Man whose husband died on honeymoon has his ashes confiscated at airport
The British man whose husband died on honeymoon in Australia was further traumatised when airport staff confiscated his partner’s ashes. In January, we reported that Marco Bulmer-Rizzi, 38, was humiliated when Australia’s lack of recognition of his UK marriage to David Bulmer-Rizzi, 32, compounded the tragic loss. While on honeymoon in Adelaide, David fell down […]
Pope calls for end to anti-LGBT violence and discrimination
In what some have called a historic document, Pope Francis has urged the Catholic Church to be more tolerant towards gays and lesbians. On Friday, Francis published his long awaited guidelines on family life; a 260 page document titled, On Love in the Family. The guidelines are informed by two conferences held in 2014 and 2015, […]
Health: Have you loved your nuts today?
April is testicular cancer awareness month. Why should you care? Because it’s the most common cancer in men under the age of 45; most often affecting those between the ages of 15 and 38. Despite being highly treatable if caught early, most men don’t know how to check their balls for this potentially deadly disease […]
France finally gives up on gay Vatican ambassador
The French government has finally given up on its efforts to convince the Vatican to accept its openly gay ambassador. In January 2015, highly respected senior diplomat Laurent Stefanini was selected by France to represent the country at the Holy See. Shamefully, the Vatican refused to accept his appointment, reportedly because Stefanini is gay. France’s […]
Watch: Ellen calls out Mississippi’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has lashed out at Mississippi’s new so-called religious freedom law, which will allow discrimination against LGBT people. Addressing the audience on her show, DeGeneres, who grew up in the South, insisted that the issue was not about politics but about “human rights. And when I see something wrong, I have […]
Colombian Constitutional Court legalises marriage equality
A ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court has made same-sex marriage legal in the predominantly Catholic Latin American country. On Thursday, six judges voted in favour and three against marriage equality, in a judgement that found that “all human beings … have the fundamental right to be married with no discrimination”. The case centred on four couples […]