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[Pic: Spice Girl - Mel B : : two year relationship with two lesbians. Story Below...] Malawians oppose McConnell over gay rights Former Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has been openly challenged by senior Malawian politicians over his support for gay rights before he moves there as High Commissioner. The head of the main opposition party in Malawi - the United Democratic Front - said Mr McConnell's support for the repeal of Section 28 and civil unions meant he was an unsuitable person to act on behalf of the country. "To have a man who supports gay rights to come to Malawi is dangerous for us," Friday Jumbe said. Full Story US Senator found guilty of gay misconduct Idaho Senator Larry E. Craig, a Republican politician who has consistently stood up against gay rights, has been found guilty of disorderly conduct in an airport bathroom, court spokespersons have revealed. Mr Craig, 62, received a $500 fine and a year's unsupervised detention but escaped a ten day jail sentence. His political future hangs in the balance, however, following the publication of a detailed account of his behaviour in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Full Story Hungarian homophobic party launches paramilitary wing The far-right Hungarian political party, Jobbik, known for their anti-Semitic, anti-Roma and homophobic rhetoric inducted the first members of its paramilitary wing outside the country's Presidential palace in Budapest yesterday. The founding members of Magyar Garda, or the Hungarian Guard, took oaths of allegance in front of over a thousand supporters of the Jobbik party waving red and white striped Arpad flags, similar to those used by the country's pro-Nazi Arrow Cross regime during the Second World War. Full Story Tabloid claims Spice Girl Mel B had lesbian threesome The Sunday Mirror has claimed that Spice Girl, Melanie Brown, known as Mel B had a two year relationship with two lesbians. The tabloid alleges that Mel B began a lesbian affair with mother-of-two Christa Parker after they met at the gates of the school where both women's' children are students. It's claimed that Ms Parker then introduced her to sex-toy vendor, Elizabeth Rodriguez, who joined Mel B and Ms Parker in bed for threesomes. Full Story Ugandan leader asked to end gay harassment Human Rights Watch has written to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni asking his government to repeal its sodomy laws and end a long record of harassing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Last week the country's deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi called for the criminal law to be used against lesbians and gays in Uganda. "I call upon the relevant agencies to take appropriate action because homosexuality is an offence under the laws of Uganda," he said Full Story [News Thanks to pinknews.co.uk]