AUSSIE STATES TO CLEAR GAY CONVICTIONS
Two Australian states are expected to expunge the criminal records of men who were convicted of homosexuality before it was legalised. The state of Victoria was the first to announce the news on Sunday when Premier Denis Napthine launched the 26th Midsumma Festival, an annual celebration of queer culture in Melbourne . “This is only fair, this […]
ISRAEL’S 1ST GAY HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
The first Israeli memorial in honour of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who were killed by the Nazis was unveiled on Friday in a Tel Aviv park. The triangular concrete plaque proclaims in English, Hebrew and German: “In memory of those persecuted by the Nazis regime for their sexual orientation and gender identity”. […]
LGBT ROLES SCORE GOLDEN GLOBES
Jared Leto and Michael Douglas each scooped a Golden Globe award in Beverly Hills on Sunday for playing LGBT characters. Leto (42), who’s received acclaim for his role as Rayon, an HIV positive transgender woman in the film Dallas Buyers Club, was honoured with the Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture award. “I’d like […]
FORMER GAY PRISONER ALLOWED TO DIE
Cameroonian Roger Jean Claude Mbede survived brutal imprisonment and torture for being gay but he couldn’t survive his family’s cruel condemnation. On Friday, the 34-year-old passed away after his family took him out of hospital, where he was being treated for a hernia, apparently because they believed he’d be better off dead than be gay. […]