European Parliament urges Kyrgyzstan to drop anti-LGBTI bill
The European Parliament has called on Kyrgyzstan to reject a bill that would censor information on LGBTI issues. If passed, the draft law will punish the dissemination of information “aimed at forming positive attitudes toward non-traditional sexual relations.” According to the parliament’s LGBTI Intergroup, the KyrKyrgyzstan bill closely resembles Russia’s anti-propaganda law, but has harsher […]
More pictures of Isis gay executions released
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) has released more pictures it claims are of gay men being executed. The series of photos show two men being thrown to their deaths from the roof of a building, apparently because they were found guilty of committing practices of the “people of Lot,” meaning “sodomy”. According […]
US on the brink of marriage equality for the entire nation
Same-sex marriage could soon become legal across the entire United States, following Friday’s US Supreme Court decision to hear four marriage equality cases. The nation’s highest court is expected to rule on whether it’s constitutional for a state to deny same-sex couples the right to marriage or to refuse to recognise same-sex marriages from other […]
Global gay travel group partners with African expo
Gay tourism in Africa (other than South Africa, of course) is not the first thing that comes to many people’s mind. Despite this, the Lesbian Travel Association (ILGTA) has signed an agreement to become a partner association for a leading African travel exhibition this year. The World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2015, which takes places […]
Indian ruling party supports ending gay ban
India’s ruling political party has officially given its backing to ending the colonial-era ban on gay sex, known as Section 377. Live Mint reports that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Shaina Nana Chudasama confirmed the position on the NDTV talk show Left, Right, Centre on Tuesday. “We are for decriminalising homosexuality. That is the […]
Russia plays down trans driving ban
Russian authorities will reportedly not really enforce their trans driving ban. It was revealed last week that a new Ministry of Health policy would allow authorities to rescind or deny a driver’s license to anyone who has been diagnosed as transgender, bigender, asexual, or as a cross-dresser. The ban also extended to those found to […]
Prosecution to appeal Cairo “gay” bathhouse acquittal
Egyptian prosecutors say they will appeal Monday’s surprise aquittal of 26 men who were arrested in a raid on an alleged gay bathhouse in Cairo on 7 December. The judge said that there was insufficient evidence to convict the group on charges of debauchery and committing “indecent public acts.” They were humiliated on national television […]
Leelah Alcorn’s best friend barred from her funeral
It’s been revealed that the parents of Leelah Alcorn, the American trans teen who recently committed suicide, barred her best friend from attending her funeral. Abby Jones, 17, says that she received a furious phone call from Alcorn’s conservative Christian parents, Carla and Doug Alcorn, before the ceremony, accusing her of sharing pictures of their […]
Ellen sets “turning kids gay” pastor straight on gay agenda
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has fired back at an American pastor who claims that Hollywood’s “gay agenda” is turning kids gay. In an article published by The Christian Post last week, Pastor Larry Tomczak said that TV shows and their stars are depicting homosexuality to “tens of millions of unsuspecting children, teens and parents […]
Funeral stopped mid-way because dead woman is lesbian
An American pastor has shocked family and friends after he stopped a funeral unless images of the dead woman with her wife were removed from the service. The incident took place as hundreds gathered for the open-casket memorial of 33-year-old Vanessa Collier in Lakewood, Colorado on Saturday. However, when New Hope Ministries Pastor Ray Chavez […]