FACEBOOK BLOCKS ANOTHER GAY PIC
Despite claiming to be a progressive and gay-friendly company, Facebook has banned yet another innocuous picture simply because it shows two men kissing. The black and white photo, which was posted on the Have a Gay Day Facebook page, shows a close up of the men as they kiss. A statement is included below the […]
GAY WAR HERO MOVIE ON ITS WAY
In honour of the Queen’s pardoning of gay World War II hero Alan Turing, producers have tweeted the first picture from a new film about his life. British star Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness) stars in The Imitation Game as the late mathematics genius. Turing (1912 – 1954) has been described as […]
MILLIONS FOR GAY MARRIAGE BATTLE
The American state of Utah has been slammed for planning to spend millions in taxpayers’ money to fight the recent court ruling legalising same-sex marriage. On Thursday, the Utah Attorney General’s office confirmed that it would be continuing its appeal of federal Judge Robert Shelby’s 20 December decision that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. […]
VATICAN FLIP FLOPS ON GAY RIGHTS
While the Pope’s representative to Uganda says he’s opposed to the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a bishop in Spain has attacked same-sex marriage. According to New Ways Ministry, Archbishop Michael Blume, the papal nuncio (representative) to Uganda, has written that he hopes that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni does not sign the bill into law. Blume made the […]
US GAY BOY SCOUTS FROM 1 JAN
Openly gay youth will finally be allowed into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as from the 1st of January 2014. In May, the BSA leadership voted to allow gay youth to join the movement after growing pressure to change its 103-year-old anti-gay policy. The new policy applies to the boys-only Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts […]
UTAH GAYS RUSH TO MARRY
More than 70% of the marriage licenses issued in the US state of Utah over the last week have been to gay and lesbian couples. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 905 of the 1,225 marriage licenses granted in the state since 20 December have been issued to same-sex couples. That was the day that US […]
UGANDA PRES. UNSURE ON GAY BILL
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says he may not sign the dreaded Anti-Homosexuality Bill, recently passed by his country’s parliament; but this might not stop it from becoming law. According to New Vision, Museveni made the statement at a Christmas ceremony at the Pentecostal Church at Daystar Cathedral in South West Uganda. “I will first go […]
EFF CONDEMNS UGANDA GAY BILL
Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the passage of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which it described as “draconian”. In a statement, the recently formed political party said that, as per its founding manifesto, it is “against the oppression of anyone based on their gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation, meaning that we are against […]
ZIM GAYS XMAS ARREST
Five members of Zimbabwe’s LGBT rights group have been arrested and beaten at an end of year Christmas party in Bulawayo. According to Southern Eye, the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (Galz) activists were attending the function at a hotel in the city. It appears that the five were targeted by the police because […]
GAY PROTEST AT INDIA / SA MATCH
A one-man protest at the weekend’s cricket Test match between South Africa and India has highlighted the recently renewed ban on gay sex in India. Nico Swart, owner of Johannesburg’s Factory Bar, decided to attend a number of match days at the Wanderers and express his feelings about the ban to cricket fans. He held […]