DOUALA, Cameroon -- An appeals court in the African nation of Cameroon on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another that contained a photo of himself holding a sign that said, “I’m very much in love with you.”

Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, 32, who had been provisionally released on bail in July after serving a year and a half in prison, said he wasn't sure whether he could withstand more jail time given the conditions he faced there.

WASHINGTON – Leaders of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organizations today called on the House Republican leadership to stop funding the legal defense of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

DOMA forbids the federal government from recognizing the marriages of lawfully wedded same-sex couples, legally married in states that allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain marriage licenses.

The letter reads:

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Tonight catch an airing of the Cold War spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

9:00 pm: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, HBO Signature (2 hrs) REPEAT

Cage fighter Alex Reid has talked about his past of having sex with other men in an interview with Jeremy Kyle.

Chantelle Houghton, who is the mother of Reid’s daughter Dolly had claimed in the past that Reid “had sex with men and prostitutes” and claimed their relationship broke down because of another man.


Answering Kyle’s question “are you bisexual?” Reid said:”I … no … I don’t smoke but I have tried a cigarette.

 Experimentation is not orientation … I like women.”