SINGAPORE COURT UPHOLDS COLONIAL-ERA GAY SEX BAN
In a major setback for Singapore’s LGBT community, the city-state’s highest court has ruled that the ban on gay sex is not unconstitutional. In April 2013, the High Court refused to repeal the British colonial-era criminalisation of consensual sex between men, saying the move should be left up to parliament. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court […]
CALL TO BAN TIM COOK FROM RUSSIA
One of Russia’s most vocal anti-gay lawmakers has called for Apple CEO Tim Cook to be banned from the country after the business leader came out as gay. Vitaly Milonov, a notoriously homophobic member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, told the FlashNord website that no good could come from the news about Cook. “What […]