Shocking! 600 Indians arrested for gay sex last year
A shocking number of people were arrested across India in 2014 simply for engaging in gay sex. The Deccan Herald has reported that almost 600 people were arrested under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises gay sex as “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” The colonial era law was struck down […]
Zim “prophet” hails Mugabe’s anti-gay stance
A well-known Zimbabwean religious leader has praised President Robert Mugabe for his anti-gay stance, saying that this has helped the country survive. According to the state-run Herald newspaper, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa told his United Family International Church congregants on Sunday that Mugabe should be commended for standing firm against the West, despite “illegal” economic sanctions. […]
Gay and lesbian couples marry in Florida
Hundreds of same-sex couples are getting married in Florida today as gay marriage becomes legal in that US state. Cathy Pareto and Karla Arguello and Jeff and Todd Delmay became the first same-sex couples to tied the knot in Florida on Monday. They managed to convince a Miami-Dade county judge to let them marry a […]
Gay couple thrown out of Uber taxi for kissing
A gay couple are furious after being thrown out of an Uber taxi in London for kissing and cuddling. The incident took place on Thursday night, when Corey Watts, from the UK, and Jordan Sloan, from Canada, took a taxi through the app-based service to a friend’s home. After a few minutes, the couple, who […]
Florida clerks cancel all marriages to avoid marrying gays
In a deeply cynical move, some county clerks in the US state of Florida have chosen to stop officiating all marriages so that they don’t have to officiate same-sex marriages. Last week, federal Judge Robert Hinkle clarified his earlier ruling unbanning gay marriage in Florida and ordered all county clerks to begin issuing same-sex marriage […]
India elects its first transgender mayor
A transgender woman has broken new ground by winning the mayoral election in the Indian city of Raigarh. Madhu Kinnar, 35, who stood as an independent candidate, won the election by 4,537 votes against her competitor Mahaveer Guruji, from the powerful BJP political party. “People have shown faith in me. I consider this win as […]
“Fix society” – outrage, threats over Leelah Alcorn’s suicide
Anger continues to mount over the suicide of transgender American teenager Leelah Alcorn as her family moves her funeral after reportedly receiving threats. The 17-year-old, born Joshua Ryan Alcorn, is believed to have walked into the path of a truck on a highway in the early morning of Sunday, 28 December. She had earlier posted a […]
Will Zimbabwe really launch HIV programme for gays?
Despite harsh anti-gay laws, Zimbabwe’s health ministry says that it aims to reach gay men and other men who have sex with men with an HIV prevention programme. According to New Zimbabwe, the ministry intends to create a specific programme targeting homosexuals and sex workers to combat the spread of the virus. The newspaper quoted […]
Court reduces gay wedding video men’s sentence
An Egyptian appeals court has upheld the conviction of eight men sentenced to three years in jail for appearing in a so-called gay wedding video. They were, however, given some reprieve on Saturday, after the court reduced their sentences to one year in jail. The video, reportedly shot in April, was leaked online and shows […]
Two men jailed for gay sex in Morocco
It’s been reported that two men have been sent to jail for three years for engaging in “homosexual practices.” According to Pink News, the local men were sentenced on 23 December after they were caught having sex on 13 December. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Morocco with penalties ranging from […]