Vatican: Transgender people can’t be godparents
The Roman Catholic Church says it will not allow transgender people to become godparents. In June, Alex Salinas, 21, a Spanish Catholic transgender man asked to be recognised as his nephew’s godfather. According to Newsweek, his local church denied the request on the basis that being transgender is not accepted under Catholic dogma. The decision […]
Release seven men jailed for ‘acts against nature’ in sham trial
Human Rights Watch has urged the Senegalese government to release seven men convicted of consensual same-sex conduct in an improper trial in Dakar last month. The men were found guilty on August 21 under Senegal’s penal code, which prohibits “acts against nature” between persons of the same sex. They were sentenced to six months in […]
Hypocrisy of anti-gay clerk’s religious “values” laid bare
The woman who’s mounted a “moral” crusade against gay marriage in the US state of Kentucky on the basis of her Christian beliefs has been shown to be a hypocrite. It was already known that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has been married not once, twice, or three, but four times. That effectively means she’s […]