SA GOVT ‘DELAYING’ REGIONAL AFRICAN LGBTI RIGHTS SEMINAR
African civil society groups have demanded that the South African government sets a date for its promised regional seminar on African LGBTI rights, claiming that it is deliberately delaying the process. In March, the original text of a speech given by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Nkoana-Mashabane, at the United Nations Human Rights […]
ANTI-GAY UGANDA MINISTER VOTED HEAD OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Despite an outcry from the world’s LGBT community, African nations have unanimously chosen to make Uganda’s anti-gay Foreign Minister the new President of the UN General Assembly. Sam Kutesa, 65, was elected to the post on Wednesday in New York. The year-long largely ceremonial position is chosen on a regional rotation basis and this time […]
UK POLICE HUNT GAY HATE CRIME CHEMICAL ATTACKER
Police in the UK are hunting for a man who sprayed a corrosive chemical in the faces of gay clubbers in London, possibly blinding one of them. In the early hours of Sunday morning, a 23-year-old man and his 21-year-old male friend struck up a conversation with another man and two women outside the gay-friendly […]
WATCH: SON COMES OUT IN ITALY’S 1ST GAY PASTA AD
In the wake of last year’s gay pasta furore, a frozen food brand has released what’s been claimed is Italy’s first gay-friendly advert. In the ad, Luca hosts a dinner with his mother and his “flatmate,” Gianni. After surprising his mom with Findus microwave pasta and risotto dishes, Luca has something else to tell her. “There […]
ZIM PASTOR ARRESTED OVER GAY SEX VIDEOS & SMSES
A Zimbabwe pastor has been caught in a sting operation after police found text messages “incriminating” him in a gay relationship. According to The Herald, Pastor Aleck Muchabayiwa was detained and questioned by police in the city of Gweru on Friday. The authorities claim they have video footage of his sexual liaisons and found text messages […]
US ATTORNEY GENERAL SLAMS BOY SCOUTS GAY BAN
America’s Attorney General Eric Holder has criticised the Boy Scouts’ continued refusal to allow openly gay scout leaders. On Tuesday, speaking at an event hosted by Lambda Legal, Holder insisted that the Boy Scouts gay ban “perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes” and that it is “a relic of an age of prejudice and insufficient […]
ASYLUM SEEKER GIVES SEX TAPE TO PROVE SHE’S LESBIAN
A Nigerian woman has been forced to give UK immigration authorities a sex tape to prove that she is lesbian. Aderonke Apata has been in the UK for ten years after she fled her homeland because of her sexual orientation, and is now under threat of deportation. The 47-year-old has been engaged in a struggle to […]
TEL AVIV LIGHTS UP IN RAINBOW COLOURS FOR GAY PRIDE
The Israeli city of Tel Aviv has gone all out to celebrate gay Pride this year, with the authorities lighting up city hall in rainbow colours. More than 480 LED light bulbs were used to create a rainbow flag lighting effect on the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipal building, making it, according to The Jerusalem Post, the biggest […]
ANGER AS TEXAS REPUBLICANS ENDORSE GAY ‘CURES’
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP, in Texas has sparked outrage after it endorsed “gay cure therapies” in its state platform, despite the practice being widely discredited. Last week, around 7,000 delegates at the party’s annual Texas convention in Fort Worth voted in favour of the new state platform, which outlines its stance […]
HONG KONG BARS BRITISH CONSULATE GAY MARRIAGES
Hong Kong authorities have refused to allow gay Britons to get married in the city’s British consulate. Last week, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that same-sex marriages can now take place in its consulates in 23 nations where these are not currently legal, including China and Russia. Even though these marriages won’t be […]