NEW JERSEY BANS EX-GAY THERAPY FOR MINORS
New Jersey has become the second US state after California to ban gay conversion therapy for minors as a harmful practice. On Monday, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that bars professional counsellors from attempting to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression. The bill passed both houses of the legislature […]
LESBIAN TEEN RE-ARRESTED AFTER SEEING GIRLFRIEND
US teenager Kaitlyn Hunt, who faced jail time for being in a relationship with a minor girl, has been re-arrested following claims she continued to have sex with her. Earlier this year, the then 18-year-old Hunt was charged with the sexual abuse of a child after she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old girl […]
UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONDEMNS RUSSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
The United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that Russia’s gay propaganda law is “inherently discriminatory”. The statement was made at a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, between civil society experts and activists to discuss new laws adopted or proposed in several Eastern European countries that seek to restrict public […]
LEE DANIELS: HARD FOR GAY BLACK MEN TO COME OUT
Lee Daniels, the openly gay director of America’s top movie this past weekend, has discussed why it’s often so hard for black gay men to come out the closet. Daniels’ drama, The Butler, starring Oprah Winfrey, topped the box-office in the US with a $25 million haul over three days. The 53-year-old director, who was […]