DO DISGUSTING SMELLS MAKE PEOPLE HOMOPHOBIC?
Could a lack of clean air or the smell of sewage be turning people into homophobes? In a somewhat bizarre study, researchers have concluded that people who live in smelly environments tend to be more homophobic and socially conservative. Psychologists and scientists from the University of Arkansas picked 57 participants and randomly placed one group […]
BELIZE 1ST LADY BACKS GAY RIGHTS, DESPITE GAY BAN
The First Lady of Belize, Kim Simplis-Barrow, has expressed her support for the country’s LGBTI community. Simplis-Barrow, who is also the Special Envoy for Children and Women, made the statement in a video message played at a ceremony at the House of Culture in Belize City to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia […]
ZIM: ZANU-PF COUNCILLOR BACKS GAY RIGHTS
In a move that’s unlikely to impress President Robert Mugabe, a Zanu-PF councillor for Mhondoro Ngezi, near the city of Kadoma, has announced his support for gay rights. According to Bulawao 24, ruling party Councillor Richman Rangwani is said to have “come out in the open to champion [the] rights of homosexuals.” Rangwani reportedly spoke […]
REPORT: HIV POSITIVE UGANDANS FORCED TO WEAR UNIFORMS
There are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that people in a Ugandan district who are HIV positive are to be forced to wear uniforms so that they can be identified as carrying the virus. Ugandan activists, including the internationally recognised human rights defender Kasha Jacqueline, have posted a picture of a local newspaper report (see left) that […]
A GAY CHARACTER IN ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2’
It’s been revealed that one of the characters in the How to Train Your Dragon animated movie franchise is gay and (sort of) comes out in the latest instalment. According to How to Train Your Dragon 2’s openly gay writer and director, Dean DeBlois, the character of Gobber (voiced by Craig Ferguson), a six-foot-six Viking, is gay. […]