AUSSIES STAGE MOCK WEDDINGS
Over 2 000 demonstrators marched on the Labour Party’s national policy-making conference in Sydney to protest Australia’s ban on gay marriage.
MISS B LEAVES LEGENDS
Drag personality and manager of Legends in Pretoria has been dismissed after a dispute with the club’s owners over the firing of staff accused of theft.
MASSACRE VICTIMS LAID TO REST
Victims of the tragic homophobic shooting in Tel Aviv on Saturday night were laid to rest yesterday amidst an outcry of sadness.
PORTUGAL GAY MARRIAGE BAN UPHELD
The Portuguese Constitutional High Court upheld the country’s ban on same-sex marriage last Friday after it was challenged by a lesbian couple.
COACH APOLOGISES FOR GAY SLUR
University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin has apologised for using a gay slur during a press conference.
CALL TO PUT HOMOPHOBIA ON AFRICAN AGENDA
A petition has been launched urging the South African government to take action against widespread homophobia on the continent.
TEL AVIV MASSACRE CONDEMNED
As the manhunt for the killer continues, Israel’s Prime Minister and President have both condemned Saturday’s bloody attack on gay youth in Tel Aviv.
QUAKERS TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
One of the UK’s oldest Christian denominations, the Quakers, have decided to extend marriage services to same-sex couples.
GAYS FACE GROWING PERSECUTION IN BURUNDI
A new law that criminalises homosexual conduct threatens to exacerbate the deplorable treatment of gays and lesbians in Burundi.
SUNBEDS DEFINITELY DANGEROUS
Tanning beds have been reclassified in the highest cancer-risk category; as dangerous as arsenic and mustard gas.