Think you’ve got good gaydar? Being able to tell if that cute guy is gay or straight has to do with whether you’re on your period.

But it only goes for working out whether a man is gay or not – a woman’s menstrual cycle doesn’t affect her ability to tell if another woman is a lesbian, a recent Canadian study found.

Ever wondered why most Indian men are so scared of being labelled gay?

Are they afraid of being hit on by actual homosexual men or worried that they'll never get laid? Yes, increasingly this blog has become a collection of things that scare men. But the gay label is something that sends shivers down the spine of every straight man I know.

The secret to ‘gaydar’ might be the ability to spot how symmetrical a person’s face is, say two US researchers.

People who claim they’ve got ‘gaydar’ say they can instinctively tell if a person’s gay or straight. But not all gay men act feminine and not all lesbians look butch, despite all the myths and clichés. So just how does gaydar work?

Mumbai's fifth gay pride march, the Queer Azadi (freedom) March, took place on Saturday.

Over 500 people gathered on the streets to demand equal rights for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Sushil Mhatre told Love Matters how he fought his fears to take part for the first time, despite being “mid-way” out of the closet: “It was amazing to be part of this community feeling proud.”

Dutch state medical insurance has been paying for therapy to ‘cure’ gays – the revelation recently shocked many people in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is known as one of the most liberal countries in the world when it comes to the accepting gays. But here too there are people who believe that therapy can make homosexual people straight.

Only just over third of the gay men surveyed in a recent US study said they had anal sex last time they made love.

Men who have sex with men have a much wider repertoire of sexual activities, the researchers say. The most common activity was simply kissing on the mouth. It seems that for most homosexual guys, lovemaking means a lot more than just penetration.

When Pete Price was 12, he realised he was homosexual. But in 1960s Britain, gay sex was a crime. Pete agreed to have ‘aversion therapy’.

“You thought you were the only person in the world with this ‘problem’. Because people made it a problem. I wanted to be cured.” He ended up in a clinic for treatment with vomiting, sleep deprivation and electric shocks.

Dutch-style sex education works, says Mariela Castro Espín, daughter of the Cuban president.

As head of Cuba’s National Centre for Sexual Education, she praised Holland’s approach – and Love Matters – at the World Congress for Sexual Health in Glasgow.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution backing the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people all over the world.

The resolution condemns violence and discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity worldwide. It's being hailed as a historic move.

“If Allah didn’t want me this way, he wouldn’t have made me this way,” says Omeed.

He’s a 27-year-old Dutch guy who believes he’s basically a good person and a good Muslim too. But he’s also openly and unashamedly homosexual. How does he fit the two together?