Spider-Man should not be gay or black, says creator
Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, has spoken out against calls for the superhero to be portrayed as a different race or sexual orientation on the big screen. “I wouldn’t mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian or anything else, that he stay that way,” Lee told Newsarama. “But we […]
Watch: Obama faces off against LGBT heckler
President Obama was visibly annoyed by ongoing heckling from an LGBT activist at the White House on Wednesday. The US leader was giving his Pride Month address when Jennicet Gutiérrez, described as an undocumented transgender immigrant activist from Mexico, began to interrupt him. “President Obama, release all LGBTQ immigrants from detention,” she shouted out, along […]
New Kyrgyzstan anti-gay law worse than Russian law
Kyrgyzstan lawmakers have voted in favour of a discriminatory anti-gay bill in its second reading in the country’s National Assembly, bringing it a step closer to becoming reality for the Kyrgyz LGBT community. The legislation passed an initial reading in October last year, but had been stalled until today’s vote. After one final vote it will […]
Durban’s LGBTI community to march for “common ground”
This Saturday’s Durban Pride march will see the city’s LGBTI community flying the gay flag to commemorate lives lost and to celebrate sexual and gender diversity. The theme for Durban Pride 2015 is “On Common Ground.” Organisers said the theme aims to “encourage people to imagine a world where we are all equal and free in […]
LGBT Catholics disappointed by new church document on family
LGBT Catholics say that a new working document on the family issued by the Vatican on Tuesday shows little progress when it comes to LGBT issues. The document, which has been released ahead of the church’s Synod on the Family, taking place in October, will be used as the framework for this global conference of […]
Study: Children of same-sex parents turn out same as other kids
A comprehensive new study has confirmed that children of same-sex parents turn out no worse than those raised by heterosexual parents. The research from the University of Colorado Denver concluded that scientists overwhelmingly agree that these children experience “no difference” on a range of social and behavioural outcomes compared to children of straight or single parents. […]
Strictly star says same-sex dancing couples “a joke”
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer James Jordan says that including same-sex ballroom couples on the popular British show “would be a joke.” Jordan appeared on ITV’s This Morning on Monday with his wife and dance partner Ola and argued that Strictly should stay “traditional” by not featuring same-sex dance couples. “If there is a same sex couple dancing… […]
UK government ministers in gay flag row
Ministers in the British government are at odds over flying the rainbow flag after it was banned from embassies and the Foreign Office last week. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who voted against legalising same-sex marriage, ordered the flag, representing LGBT equality, to no longer be flown from British embassies around the world during Pride events. A […]
Army asks recruits if they pick flowers to test if they’re gay
There are claims that the Lithuanian army is excluding gay recruits through a set of bizarre questions during military service screenings. The country recently introduced compulsory military conscription and up to three thousand men are expected to be drafted this year. According to the Lithuania Tribune, a psychological test to asses recruits’ suitability asks questions including […]
Zim widow tries to evict husband’s gay lover
A Zimbabwe widow has gone to court to evict a man who says he was her husband’s gay lover for almost 20 years. According to The Herald, Bruce Kazembe, 32, has claimed that the late Masiye Moyo, who was in his fifties, “sodomised me since I was 11-years-old and I contracted HIV in the process.” […]