INDIAN GOV. MAY OK GAY SEX
The Indian government says that it is looking at decriminalising gay sex after it was banned by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court restored the 153-year-old colonial-era law banning gay sex, stating that the Delhi High Court’s 2009 ruling striking the law down was invalid. It further ruled that only the government had the authority to repeal […]
PINK MYNAH PARADE CANCELLED
The LGBT street parade that was set to take place on Saturday in Pietermaritzburg has been cancelled. The parade was one of the events in the fifth Pink Mynah Festival, hosted by the Gay & Lesbian Network, which is currently underway in the city. According the network, the procession was cancelled following a request by […]
SPORTS STARS BACK GAY RIGHTS
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins on Tuesday spoke out against homophobic violence and discrimination. The two openly gay American sports stars spoke to journalists at the UN Headquarters in New York before attending a special event for Human Rights Day, ‘Sport comes out against homophobia.’ “Gays and […]
AUSSIE GAY MARRIAGES INVALID
The law legalising same-sex marriage in an Australian territory has been struck down, effectively annulling the country’s first gay marriages. On Thursday, the High Court ruled that a marriage equality law passed in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) was in conflict with federal law that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman. In […]