OMDURMAN, Sudan -- A group of young Muslim men have been publicly flogged in Sudan after they were convicted of wearing women's clothes and make-up.

The court said the 19 men had broken Sudan's strict public morality codes.

Police arrested them at a party where they were found dancing "in a womanly fashion", the judge said.

The men were not represented in court and said nothing in their defense, some hid their faces from the hundreds of people who watched as they were lashed.

MEXICO CITY -- While many Californians were reeling from the Ninth District Court's decision to uphold the stay that puts gay marriage on hold in California, Mexican LGBT activists were celebrating a significant victory for LGBT rights.

In a landmark decision, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled by an overwhelming majority of 9-2 on Monday, Aug. 16, to uphold the adoption rights of Mexico City's same-sex couples, stating that it would be discriminatory to deny same-sex couples the right to adopt once they had been granted the right to marriage.

Today's Out Spotlight is a Nigerian-born civil rights activist, and was the first gay Nigerian man to be interviewed on national TV in Nigeria.

Bisi Alimi was born in Nigeria in 1975, grew up and went on to attend the University of Lagos (Nigeria) pursuing a degree in theater. While as a student in 2003, he was outed by the university's student newspaper during student government elections.

MEXICO CITY – The Supreme Court of Mexico voted 8-2 on Thursday that a law allowing marriage equality in Mexico City is constitutional.

The ruling rejects a bid by federal prosecutors to overturn same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital, handing a major victory to gay rights advocates.

Hundreds of same-sex couples have married in Mexico City since the law went into effect on March 4.

Mexico’s high court will soon rule on the gay adoption clause and on whether the ruling will affect other states.