Gay rights groups have accused New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino of encouraging anti-gay attacks. Gay rights groups have accused New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino of encouraging anti-gay attacks. The Republican's Sunday remarks to Orthodox Jewish leaders are being criticized by gay rights groups. In contrasting his views on gay marriage with those of his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic state attorney general, Paladino said his opposition to the institution stems from not wanting children ?brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality? is acceptable. ?I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option ? it isn't,? he said. The Tea Party favorite added: ?I didn't march in the gay parade this year ? the gay pride parade this year. My opponent did, and that's not the examp

Police clashed with hundreds of slogan-shouting anti-gay protestors at Serbia's second ever Gay Pride march, with nearly 60 policemen and civilians reported wounded in the violence.

The Serbian Orthodox Church on Friday spoke out against a gay pride parade planned this weekend but also warned against violence targeting participants.

Actresses Keira Knightley, Eva Mendes and Julianne Moore are among the movie stars set to attend the 2010 Rome film festival this month, which will focus on independent cinema, organisers said Thursday.

An array of international film stars dazzled on the red carpet as Asia's top film festival opened Thursday in the South Korean port city of Busan.

The second ever gay pride parade in Belgrade planned for this Sunday will be a test of Serbia's maturity as a democracy, a representative of the OSCE said Thursday.

Israeli Jews raise a glass of Palestinian beer in Oktoberfest in West Bank village of Taybeh. This Palestinian village celebrates Oktoberfest each year even though it's a tiny Christian enclave in a Muslim-majority area, under Israeli occupation.

"Carlos," a film about the notorious Venezuelan revolutionary who was once the world's most-wanted terrorist, is to premier at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival next month, organisers have said.

Wedding party gone wild: Munich raises stein to 200 years of Oktoberfest beer festival. It's a wedding party that got out of control: Two hundred years ago, Bavaria's Crown Prince Ludwig celebrated his royal nuptials with a big public bash that was such a hit it became an annual event ? and came to be known worldwide as "The Oktoberfest."

Wedding party gone wild: Munich raises stein to 200 years of Oktoberfest beer festival. It's a wedding party that got out of control: Two hundred years ago, Bavaria's Crown Prince Ludwig celebrated his royal nuptials with a big public bash that was such a hit it became an annual event ? and came to be known worldwide as "The Oktoberfest."

Oscar-winning US actress Julia Roberts was on Monday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain.

Germany's giant Oktoberfest beer party, now celebrating its 200th birthday, is rising to a new challenge -- stinky drinking halls -- with a new weapon: stench-eating bacteria.

Prominent Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseev, who was abducted Wednesday by security officials, said the ordeal was 'really frightening'. Prominent Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseev (also spelled Alexeyev), who was abducted Wednesday by security officials, said the ordeal was ?really frightening,? the AP reported. Alekseev is the organizer of Moscow's Gay Pride Parade. The annual event, which has been routinely banned by Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, is more a protest than a parade and is marred by frequent, often violent, clashes with the police. The activist was arrested as he attempted to board a Swiss Air Lines flight bound for Geneva. He told the AP that he was whisked by four plain-clothed men to a police station in the city of Kashira, about 25 miles from the airport. The men, who didn't identify themselves, hurled gay slurs at Alekseev and pressured him to drop cases before the European Court of Human Rights against Moscow's bans on gay rights rallies. The Russian Interfax

The Munich beer festival kicked off Saturday with millions of visitors from around the world expected to raise a glass or two to celebrate the event's 200th birthday over the next 17 days.

Kegs tapped, Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich, mugs clink marking 200 years of celebrating beer. Munich's mayor has tapped the first keg, opening this year's annual Oktoberfest in southern Germany, where millions of guest from around the globe are expected to clink mugs of frothy beer in celebration of 200 years of the world renown festival.

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to spare in Munich during Oktoberfest, the world's largest fair?

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Every year Bavarian women don their "dirndl" to celebrate the Oktoberfest, but in the beer festival's 200th year the traditional Bavarian dress is becoming something of a national and international fashion item.

Israeli Supreme Court says Jerusalem must fund gay community center. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the Jerusalem city government to provide more than $120,000 in funding for a prominent gay community center.

Prominent Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseev was arrested Wednesday at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. Prominent Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseev (also spelled Alexeyev) was arrested Wednesday at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russian news agency Interfax reported. Alekseev is the organizer of Moscow's Gay Pride Parade. The annual event, which has been banned by Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, is more a protest event than a parade. Alekseev was reportedly arrested as he tried to board a Swiss Air Lines flight bound for Geneva and taken to Minsk, Belarus. ?At the moment I am in Minsk. I was squeezed out to here,? he messaged the news agency. ?I was taken outside the city to some small town police station and was questioned there.? Gay activists have challenged the mayor in the European Court of Human Rights for blocking their annual gay pride event from taking place. ?They demanded that I sign a prepared paper stating that I recall the case about gay pride parades from the European Court

US actress Julia Roberts will receive a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival which gets underway Friday in Spain with 15 movies in competition for the best movie award.