IRAN ARRESTS ‘GAYS & SATANISTS’
A so-called ‘network of homosexuals and Satanists’ has been arrested at a birthday party in the city of Kermanshah in Iran. According to The Guardian, on Tuesday night the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps raided a hall that had been rented for the party. Around 80 people, gay and straight, were attending the event. At […]
ASYLUM SEEKERS NEED SEX TAPES
It’s come to light that some gay and lesbian asylum seekers in the UK have had to present footage of themselves having sex to the authorities to prove their sexuality. The shocking revelation is included in a report by the UK’s Home Affairs Committee which slams the asylum system for being based on a ‘culture […]
US TO RELEASE HARVEY MILK STAMP
Following a letter writing campaign launched in 2009, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is set to issue what is believed to be the first stamp of an openly gay politician, the iconic Harvey Milk. On Thursday, the Harvey Milk Foundation announced the news on its Facebook page via a message from Milk’s nephew. “Breaking! […]
FORMER MR GAY NAMIBIA FOR MP?
Controversial former Mr Gay Namibia Wendelinus Hamutenya says that he intends to become Namibia’s first openly gay parliamentarian Hamutenya told Gay Star News that he is aiming to be placed on the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) party’s parliamentary election list at its national convention next month. “I want to be the voice of […]
DID POPE BLESS GAY CATHOLICS?
There are reports that Pope Francis has broken new ground by apparently blessing a group of Italian gay Catholics. According to a number of translations of an article published by Italian newspaper La Repubblica, members of the Kairos group were shocked when they received a response from the Vatican to one of their letters calling […]
BETTY WHITE TO TURN PURPLE
Gay icon and longtime LGBT supporter Betty White has announced that she’ll be turning purple for the international anti-bullying Spirit Day campaign – or at least she’ll be wearing the colour on October 17th. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan in honour of LGBT teens who committed suicide due to […]
CT TO HOST INT. GAY TOURISM EVENT
Cape Town has scored a major coup that’s set to cement its place as one of the world’s top gay tourism destinations. The Mother City has won its bid to host the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association’s (IGLTA) 33rd Annual Global Convention in 2016. This marks the first time that IGLTA will hold its […]
HUNGER GAMES STAR ‘MOSTLY STRAIGHT’
Sexy Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson says that while he’s attracted to women that doesn’t mean he couldn’t fall for a guy in the future. The 21-year-old spoke about his sexuality in an interview with Out magazine ahead of the release of the new Hunger Games movie, Catching Fire. “I would probably list myself as […]
GAY TESTS: CANCEL QATAR WORLD CUP
Following reports of planned “gay tests” by Gulf nations, leading British LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell has called for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be cancelled. Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Kuwaiti health ministry intended to conduct medical tests to “detect” gay expatriates “who will be then barred from entering […]
US BASKETBALL PLAYER COMES OUT
Derek Schell from Hillsdale College in south central Michigan has become the first openly gay NCAA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Division II basketball player in the US. Schell came out to the public in an inspirational article published by Outsports.com on Monday. The twenty-two-year-old wrote that he knew he was gay from an early […]