For all those who want to try out something new on this Valentine's Day and have a penchant for adventure, a Web site is offering a date with a convict. The website, www. hotprisonpals. com is now offering to hook you up with prisoners, some of whom are up for release in the near future and could potentially become that special someone in your life.

Shanghai based Chiheng Foundation has decided to launch free hotline for lesbians in China first time. The foundation has already been providing same service for gay men. Yang Shanping from Chiheng Foundation told China Daily, "In the past, we noticed that lesbians needed extra help compared with gays. Most people don't know what kind of support lesbians need most. "

The University of Toronto is offering undergraduates a program in which they can learn about sexual role-play, flogging and restraint. The Sexual Diversity Program, established eight years ago, brings an academic approach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual issues. The professors at the university say it's a serious field of study. Director David Rayside tells Reuters, "It's a very serious analytical exercise, and it isn't what a lot of people think it is. " "A lot of the people from the university, from the president on down, think that what we're doing is important work," Rayside says. "But there's still a lot entailed at persuading more people that what we're doing is legitimate. "

An advertisement the Gay Police Association (GPA) published in the U. K. newspaper, The Independent, was pulled for implying Christians were responsible for a huge rise in "hate crime" attacks on homosexuals. The ad depicted a Bible and a pool of blood under text that read "in the name of the father. " It also claimed the GPA has recorded a 74 percent increase in homophobic incidence where the only or main motivating factor was the perpetrator's religious beliefs.

Despite a strong condemnation from some conservative Christians, the Oslo Natural History Museum has put on display several pieces of art that show homosexuality among animals. The exhibition entitled "Against Nature" is claimed to be the world's first on one of the most controversial subjects. "Homosexuality has been observed for more than 1,500 animal species, and is well documented for 500 of them," Geir Soeli, the project leader of the exhibition told Reuters in an interview.