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.” […]
Tension grows as US Supreme Court fails to rule on gay marriage
The LGBT community in the US remains on tenterhooks after the Supreme Court failed to issue an eagerly anticipated ruling on same-sex marriage today. The ruling had been expected this morning but the court instead focused on other cases, including a dispute over royalty payments related to a Spider-Man toy. The next earliest date that […]
Malaysia: Transgender women arrested, fined and jailed
Human Rights Watch has slammed Malaysia for persecuting LGBT people after nine transgender women were convicted by a Sharia (Islamic law) court. The women were all fined while two were sentenced to one month in jail under a discriminatory law that prohibits “a male person posing as a woman.” Religious authorities in the north-eastern Malaysian […]
Gay kiss lands two men in prison
Two Moroccan men have been beaten and jailed for four months for the simple act of kissing in public. The men kissed each other at the Hassan Tower in the city of Rabat earlier this month in protest against the arrest of two French feminists who staged a topless same-sex kiss in the same location. […]
Woman to make her garden even gayer after complaints
A woman in Maryland, USA, is determined to make her garden “gayer” after Christian neighbours complained that it was “relentlessly gay.” Julie Baker from Overlea, in Baltimore, recently discovered a shocking note on her front door complaining about the rainbow lights in her garden. It read: “Dear Resident…, Your yard is becoming Relentlessly Gay! Myself […]