants to overturn her nation's homophobic laws that make it a crime to be LGBT.

Joyce Banda, who took over the presidency last month after the death of the homophobic leader Bingu wa Mutharika, presides over one of the world's poorest -- and most beautiful -- countries. In her first weeks in office, Banda has reversed some of Mutharika's policies in an attempt to get international aid restored. Many western countries withdrew aid from Malawi over the past few years over concerns about human rights and corruption.

Human rights activists around the world today will observe the seventh edition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).

SAN DIEGO -- Very soon, San Diego's LGBT community will see a colorful symbol of their pride flying high above the Hillcrest neighborhood.

Today, the City Council voted 7-0 to approve a proposal by the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) to install a 65-foot flagpole in the median on Normal Street where it intersects with University Avenue.

City Councilmember Lorie Zapf was absent from the vote.

The plan calls for the pole to fly an 18 foot x 12 foot rainbow pride flag year-round, and include some minor enhancements to the median, around the base of the flagpole.