Russia tries to reverse UN same-sex partner benefits
Russia is actively trying to overturn a UN policy granting equal benefits to the same-sex partners of gay and lesbian staff. The progressive policy was announced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, a vocal supporter of LGBTI equality, in July last year. It grants spousal partner benefits to gay and lesbian staff who’ve legally married or entered […]
Human Rights Watch slams “unfair” jailing of men for gay sex in Morocco
Human Rights Watch and Morocco’s Aswat Group for Sexual Minorities say that two men have been jailed for consensual homosexual activity, despite their constitutional right to private life. According to the organisations, a court in the Moroccan Mediterranean city of al Hoceima convicted the men of sodomy in a very brief trial held only five days […]
Psychology Today agrees to stop advertising gay cure therapists
Psychology Today magazine has agreed to stop advertising and listing mental health practitioners who offer “gay cure” conversion therapy. The American publication came under pressure from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBT rights organisation in the US, to stop including these services in its directory. An HRC staff member last month noticed a […]
Watch: Is this TV’s youngest gay kiss?
US family drama series The Fosters has screened a kiss between a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy. It’s believed to be the youngest gay kiss shown on American television. This moment of tentative teen love won’t come as too much of a surprise for fans of the show. Connor (Gavin MacIntosh, 15) previously supported Jude (Hayden […]