The world premiere of an opera based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith will open in London presented by the Royal Opera next February, according to The New York Times. 

More veterans of the armed services, including retired general John J. Sheehan (pictured), are scheduled to testify to the Senate regarding a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

U.S. representative Pete Stark of California's 13th congressional district will hold a panel discussion focused on the reintroduction of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act on Thursday.

Reichen Lehmkuhl has booked himself a gig off-Broadway. The Amazing Race winner turned author and jewelry designer has signed on to star in My Big Gay Italian Wedding. 

A Saudi Arabian man was arrested in January for dressing up in a police uniform, performing “inappropriate acts,” and posting the video online, according to Arab News. The man faces charges of homosexuality and impersonating a police officer.

The two major organizations to hold LGBT sports competitions are considering a merger, according to Outsports.com.

Today show host Meredith Vieira has apologized for comments she made during Monday’s Academy Awards coverage in which she suggested a hug between Hurt Locker stars Anthony Mackie and Jeremy Renner might give her cause to worry.

On the verge of foreclosure and battered by the recession, the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has asked the city for a $1 million line of credit to help it stay afloat.

Madonna. Oprah. Lindsay? Already preoccupied with reported attempts to win back ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson, actress Lindsay Lohan also spent time recently to lodge a $100-million lawsuit against E*Trade Financial over a Super Bowl commercial that she claims referred to her exclusively by using her first name.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund executive director Rea Carey joined progressive leaders in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, who protested the annual conference of the nation’s health insurance lobbying group and called for urgent health insurance reform.